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Why are the PD's singled out for criticism all the time?

darkman2 · 2007-05-16 17:38:51

Hi, Just wondering (i am not a PD supporter) why Irish people seem to vent so much anger at the PD's constantly. What have they done wrong? Why are they always the whipping boys at elections? It would appear to me that FF should be getting far more stick then the PD's but they are not. I dont have any issue with the PD's…

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#152 22-05-2007 09:50PM

FTA69

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Exactly, Republican groups have members with shaved heads and tracksuits who live in very poor areas, they may look "dodgy" to some elements of our society but they aren't involved in the thuggery they could have been involved in had they chose to do so. I usually find comments are made by people who don't actually know any Republicans.

Besides even if FTA was in the IRA he wouldn't necessarily meet a thug.

Spot on again. Most people of that persuasion are normal people who work normal jobs and are often respected within their communities, don't believe the stereotypes.

To stick to the topic though, the PDs get guff because they are percieved as representing the erichest of this state's elite. They are also led by the most odious man in Irish politics today.

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