Belfast Blues, June 15, 2026.

Introduction.

Riots recently erupted in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of an attempt to beheading

when a Sudanese immigrant attacked an Irishman with a knife.

Things had already been tense in the UK because of another

travesty where 18-year-old Henry Noak had been stabbed by a Sikh immigrant. When the cops arrived,

the Sikh claimed racism, naturally enough, and so the stabbing victim was handcuffed, bled out, and died.

So, because of this sort of thing, the levels of exasperation were high, and these riots were the result. It is tempting in a time like this to recite various nostrums of the left right back at them. The riots in Ireland are fiery, certainly, but mostly peaceful. I mean, how many cars and buses weren't burned? Tell me that. Or we could appeal to Martin Luther King, Jr. and say that riots are the language of the unheard.

But that one is actually true this time.

Now, quite naturally, responsible conservatives are called upon to condemn the rioting.

If I might, I would like to say some other things first.

We can table the question of condemnation to the last section.

Other things are actually more important, believe it or not, but we will still get

there. Actions, not arguments. In the ongoing saga of our societal collapse, we've gotten to the

point where more talk will be absolutely useless. A meme-worthy observation is making the rounds in

conservative circles, and it is well worth repeating again here. Quote, it's amazing how much leftist discourse is

just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible. The one thing that riots

have going for them is that it is very difficult to pretend to not understand them. A riot is

direct action, and it is certainly true that what is needed is direct action, not more verbal

sparring and fencing. But while direct action is the need of the hour, not every form of direct action is the need of the hour. I've become known as one of those conservatives who keep saying things like don't take the bait. And so some might wonder if I think that any form of direct action is taking the bait. No, it is not, and stay with me for a moment. But burning buses, cars, and various people's homes, because you are angry at the government, is most certainly taking the bait. But I'm now verging on condemning the riots, and I said that I wouldn't do that just yet. If the time for persuasion, campaigning, and elections is passing by, and the time for more direct action has arrived, what kind of direct action do I have in

mind? Let me tell you, Irish solidarity. The thing that set off these riots was the image of an

immigrant sitting on top of a citizen trying to cut his head off. That was the initial outrage.

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