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Hunter (2001,

dir. Lee Demarbre)

These are the same people who had paramilitary groups targeting native Irish Catholics during the Troubles, to put this in perspective. That was NOT that long ago. It's extremely likely that some of the people participating in this were also at one point participating in targeted violence against native Irish and that some most likely belonged to those paramilitary groups. After all, people who commit those types of acts of violence are more likely to do it again, and some of the more extreme British loyalists do occasionally still commit acts of violence targeting native Irish Catholics, despite the official end to the Troubles. That's not to say the Catholics didn't also participate in sectarian violence during that time or that they didn't also do a lot of bad things, but when OP is saying that these are British loyalists in Northern Ireland, it doesn't make any sense to bring Irish immigrants in the US into it. You're lumping people in with their colonizers. I'm not excusing or justifying the Memphis massacre, but it's ignorant to try and create a connection between the actions of Irish immigrants in the US and the actions of British loyalists in Northern Ireland.

That's like saying, "Hey, I see that racists in England are targeting Muslim immigrants after that kid was a killed by a Sikh recently (not a Muslim, but they don't understand the difference). This is just like how, in India, there's sectarian violence against Muslims committed by Hindu extremists." Or, "Hey, I see that white Americans are committing acts of antisemitic violence. This is just like how some Indigenous tribes have historically committed acts of injustice against each other."

Both Irish and British people in Northern Ireland would be very offended that you made that comparison, regardless of how they feel about the pogrom that just happened.

why would i give a fuck about offending the white people currently terrorizing my people? it’s not like the police out there hemming each and every white Irish person participating in this mob violence to ask them what their ties are.

all you white people know how to do is self distance from any kind of accountability for white violence. it’s always the first thing yall run to. yall always tryna pass the buck for antiblack violence.

>open book

The reason I ask is because I’m working on writing a fantasy book right now. I know it’s not for kids (contains swearing and graphic violence) but I don’t now what type of Not For Kids it is. Does it matter for my writing process? No. Am I anywhere near having a manuscript to send out where that information would be useful? Also no. Nonetheless, I would like to get a gauge on what separates the genres

The fantasy part is not the important part for what you are asking! This goes for all genre:

YA is about teenagers, told from the perspective of a teenager.**

That's really the main thing. Yes, YA tends to be quite "voicey" and "immediate", it's kind of a "you know it when you read it" type deal. But mostly it's ABOUT TEENAGERS.

Content-wise: YA can have sexual content and swear words and difficult content, if it is important to the story or character and not overly graphic. In other words, unlike a spicy romance novel, which might have random graphic sex scenes that are clearly there to titillate but aren't actually plot-forwarding or character-revealing (and there is nothing wrong with that in a spicy romance!) -- that wouldn't fly in YA.

A YA would be like, ok, we are teenagers, we have never had sex before, this "sex scene" will probably be somewhat awkward and not really "sexy" at all and involve a lot of conversation and character development and the Before and After of it all rather than getting into the mechanical details. A "closed door" if you will.

It's like, idk, think about U.S. movie ratings. In those terms, YA books are PG-13. Adult books are R. Spicy adult books might be NC-17.

That's it.

If the book is about teenagers and from a teen perspective, it's YA. If it's YA, it should be at about a PG-13 in terms of content.