Posted: Oct 11, 2018 11:58 am
You attach significance where there is none, just as above you attach no significance to significant facts like the existence of incredibly strongly felt Unionist support among DUP voters.
I did live in N. Ireland during part of the troubles, for what it's worth, and I can say with some conviction that even now there must be a large population for whom unification would be regarded as equivalent to unification between Israel and Palestine.
There are many seriously fanatical people over there, and no matter how petty it might appear to an outsider, it is deadly serious to them.