Louise O'Neill on manned mission to Mars: "Why not go to Venus?" (MOD Warning post 1)

Ralf and Florian

Asks her Twitter followers to do her debating for her in relation to a question asked of her on Instagram about the gender pay gap. "I'm too tired to murder him right now, any takers?" IE I don't have the intellectual capacity to debate or back up my statements.

https://twitter.com/oneilllo/status/928953179370328064



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Ralf and Florian

This is the Instagram post in which she stated "From now until January 31st, women are effectively working for free due to the gender pay gap. "


https://www.instagram.com/p/BbTu0-2H8nO/?hl=en&taken-by=oneilllou

Still, she provoked yet another thread on AH, so evidently she's doing something right.

Fighting Tao

It’s easier to ignore her than to ignore threads about her on Boards.

darkdubh

Deleted User wrote: »

Still, she provoked yet another thread on AH, so evidently she's doing something right.

So has Harvey Weinstein.

Tigger

didnshe forget to post it on october 10th

SEPT 23 1989

She won't find a husband with that attitude

Silentcorner

The problem with pea brained individuals like this one is that feminism has become an excuse for failure...men who fail have no such luxury....if I end up single for my life I can't blame anything other than myself....if I fail in business I can't blame anybody but myself...if someone in the same job as me gets paid more than I do I can't blame anyone but myself....

You'll see that cretins like her have no opinion it seems on women in the rest of the world who still face horrendous oppression every day of their lives....

Of course...she is also a part of a deeper symptom...the dumbing down of media...

Silentcorner

Silentcorner wrote: »

The problem with pea brained individuals like this one is that feminism has become an excuse for failure...men who fail have no such luxury....if I end up single for my life I can't blame anything other than myself....if I fail in business I can't blame anybody but myself...if someone in the same job as me gets paid more than I do I can't blame anyone but myself....

You'll see that cretins like her have no opinion it seems on women in the rest of the world who still face horrendous oppression every day of their lives....

Of course...she is also a part of a deeper symptom...the dumbing down of media...

Tried reading that a few times. Gave up.

She is part of a deeper symptom alright. Hysterical overreaction to everything feminists tweet. Some of the posters here are far shriller than woman they wet their pants about.

Ulysses Gaze

Twitter is an echo chamber and O'Neill is playing to an ever dwindling crowd.

Why do you care, OP?

OldMrBrennan83

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darkdubh

Patww79 wrote: »

Is the Instagram post gone? Loading blank.

It's working fine for me. This is the comment that the guy left that seems to have her triggered.

Are you saying that ALL working women won't be paid (effectively) for the rest of the year? Talk about a bull**** statement to make������

biko

I can't be arsed to get upset over this, hope that's ok

Buford T. Justice XIX

Patww79 wrote: »

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No, still there.

A meme, two women high fiving and the caption is, 'Women. Like men, only cheaper'.

OldMrBrennan83

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darkdubh

darkdubh wrote: »

It's working fine for me. This is the comment that the guy left that seems to have her triggered.

Are you saying that ALL working women won't be paid (effectively) for the rest of the year? Talk about a bull**** statement to make������

Not nearly as triggered as the posters here who react.

I think if they ever met Louise O'Neill, I'd be slapping them across the face first to get them to tone down the hysteria.

"AAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAAGH, WOMAN TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING."

suicide_circus

LO'N - producing quality cat litter tray liner since 2012.

Ralf and Florian

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Twitter is an echo chamber and O'Neill is playing to an ever dwindling crowd.

Why do you care, OP?

She's been given a platform by RTE and every Saturday in a national newspaper to air her (mostly) questionable views but I've never seen her in anything resembling a debate. I think she actively avoids situations where she might be challenged to defend her statements and that twitter post is a prime example.

Ralf and Florian

Deleted User wrote: »

Not nearly as triggered as the posters here who react.

I think if they ever met Louise O'Neill, I'd be slapping them across the face first to get them to tone down the hysteria.

"AAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAAGH, WOMAN TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING."

Who posted anything even remotely resembling any of the above?

Rumpy Pumpy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not nearly as triggered as the posters here who react.

I think if they ever met Louise O'Neill, I'd be slapping them across the face first to get them to tone down the hysteria.

"AAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAAGH, WOMAN TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING."

Calm down, dude. It’s a lovely Sunday morning. Have a cup of tea and listen to Lyric FM or something.

darkdubh

Deleted User wrote: »

Not nearly as triggered as the posters here who react.

I think if they ever met Louise O'Neill, I'd be slapping them across the face first to get them to tone down the hysteria.

"AAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAAGH, WOMAN TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING."

You come across a bit triggered yourself darling.

suicide_circus

I wonder how triggered Louise would find herself if I made reference to "murdering" her in twitter

She'd be hard to listen to, but I'd still give her one..

backspin.

So she avoids debate yet again. Nobody is fooled by that tweet.

Ulysses Gaze

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

She's been given a platform by RTE and every Saturday in a national newspaper to air her (mostly) questionable views but I've never seen her in anything resembling a debate. I think she actively avoids situations where she might be challenged to defend her statements and that twitter post is a prime example.

The Examiner is hardly the New York Times. And RTE gave her one show.

Her views are just recycled memes and opinions from other Third Wave Feminists coupled with some "witty" put downs. No real analysis of either.

So why worry about it?

Wibbs

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

This is the Instagram post in which she stated "From now until January 31st, women are effectively working for free due to the gender pay gap. "

The thing about this pay gap stuff is that if true why would anyone hire a bloke? So either a) men are worth the extra money because they're just better at their jobs, or b) it's all bullsh1t. *hint* it's b

Ralf and Florian

Deleted User wrote: »

Tried reading that a few times. Gave up.

She is part of a deeper symptom alright. Hysterical overreaction to everything feminists tweet. Some of the posters here are far shriller than woman they wet their pants about.

Many feminists I have huge regard for. Germaine Greer, Mary Beard, Camille Pagilla. One thing they all have in common is that they will actually engage with people with differing opinions.

Ulysses Gaze

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Many feminists I have huge regard for. Germaine Greer, Mary Beard, Camille Pagilla. One thing they all have in common is that they will actually engage with people with differing opinions.

Yes, but LON has a degree in Fashion Management (I think) not Gender or Feminist Studies. She would not have nearly the same level of knowledge of the subject as those above.

She is using social media as a platform to build a profile to help her as an author. Author/Activist sounds better than just run-of-the-mill Author in generating publicity.

Ralf and Florian

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Who posted anything even remotely resembling any of the above?

You.

You read a tweet and rushed to AH. Relax. It's the www. People will say things you don't like.

darkdubh

darkdubh wrote: »

You come across a bit triggered yourself darling.

Oh you said "darling". That was good.

Ulysses Gaze

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh you said "darling". That was good.

Well at least no mention of White Knights, Cucks, Manginas or SJWs...

Maybe we are making progress on AH?

:pac:

Ralf and Florian

Deleted User wrote: »

Not nearly as triggered as the posters here who react.

I think if they ever met Louise O'Neill, I'd be slapping them across the face first to get them to tone down the hysteria.

"AAAAAAAGH AAAAAAAAGH, WOMAN TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING."

Deleted User wrote: »

You.

You read a tweet and rushed to AH. Relax. It's the www. People will say things you don't like.

The irony in this comment is entirely lost on you. So where did I or anyone else here say she should be slapped in the face?

Oh, so she's essentially a Katie Hopkins-lite eejit? Good to know.

What I dislike is that I only know her name because of people constantly bringing her up here. If you don't want to be annoyed by what she says -- perhaps you just shouldn't go out looking for her posts and comments?

Ralf and Florian

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

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The irony in this comment is entirely lost on you.

I'm not the poster who is linked to someone on twitter just to race to AH with the latest "news".

