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Extinction Rebellion Ireland

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    #1412
    HorrorScope
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    did ye hear the hippie reading the poem yesterday on the radio, she was nearly crying reading it, then she did an animal roar at the end of it and said she was an owl lol why are hippies so cringy?

    Refer to 2 examples in this very thread - the “interpretative” dance and the “emotional time bomb” father laying on the ground crying. These people are mentally unwell.


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    #1413
    is_that_so
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    Seamai wrote: »
    My job involves several trips to Europe every year often with multiple cities in one trip, once I get the the European mainland I never fly, I take trains everywhere but I'm shocked at how many air routes exist where travelling on terra firma is a perfectly feasible option.
    On top of that it's the door to door comfort and the stress you avoid.


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    #1414
    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,976 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20UXFd8Rz-M



    0:30

    :pac::pac:


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    #1415
    20Cent
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    Behind every great person and movement there was always some grumpy old sneering Fu*Ker moaning.


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    #1416
    omerin
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    vriesmays wrote: »
    Would rather see junkies and Roma beggars in O'Connell St than these sad dopes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKws5Q7aZ0

    lol - the cry of mass fashion isn't free, while they wear their pieces of mass fashion :confused:

    most of the idiots don't get it, a lot of them are wearing backpacks, a piece of mass fashion, why not carry whatever their bringing in a more sustainable way? Why? They'll will probably argue they cannot because it's not practical, yet they are asking us not to fly and take slower methods of transport - sail to US for example, which is far from practical. The mind boggles


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    #1417
    is_that_so
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    20Cent wrote: »
    Behind every great person and movement there was always some grumpy old sneering Fu*Ker moaning.
    Two such individuals I spoke to were far younger ladies, equally scathing though. These people do not have much support in any demographic.


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    #1418
    HorrorScope
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    20Cent wrote: »
    Behind every great person and movement there was always some grumpy old sneering Fu*Ker moaning.

    There’s nothing great about anyone or anything to do with extinction rebellion - a bunch of thick as fuck sneering hippies protected by their social welfare or colleges from the reality of the world.


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    #1419
    Seamai
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    is_that_so wrote: »
    On top of that it's the door to door comfort and the stress you avoid.

    I00% !! There's no comparison, all that hassle of airport security, being treated like cattle, more and more flights that are not on time and like you say door to door often much quicker than flying.


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    #1420
    pgj2015
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    The hippies care so much about the environment and the animals but id bet they nearly all voted to repeal the 8th.


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    #1421
    mgn
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    lalababa wrote: »
    Mgn....you are missing the point. Of course most people live this way: it is modern society. These marches are an attempt to get noticed by the public and Gov. So that Gov. may start to think about alternatives, to make them act. To talk about bringing in policies to CHANGE modern living habits. For example ....phasing out plastics quicker than they are or phasing in renewable energy quicker than they are.
    But this is probably lost on you.

    Attempt to get noticed, their getting noticed alright, for being a shower of scruffy wasters who have no life or friends, just out to disrupt people going about their daily business.
    As for yourself you would want to start practicing what you preach.


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    #1422
    HorrorScope
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    The hippies care so much about the environment and the animals but id bet they nearly all voted to repeal the 8th.

    Don’t conflate the 2 issues - being an unrealistic tree hugger and believing a woman has full autonomy of her own body are 2 very very different things


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    #1423
    RobbingBandit
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    Chinese sweat shop t-shirts with hand written slogans the ironing is delicious


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    #1424
    pgj2015
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    HorrorScope wrote: »
    Don’t conflate the 2 issues - being an unrealistic tree hugger and believing a woman has full autonomy of her own body are 2 very very different things



    they dont want us killing the earth or animals but the unborn kids can fcuk off. hypocrites.


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    #1425
    20Cent
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    HorrorScope wrote: »
    There’s nothing great about anyone or anything to do with extinction rebellion - a bunch of thick as fuck sneering hippies protected by their social welfare or colleges from the reality of the world.

    People said similar about every great person and movement.
    Hurlers on the ditch moaning.


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    #1426
    HorrorScope
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    they dont want us killing the earth or animals but the unborn kids can fcuk off. hypocrites.

    What an utterly ridiculous response, it shows you know absolutely nothing about why abortion was campaigned for or voted to accept.


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    #1427
    pgj2015
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    HorrorScope wrote: »
    What an utterly ridiculous response, it shows you know absolutely nothing about why abortion was campaigned for or voted to accept.



    im not getting into this debate with you, but i know exactly what the vote was about, women thinking their lives matter more than the unborn childs life. my body my choice bull$hit.


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    #1428
    HorrorScope
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    20Cent wrote: »
    People said similar about every great person and movement.
    Hurlers on the ditch moaning.

