Interesting article from Junior McDaid House page

This months opinion piece from Junior McDaid House has been written by life long Republican activist Fergal Melaugh.
I am not one for writing statements, or going on social media. Maybe im behind the times, but it seems no one is immune from the poison that is Republicanism on social media.
If we travel back in our recent history a few short years, you will find comradeship and friendship under struggle in the face of shoot to kill, British state repression, jail sentences, on the run and internment. Moving on we would have former comrades trying to end revolutionary Republicanism by stealth, by threats and informing to a former enemy, also at times by the barrel of a gun.
Some Republicans seen the light and the truth at an early stage, others maybe just could not bring themselves to believe the unthinkable, while others tried to fight a losing battle from within.
It is not the fault of individual Republicans who found themselves homeless after they either left or were pushed from the Provisional Movement that they did not feel comfortable approaching existing groups. This was peoples freedom, their lives that they were willing to put on the line to further the struggle.

Some groups of Republicans came together and some could not cross that line. Thats life and thats politics. But why is it that people who class themselves as Republicans feel the need, that when a certain organisation makes a decision, rightly or wrongly, to rush straight on social media and lambast, lie, exaggerate or simply put the boot in?

Every single one of us, who class ourselves as Republican make mistakes, some big, some small, but its what we do after the mistake that counts. Genuine Republicans are all around us and we are all being tarnished and our struggle in general brought into disrepute by individuals with chips on shoulders or worse, evil agendas to pursue.

What are we leaving the next generation? Nothing but arguments and turmoil.
Who would seriously want to get involved in the revolution at the minute.?
To go on social media and label someone a tout raises more questions about the accuser at times than the accused. At some point all the different organisations will have to come together, even if it is to just support different projects but the keyboard warriors are determined to make this a pipe dream.
Why is this?

If someone is concerned about a situation then approach someone and ask. You may not like the answer but its better than creating a snowstorm out of nothing. Allow me to go back to the start of my post when i mentioned certain things that kept Republicanism together. The only thing missing today in this ongoing struggle is the shoot to kills and thats because former comrades have pleaded with their Brit masters that they would find it impossible to keep their base intact if Republicans were to be shot on site. Instead we have ongoing jail sentences, internment and British interference in our country. So whats the problem?

Im proud to say im a member of Saoradh and the IRPWA. I’m proud to say that we don’t tolerate criminality and we acknowledge our mistakes when we make them. What’s to lose by treating each other with respect? Nothing except isolating the nay sayers and those with hidden agendas.
Give the struggle a chance to grow and flourish, if the reformist plan had of worked we as Republicans would be nonexistent.

We have alot more in common than the creation of a 32 County Socialist Republic.
Have you helped in any way the advancement of the struggle by your actions on social media?