Anyway, go on, some woman upset you on the www. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being sang froid and 10 being outraged, where would you be?

eviltwin

This is why I don't use Twitter. Every twat with an opinion can make it public and others share it and discuss it and it just fuels the fire. Why not just ignore it.

I believe her books are pretty OK, but she ruins it all by everything else.

If you take a look at Guerilla Feminism on instagram you see that she recycles most of her ideas from there, and uses all of that language. #menaretrash is essentially their motto and they live in a world where they compete to see who is the most oppressed, and the most oppressed are the most correct, no matter what kind of ****e they spout.

Ralf and Florian

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not the poster who is linked to someone on twitter just to race to AH with the latest "news".

Anyway, go on, some woman upset you on the www. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being sang froid and 10 being outraged, where would you be?

At a scale of 1-10 how triggered are you by working with a pregnant women that you start a thread on AH about it ?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=104331863&postcount=1

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Oh, so she's essentially a Katie Hopkins-lite eejit? Good to know.

What I dislike is that I only know her name because of people constantly bringing her up here. If you don't want to be annoyed by what she says -- perhaps you just shouldn't go out looking for her posts and comments?

Chill the beans lad, she's fairly prominent and this is a discussion board

Ralf and Florian

"I'd rather be in a bus load of angry feminists with hairy armpits on a hot day than spend a minute at Ladies Day at the Races."

Tut tut.



https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=104144845&postcount=1

Ulysses Gaze

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh, so she's essentially a Katie Hopkins-lite eejit? Good to know.

What I dislike is that I only know her name because of people constantly bringing her up here. If you don't want to be annoyed by what she says -- perhaps you just shouldn't go out looking for her posts and comments?

+1

We already had a 100+ page thread on her that was locked because it degenerated into quite personal attacks.

Leave. It .Be

Ralf and Florian

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

At a scale of 1-10 how triggered are you by working with a pregnant women that you start a thread on AH about it ?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=104331863&postcount=1

Ha ha!

As well as trawling through twitter to get cross, you also trawl through post histories.

I'll put you down as a 9. You're very cross about Louise, aren't you? Because something something Louise someone something thread I started something...

Ralf and Florian

Deleted User wrote: »

Ha ha!

As well as trawling through twitter to get cross, you also trawl through post histories.

I'll put you down as a 9. You're very cross about Louise, aren't you? Because something something Louise someone something thread I started something...

And you're very cross that I started a discussion about her. I'm beginning to think you're related to her such is the hysterical tone to your posts.

KERSPLAT!

Poor Conor

KERSPLAT!

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Poor Conor

I'm having toast. It's all good!

professore

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh, so she's essentially a Katie Hopkins-lite eejit? Good to know.

What I dislike is that I only know her name because of people constantly bringing her up here. If you don't want to be annoyed by what she says -- perhaps you just shouldn't go out looking for her posts and comments?

She's probably starting the threads herself.

Noveight

Anyone who defines themselves by being anti-things instead of pro-things is usually heavy weather. Louise O'Neill is one of 'em.

darkdubh

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm having toast. It's all good!

Have some humble pie while you're at it :pac:

professore

Noveight wrote: »

Anyone who defines themselves by being anti-things instead of pro-things is usually heavy weather. Louise O'Neill is one of 'em.

Or has Activist in their title. Sure sign of a dick.

Grayson

professore wrote: »

She's probably starting the threads herself.

nope. There are more than enough guys who are obsessed with this ****

Funnily, the vast majority of the time it's men that share her opinion.

jackofalltrades

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

The Examiner is hardly the New York Times. And RTE gave her one show.

Her views are just recycled memes and opinions from other Third Wave Feminists coupled with some "witty" put downs. No real analysis of either.

So why worry about it?

The Examiner has a readership of close to 250,000.
Her show on RTE got a prime time slot AFAIR.
If all she had was a 1,000 followers on twitter I'd agree with the "ignore her and she'll go away" strategy.
But she's a bit bigger than that at this stage.