Marchers, rioters and McDowell share the shame

FOR the second time in a month, our establishment has found itself mouthing absurdities because of its adherence to trendy multiculturalism.

First, President McAleese shamed us all by siding with Saudi fundamentalism against the enlightened Danes. Now Michael McDowell claims that the anti-Orange riot was ‘sectarian’.

Protesting against the Orange Order is sectarian? What kind of topsy-turvy world does McDowell inhabit? The answer is a multi-cultural world, where all beliefs are equal and reason has no privileged place. If the rioters had actually cloaked their anger in the garb of a ‘deeply-held religious belief’ would the tabloids and phone-in radio have felt so free to use the words ‘scum’ and ‘skanger’?