The H-block dirty protests and later the hunger strikes finally shattered that manufactured caricature, and even the British state came to accept that the overwhelming majority of republicans were ideologically motivated and dedicated to their cause.
Eight months ago Warner was the clown a whole nation – and possibly two nations – could laugh at, a caricature of the crass, unthinking, aggressive bogan so exotic he seemed to have been pulled straight from the pre-internet era, Australian cricket's own Barney Gumble.
"A conservative Republican who is willing to meet with individuals who do not agree on marriage and who loves his daughters unconditionally may not reflect the caricature of conservatives promoted by the left, but it's hardly newsworthy".
Enthusiasts like to emphasise hunting's classlessness, and, while this may be overegged, the pursuit is certainly not the Wodehousian caricature portrayed by some antis.
The former Fermanagh/South Tyrone MP – now Lord Maginnis – was a far cry from the stereotypical image of the dour-sounding, sour-faced, bowler-hat-wearing caricature unionism often conjured up in the media.
Suffice to say that this is a caricature, a stereotype myth which has been popularised by the press and television, and which unites one and all against the horror strolling down the prom at a seaside resort replete with leather jacket, motor bike, and Nazi helmet.
If Tarantino isn't entitled to make Django Unchained, how is Samuel L Jackson entitled to take the role of the house slave, Stephen, in the film, a grotesque caricature that he plays with bitter relish?
In a subtle way, not to be exaggerated but significant nevertheless, it confronts the nationalists with some of the realities of union which, safe in Scotland, they could caricature or even ignore.
There is enough truth in the caricature – west Ukrainians do speak Ukrainian, east Ukrainians do speak Russian – that Ukrainians have started believing it, and started fighting about it.
The bigoted caricature of a Hollywood industry type is a hazy amalgam of hook-nosed Jew and sandal-wearing hippy – but this is clearly nonsense, underlined by one of Feinberg confidantes.
People don't think beyond the caricature of her.
