Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about Irish interests and why it exists.

We're going to do this because over on the second channel. There was a question at the

ends of the most recent The Roads Not episode. And I answered it because I thought it was common

knowledge. I didn't expand on it. It became very clear within minutes that it's not common knowledge and I did not do a good job

of going over why. Dozens of questions came in asking why the Irish or Irish Americans have a vested interest in the current conflict

in the Middle East and why their opinions are very strong. I read all of the questions. I'm going to read this

one because it's broad in scope and I think it will answer everybody else's along the way.

Okay, I watched your recap video with the questions at the end.

You talked about how the Irish and Irish Americans

have an interest in quote the conflict. That was surprising to me I have to admit I

wanted to know which side they were on. I know that sounds horrible. When I read about it, I began to understand less. It seems like in the beginning they supported us and were our friends. But somewhere it changed and they

supported the Palestinians. What I was reading said this was because the Irish

became leftist. I think I learned from you that they were always

leftist. I'm just wondering if you could tell me what happened. Yeah. Okay.

So yes, Irish Republicans are nothing like American Republicans.

And this goes back to look at 1916, the GPO, the post office. Look at the

the post office.

Look at the proclamation.

That's not a right-wing document.

So from the beginning, when this topic came up, the Irish movement was already left.

So that's definitely not to change. The source you were reading probably didn't want to

acknowledge what caused the change because it's really, really simple. In the beginning, the Irish were

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