Poppy fascism used against Irish leaders in politics and sport -- No reason to glorify horrific deaths in World War I

Irish leader Enda Kenny made the decision not to wear a Remembrance Day poppyI see Irish leader Enda Kenny, Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, rugby star Brian O’Driscoll, and soccer star James McClean have all been attacked for not wearing the poppy on Remembrance DayThat is poppy fascism at its finestJohn Snow, the distinguished British commentator, refuses to wear a poppy for that very reason, as he rails against the Poppy fanatics who regard not wearing one in honor of Britain’s war dead as close to treasonI’ll wear my own poppy when the British wear an Easter Lily remembering the Easter Rising of 1916 dead – that is it, pure and simple Read more