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Your not very well developed thoughts on Travellers and the issues that effect them just support my expressed opinion that there's a high level of ignorance and prejudice about and against Travellers in Ireland. Such attitudes are just mainstream in Ireland. Just how ignorant would such attitudes be interpreted had they been directed towards native Americans, native Aborigines, African Americans?Toxic far right ideology in Ireland is Irish and wasn't imported here from the USA.Fine article by Fr. Liam Power in the Waterford News and Star here
His columns are worth a read in general
Good to see progressive and reasonable voices like him in the Catholic ChurchQuoteFR LIAM POWER: THERE MUST BE LIMIT TO APPEASING ULTRA-CATHOLICS
https://waterford-news.ie/2020/09/15/fr-liam-power-there-must-be-limit-to-appeasing-ultra-catholics/#.X2O9PGhKg2w
Christ. Sad to see toxic American far-right ideology crossing the Atlantic. It still sounds stupid when I hear Irish people bleating about "liberals destroying our society," but god help us if those poisonous fact-averse ideas take hold in Ireland. Election results are heartening though. The Gemmaroids never seem to get much support when it comes to voting time and they usually lose their deposits.
Gemma hasn't got the mass support because generally that particular conspiracy rhetoric she uses doesn't resonate with the passive ordinary Irish racist and perhaps Islamophobia is not such a thing just yet. Peter Casey was much more cute when it came to tapping into Ireland's racism, his poll went from 1% to 22% overnight.
Perhaps instead of Gemma, a right wing campaigner like Dana moaning about Travellers would have hit the richter scale of ultra right wing support.
Being prejudiced/racist against Travellers is acceptable in Ireland, it's so ingrained in the dna that it doesn't raise an eyebrow.
Do travellers as a whole have much will to better themselves and integrate with society as a whole?
I think a lot of the traveller rights group do their people too much of a disservice at times. There is definitely a racism element to travellers but surely they also need to take on board there is a sizable majority of their community who consistently let them down and without addressing that first of all its pointless
County Final tomorrow , the biggest turn off in decades.
Zero interest in it with that club from The East against the weakest team ever to reach a final.
Thankfully this season is over and a very disappointing one , how that draw was made is unbelievable.
Just no buzz about 'Point or Newry and it is not good for Down.
Anyone else here feel such a damp squib the final is ?
Utd are a big club with loads of money. But the biggest problem is Solskjaer. He is not going to attract a good quality of player. He appears like a Manager who got the job from a Lucky Bag!
He took over Tim Sherwood's shambolic Tottenham team and turned them into title contenders in less than two years, and reached a Champions League final
The commentary in the minor game is so anti Cargin. Congratulations Cargin
Well maybe if you’d have stepped in and offered you’re services then we’d have a unbiased commentary
Fair play to the lads and giving us the game.
On the game, so many poor decisions and bad handling.. some going at Cargin now
“Poor decisions” are you digging out one of your colleagues??
Eh?
Poor decisions by the players !!
I didn’t mention the ref
Apologies MR2, I was asking the question not making an accusation.
On that point do you think St Brigids were denied a stonewall penalty?
Disappointed with Gortin. The teams they beat such as Eglish and Greencastle would have made a better fist of it this evening than them imo.