    Please don’t insult genuine historical protests that had a meaning with this group of overprivledged, underworked ****ing wasters.


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    #1429
    end of the road
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    blinding wrote: »
    He needs to be made example of . Eco terrorism needs to be eradicated .

    there is nothing to make an example of him for, and extinction rebellion have not been involved in any eco terrorism but simply protesting.
    Hector Savage wrote: »
    https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/10/blind-man-climbs-ba-plane-extinction-rebellion-airport-takeover-10895765/?ito=article.amp.share.top.twitter

    Not all heroes wear capes folks...

    Absolute tosser should be thrown in jail and fined the cost of this delay he's caused.

    probably wouldn't be cost effective in reality.
    likely cheaper just to have the delay be a sunk cost and move on.
    lleti wrote: »
    These people want to collapse society because they're bitter they are failures in their own lives and don't want anyone else to be successful.

    incorrect. they simply wish to engage in protest to highlight the issues climate change will cause, and to pressure the government to do what they can to minimize such problems in terms of their country at least.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #1430
    HorrorScope
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    im not getting into this debate with you, but i know exactly what the vote was about.

    No you clearly do not - “killing the planet” and terminating an unviable living being are nothing alike.


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    #1431
    end of the road
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    McDermotX wrote: »
    Gerrout and get a bleedin' job !

    they did. well many of them did anyway.
    all sorts of people involved in extinction rebellion from working class to doctors and lawyers etc. that is the beauty of protest, anyone and everyone are welcome.
    weldoninhio wrote: »
    They should have used a water cannon to get him down.

    would have been to dangerous i suspect.
    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    They have to know stunts like this only damage their cause.

    not really over all.
    sure, some of the middle of the road might move away but those who fully agree with their message, even if they disagree with their tactics, will remain on board. the message is more important then the messenger.
    mgn wrote: »
    A bunch of nobodies trying to be somebody's.


    and by the looks of it, succeeding, hence all of the attempts to discredit them, which have all failed.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #1432
    Atlantic Dawn
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    M


    Last day of it for now tomorrow, wonder what tomorrow's target is?


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    #1433
    is_that_so
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    end of the road wrote: »
    incorrect. they simply wish to engage in protest to highlight the issues climate change will cause, and to pressure the government to do what they can to minimize such problems in terms of their country at least.
    They are not engaging, they are demanding. Two very different things.


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    #1434
    20Cent
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    HorrorScope wrote: »
    Please don’t insult genuine historical protests that had a meaning with this group of overprivledged, underworked ****ing wasters.

    Bet Gandhi was called the same.


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    #1435
    buried
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Last day of it for now tomorrow, wonder what tomorrow's target is?

    Something to do with food or cafes, guaranteed.

    Go for McDonalds first then hit the Butlers coffee house afterwards for dessert.

    Wont be an apple phone store anyways, seeing that every swinging dick on this jokeshow owns one of the f**king things

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #1436
    end of the road
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    is_that_so wrote: »
    They are not engaging, they are demanding. Two very different things.


    they are engaging in protest.
    whether they are demanding as part of that protest does not change that fact.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #1437
    Plumbthedepths
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    end of the road wrote: »
    they are engaging in protest.
    whether they are demanding as part of that protest does not change that fact.

    How come they are not protesting at the Chinese/Indian Embassy or the offices of the politicians who affect policy. Why are they going after the ordinary Joe soap who has no power to change government policy?


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    #1438
    is_that_so
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    end of the road wrote: »
    they are engaging in protest.
    whether they are demanding as part of that protest does not change that fact.
    It really does because it's the outcome they expect from these protests, the achievement of those demands.


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    #1439
    castletownman
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    Hypothetically speaking, imagine the uproar and condemnation (even at government level) if a group called Islamic Rebellion or something occupied premises and disrupted airports expressing their "ideology"?

    Intentional interference in airports should spell lengthy prison sentences. Or a trip to Guatanamo Bay. By boat of course just to be environmentally friendly.


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    #1440
    mgn
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    How come they are not protesting at the Chinese/Indian Embassy or the offices of the politicians who affect policy. Why are they going after the ordinary Joe soap who has no power to change government policy?

    The were outside the Dail the other day sitting on the road but were moved on very quickly. Cant have our TDs being blocked in can we, but F*ck everyone else.


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    #1441
    Plumbthedepths
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    mgn wrote: »
    The were outside the Dail the other day sitting on the road but were moved on very quickly. Cant have our TDs being blocked in can we, but F*ck everyone else.
    At the Dail is pointless. The lads and lassies inside are used to the odd protest outside the gates of LH. Outside their various constituency offices would be more effective. As I said p*ssing off the public seems to be their goal.


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