Perhaps this sort of coded sectarian comment-- referring as it does to Protestant Loyalists in Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom-- could be avoided in the future?
I made no statement pro or con; simply a suggestion based upon his use of the term "sash", which to some (including yourself, obviously) may imply certain connotations which he might not have intended. Nothing I've said can be construed as sectarian or in violation of the TOS.