Why is there so many lowlifes in Dublin

RainbowRose81

Well any one can get spat on especially if that person is different if they look like an easy target. Its like in school people get bullied for being overweight or just how they look, for wearing glasses or having different colour skin for being different in any way, shape or form.

I am not arguing. Someone asked me why and what was he doing going through summerhill I told him why

Chaotic_Forces

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

Well any one can get spat on especially if that person is different if they look like an easy target. Its like in school people get bullied for being overweight or just how they look, for wearing glasses or having different colour skin for being different in any way, shape or form.

I am not arguing. Someone asked me why and what was he doing going through summerhill I told him why

So what exactly did you hope to happen with this thread?

googled eyes

The OP seems to be of the opinion that this kind of thing only happens in the capital and states that it's hard to believe that Galway and Dublin are in the same country. The OP also says they are from "safe" Donegal .
Yet in the counties all along the west coast (I"m not going to name one county , as people will jump on me saying I hate that county) you will get picked on and abused because of a certain accent. Yet this isn't racism or scum-ism , it's just having a laugh at the Jackeen
The OP lives in a dream if they think that this is a Dublin only occurrence. My partner is from the West and I've seen this type of abuse on Irish and non-Irish on many occasions

RainbowRose81

I hoped for a cup of tea

Goldenegg

Not just in Dublin my friend...

In every county in Ireland you will visit, you will find it happens there too. One county for example being Athlone. So you can't say that all dublin people have such low standards, it's country people too!

Star Bingo

what he experienced is xenophobia. yobs. shít i've been taken for anything but irish maybe because my skins not as prone to fúcking cancer. n i'm a byrne's byrne you think xenophobia's worse in a likely more multicultural irish city than the lesser ones? maybe they've not had the opportunity yet - lowlife > dublin does not sit well so state what you saw in thread title. you know what a low demograph lowlife suggests? xenophobia is disturbing n i feel you but i am weary

Bruthal

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

It was moreso the fact that they were describing (or at least making it appear that way) that Dublin is an area for racially motivated attacks by scumbags. But... she didn't really think too much into it since Dublin is the most populated city in Ireland and a lot, a lot of different races live here.

That doesnt change the fact it has racially motivated attacks. The fact somewhere is more populated and so will have more scumbags is hardly a reason for not mentioning it has lots of scumbags when one of them attacks your friend.

Of cousre the answers were defensive of Dublin as the more the OP posted, the more it was clear she was just wanting a group of people backing her up. So I guess that was why it was a lot more defensive than her saying something like "some scumbag spat in my friend's face in Summerhill, I wish people like that would be locked away" she made it clear that she feels ashamed to be Irish. Which is insane in so many ways.

If someone feels ashamed that her friend was racially attacked, or thought it was racist, its no worse than being proud to be irish, just for being born in ireland, something totally outside a persons control, and involving no achievement by the individual ever. We might as well say we are proud to be from earth.

After an opening post like that, you can't expect many people (on an Irish forum) to say "yeah, I feel ashamed to be Irish too".

I dont think the OP actually asked people to feel ashamed. They said they felt ashamed. I may have missed a post or 2 though:)

osullic

Goldenegg wrote: »

Not just in Dublin my friend...

In every county in Ireland you will visit, you will find it happens there too. One county for example being Athlone. So you can't say that all dublin people have such low standards, it's country people too!

Oh yes Athlone in Westmeath

mikemac

The OP have never been to Tipperary town if they think lowlife behaviour is confined to Dublin

It wasn't by accident that Tipp Town was selected by Primetime Investigates for their shows.

Even stroll over to the Tipperary forum and it got voted the worst town by the posters on boards, disowned by its county, how embarrassing

osullic

feelingstressed wrote: »

The OP have never been to Tipperary town if they think lowlife behaviour is confined to Dublin

It wasn't by accident that Tipp Town was selected by Primetime Investigates for their shows.

Even stroll over to the Tipperary forum and it got voted the worst town by the posters on boards, disowned by its county, how embarrassing

Tipp town really is horrible.

Star Bingo

how old is op? just remembering how it used to affect me a lot. and not just when i was the mistaken subject of it; as an obvious paddy


.. is a clue in the bed-time? d'oh.. '81 = 30. yeah we get wound up - yer too old though for such slander; drop the lowlife!

Super-Rush

Its almost national drinking day, can't we all just get along for five minutes?