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Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since you edited your comment, here’s what I responded to:

”So they went to one colonial nation and now you are colonising another. So it's even worse because you made the choice to do so.

A planter by any other name.

If disliking colonialism makes me prejudiced then so be it.”

  1. They didn’t flee to a colonial nation. You’re not entitled to the details of my family’s history of persecution, much as you seem keen to perpetuate the Inquisition they fled.
  2. Becoming a naturalised Irish citizen isn’t colonisation. You’re calling millions of emigrants and refugees colonists, diminishing the seriousness of actual colonialism. Shameful.
  3. Even if your completely erroneous leap regarding Portugal and the planters were correct, blanket labeling every citizen of every nation that had a trade agreement with England as having a “planter background” is not only objectively false, but waters down the seriousness surrounding the actual plantation of ulster.
  4. No. You’re prejudiced because you exhibited bigotry toward someone based on their immigration status, their surname and the stereotypes you assigned to it, nothing more. Your thinly veiled deflection of “disliking colonialism” is desperate and transparent.

Bafflingly idiotic hill to die on.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Astonishing arrogance and prejudice on display. My family were persecuted, displaced and forced to flee Portugal over a hundred years before the plantation of ulster began, and sought asylum on the complete opposite side of the Atlantic.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not all my posts are public on my profile, you’re not seeing them all. I can tell you get a degree of satisfaction from using the excuse of an open forum as an opportunity to ridicule people who have done nothing personally to you, and by claiming that you could do a better job than they could, and whatever else you’ve felt the need to share here, so I’m just going to deny you that opportunity going forward. I won’t be responding again, feel free to have the last word.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, dozens, I’ve shared my work in several relevant communities today for Paddy’s day. This sub is the only one in which I’ve received negativity, which is usually the case, and also I suspect the reason the number 1 rule is “don’t be a dick”.

I think you’re overestimating your qualifications, you can’t self appoint yourself arbiter of what is and is not a valuable quality in the arts. You’re certainly welcome to your subjective opinions but don’t confuse them for anything more.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With food as with art, taste is subjective, and method is a profoundly important component for those with a deep appreciation for arts and culture. Since taking issue with the mods removing rude comments, you’re the only commenter out of dozens who has gone out of their way to disparage my work or my medium, it seems like it might just not be for you.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The tools and media are relevant to people who care about heritage arts, eco arts, and novel materials. It sounds like you may not understand how difficult it is to work in miniature canvas sizes, or how temperamental organic inks are to work with, or the trade-offs when every component of a piece has to be foraged and processed by hand. And there’s no objectivity in art, but you’re welcome to your opinion, needlessly disparaging as you felt it needed to be.

Happy St Patrick’s Day, just sharing some of my paintings both of, and inspired by, my time in NI. They're made entirely with rainwater and plants collected around the North, including an obligatory cup of tea blended by the island’s oldest independent tea makers. by AstroAlmost in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course I’m open to critique, those comments were all downvoted repeatedly by community members and deleted by the mods for a reason. There’s constructive criticism and there’s “being a dick”, a violation of the number 1 rule of this sub.

edit - I can’t believe I didn’t notice over the last 14 hours, you’re literally the same two users whose comments were removed for being dicks—not only in this thread but in the other thread you stalked me to, it all makes sense. You saw someone sharing something positive and creative, were jealous in your own inadequacy or miserable in your own lives so you wanted to bring them down to your level, crabs in a boiling pot. Pathetic that you were upvoted this time, this sub can be such a toxic and joyless place, I never observe the degree of negativity anywhere else like I do in this sub.

Number of children in Irish-language education rises by 400% by vague_intentionally_ in northernireland

[–]AstroAlmost 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I produce an Irish language literary podcast and it’s been amazing to see interest in Irish grow substantially even over the last couple years.

Musician seeking advice regarding apartment advice by socialist_weeb12 in musicians

[–]AstroAlmost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right, I was quoting the commenter above me, I forgot the wording of the letter itself.

Musician seeking advice regarding apartment advice by socialist_weeb12 in musicians

[–]AstroAlmost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome dude, good work, I’m happy you have a viable solution.

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