Olivia Mitchell "We should expand our gene pool"

RDM_83 again

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/celtic-tiger-gene-pool-expansion-made-us-better-looking-says-mitchell-1.1969516

Basically Olivia Mitchell has said that the tiger era was a good thing because we need 'mobility of races' and that we have better looking and taller children because of it.

This is a weird enough thing to say for a politician as it already has a hint of Eugenics.
Where it gets shocking is that she also says

" I think it’s a good thing to keep
our IQs up there; it’s not just about
appearance.”

Which seems to indicate that she believes either, Irish IQ rates were at risk due to inbreeding or that there is a racial component to IQ which Ireland can benefit from due to migration. Both views are very weird things to say and not backed up by science.

posting this here rather than politics cafe as its more about the genetics thing than FG.

Giblet

I'd buy a mongrel over a thoroughbred tbh.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

How does this win votes?

Gongoozler

I'm not seeing any issues here myself. She's right. Though, I'm not sure why she would have said it. The country isn't depending on her for guidance on these matters.

ToddyDoody

So who shouldn't have kids then?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

ToddyDoody wrote: »

So who shouldn't have kids then?

Well, ideally Fianna Fail politicans. She may actually be on to something here...

Baron Kurtz

ToddyDoody wrote: »

So who shouldn't have kids then?

Howyas. Licence, please!:)

Sugar Free

It does seem like a poorly worded statement by her. I think genetic diversity is a good thing though, particularly for Ireland.

conorhal

Gongoozler wrote: »

I'm not seeing any issues here myself. She's right. Though, I'm not sure why she would have said it. The country isn't depending on her for guidance on these matters.

Except she's wrong, couldn't be more wrong in her libtarded eugenical understanding of genetic diversity. If you have a pool of 4 million people you have a massive pool of genetic diversity and people that fail to understand that, probably belong writing tiresome op-ed column’s for the Times because they wouldn't be left near a science or education brief.
Clearly Mitchell buys into the 19th Century Punch magazine caricature of the Irish as simian, potato munching drunks in need of a good injection of ‘superior DNA’ and the paternal guiding hand of a colonial master. It's nice to see that the Blueshirts have outgrown their fondness eugenics and facisism.
I'd love to hear her suggest that people in Guinea or Korea need a good injection of immigrant blood so they can be smarter, taller and less black or slanty eyed. Silly cow.
What next? Will she be telling sobbing parents in the departures lounge to cheer up, their kids aren't being shunted out of the country in increesing numbers, they're just adding to the genetic diversity of Canada and Australia! Though by the sounds of it Mitchell probably believes that we'll be dragging them down.

This BS from Mitchell really serves to underline what a contemptuous and traitorous political class we serve. Time to kick them out

kneemos

We need more supermodels,or women,as the east Europeans call them.

Duggy747

I'm so inbred I'm my own grandmother.

Ah-Hyuck!

Frank Lee Midere

She would be hounded for ever if her argument worked the other way.

Seanachai

Here we go again, at least three or four times a year some public figure, usually from the upper echelons of society makes a proclamation along the lines of 'The Irish are ugly', 'Irish men are ugly and need to learn how to groom themselves', 'Eastern European women are much more attractive than the Irish women'.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/celtic-tiger-gene-pool-expansion-made-us-better-looking-mitchell-1.1969516

Then there's the statement that immigration has 'improved our gene pool', I know a pretty broad range of people from different classes and Irish people having kids with non natives seems to be the exception to the rule. Generally immigrants tend to marry within their own groups. I think immigration up to a certain point is a healthy thing. Does she mean that they're improving the way we look to tourists just by having leggy Russian blondes living here and walking around the streets?.

Is there even any scientific evidence that there was a problem with our gene pool before the celtic tiger?. It just seems like a form of contempt or an upper class in Ireland trying to get some social engineering in for the ugly backward plebs that they have to pass on the street.

The One Doctor

“You can even see the better-looking and taller children now as a result of the Celtic Tiger years."

I'm reminded of Inspector Chalmers in The Simpsons:

"Class after class of ugly, ugly children."

There's something hauntingly... well, not fascist, but disturbing about Mitchell's comments. But then again, she is an idiot politician. People don't become politicians to prove their intelligence. It's to make up for a lack of it. Sort of like teachers, really.

Laois6556

More prove that they were right. We just changed the colour of our flag.

Balmed Out

Id wonder did she plan on what she said being taken very seriously.


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057311198

another thread same subject

Greenmachine

How enforceable is her idea that the fathers name is the birth cert. Guarantee there are plenty out there where the father is unknown.

Satriale

Blueshirt trying to kickstart Aryan race shocker...

humanji

Threads merged, you beautiful people.

Rightwing

Another silly politician, vastly overpaid and grossly underworked.

BrokenHero

In fairness. The lack of folk from the Emerald Isle featuring in porn flicks is a little suspicious.

Seanachai

The One Doctor wrote: »

I'm reminded of Inspector Chalmers in The Simpsons:

"Class after class of ugly, ugly children."

There's something hauntingly... well, not fascist, but disturbing about Mitchell's comments. But then again, she is an idiot politician. People don't become politicians to prove their intelligence. It's to make up for a lack of it. Sort of like teachers, really.

In a way it's probably a good thing that she's expressing these opinions because it exposes her. The psychopathic traits are kind of bubbling just below the surface a lot of the time anyway, it'd be great to see some similar outbursts from the Fine Gael bench, have Simon Harris foaming at the mouth about clearing anybody who isn't a big farmer off the land to create national parks. Sometimes when I see Michael Noonan being grilled it's like he's a hairs breadth away from exploding and spitting about how we should be grateful that we have bread and water. It's almost along the lines of George Bernard Shaw's philosophy and I've come across a fair few upper class Irish people with these kind of opinions.

Annasopra

Very odd musings from Mitchell

DeadHand

BrokenHero wrote: »

In fairness. The lack of folk from the Emerald Isle featuring in porn flicks is a little suspicious.

Probably more to do with the catholic guilt and innate conservatism deeply rooted in most Irish people than a lack of looks or skills.

Irish women are generally gorgeous within and without.

Satriale

DeadHand wrote: »

Irish women are generally gorgeous within and without.

I predict an inbox full of pms in your near future... :pac:

Seanachai

It could be that she attended some think thank or meeting in Brussels that's trying to push some sort of an immigration agenda. I think Fine Gael would try to bring in a hat tax if the EU told them to at this stage. Politicians make statements like this to test the waters and see what the push back is. It'd be a pretty random thing to say if there wasn't some sort of an intention behind it.

cloud493

I was hoping this was gonna be Olivia Wilde. I'd expand my gene pool with her.

DeadHand

Satriale wrote: »

I predict an inbox full of pms in your near future... :pac:

Psst...

Why'd you think I said it?

RobYourBuilder

If I was running against her in the next election, I'd print those quotes up and mail one to every house in her constituency.

biko

Inbredness is a problem for Iceland and Greenland and such places, not for Ireland. Particularly not with so many Brits moving over here to live and work. Think there is well over 100.000 Brits here.

lanos

Giblet wrote: »

I'd buy a mongrel over a thoroughbred tbh.

me too
its much cheaper to feed a dog
horses cost a fortune