Unpopular Opinions - OP Updated with Threadban List 4/5/21

mr_fegelien

what unpopular opinions do you hold on boards and in real life?

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Threadbanned Users:
Justin Credible Darts
nj27

Midnight_EG

I'm of the opinion that if you want one, you should tell us yours first

Andreas77

I believe that unemployed people and people on low incomes should be provided with the highest standard of housing at a means assessed rate.

Boom_Bap

I believe I can fly

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I believe that there should be a limit on the number of threads somebody can create when they don't then generally participate in said threads.

Mr_Fegelien initiates high quality threads.

Twink is a Shakespearean thespian.

Feisar

I believe that unemployed people and people on low incomes should be provided with the highest standard of housing at a means assessed rate, in Leitrim.

endacl

Jaysus.

This site needs an entrance exam...

Your Face

I believe in a thing called love.

I see sheep

I think most travellers are grand

riffmongous

Lewis Tall Coral wrote: »

I believe that there should be a limit on the number of threads somebody can create when they don't then generally participate in said threads.

That's not unpopular, it's probably one of the most popular opinions here at the moment :pac:

Tell me how

I have what seems to be an unpopular opinion that a single thread on a specific topic should be enough.

GRACKEA

I don't think there should be any obligation for signs and services to include the Irish language. I say that as a gaeilgeoir. Nobody needs it. Probably <5 people in the world are monoglot Irish speakers. (Monoglot = only speaks the one language)

French or Polish would be much more useful.

Edit to add: just googled it. There are actually 0 Irish monoglots in the world.

Paddy Cow

GRACKEA wrote: »

I don't think there should be any obligation for signs and services to include the Irish language. I say that as a gaeilgeoir. Nobody needs it. Probably <5 people in the world are monoglot Irish speakers.

French or Polish would be much more useful.

Edit to add: just googled it. There are actually 0 Irish monoglots in the world.

I had to google monoglots and I agree. For those also not in the know, a monoglot is a person who only speaks one language

GRACKEA

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I had to google monoglots and I agree. For those also not in the know, a monoglot is a person who only speaks one language

God, I didn't even think about it not being a common term. Hopefully that's clearer. Thanks Paddy:)

the beer revolu

I see sheep wrote: »

I think most travellers are grand

It's mad that we've become a pretty liberal, pc society and have looked after minorities but for some reason, blatant racism against travellers is completely socially acceptable amongst all levels of society.

Now, we can all find examples of traveller's behaving badly (I've been the victim of crime at the hands of three men who were travellers) but to prejudge someone purely on the ground of being a traveller is just blatant discrimination and racism.
There really is no getting away from that fact.
There are a lot of racists on here.

Paddy Cow

GRACKEA wrote: »

God, I didn't even think about it not being a common term. Hopefully that's clearer. Thanks Paddy:)

Maybe it is common and I'm just thick :pac:

Paddy Cow

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's mad that we've become a pretty liberal, pc society and have looked after minorities but for some reason, blatant racism against travellers is completely socially acceptable amongst all levels of society.

Now, we can all find examples of traveller's behaving badly (I've been the victim of crime at the hands of three men who were travellers) but to prejudge someone purely on the ground of being a traveller is just blatant discrimination and racism.
There really is no getting away from that fact.
There are a lot of racists on here.

Whatever you think about Travellers, at least get one thing straight WE ARE THE SAME RACE. That is a fact.

I see sheep

I see sheep wrote: »

I think most travellers are grand

Upstanding members of society who contribute their fair share of tax, and never demand anything for nothing.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

GRACKEA wrote: »

I don't think there should be any obligation for signs and services to include the Irish language. I say that as a gaeilgeoir. Nobody needs it. Probably <5 people in the world are monoglot Irish speakers. (Monoglot = only speaks the one language)

French or Polish would be much more useful.

Edit to add: just googled it. There are actually 0 Irish monoglots in the world.

I don’t think there is such an obligation except perhaps government signage. I don’t see menus in Irish.

Experience_day

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's mad that we've become a pretty liberal, pc society and have looked after minorities but for some reason, blatant racism against travellers is completely socially acceptable amongst all levels of society.

Now, we can all find examples of traveller's behaving badly (I've been the victim of crime at the hands of three men who were travellers) but to prejudge someone purely on the ground of being a traveller is just blatant discrimination and racism.
There really is no getting away from that fact.
There are a lot of racists on here.

My opinion is that you & other hand wringers should be forced to live next to them. Just like the D4 tossers in RTE telling us all to accept more "refugees" from the comforts of areas where everyone else is priced out so they are not affected.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I don’t think there is such an obligation except perhaps government signage. I don’t see menus in Irish.

Every annual report or notification by state or semi state bodies has to be issued in Irish. A waste of resources and an unnecessary expense.

the beer revolu

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Whatever you think about Travellers, at least get one thing straight WE ARE THE SAME RACE. That is a fact.

Yeah, yeah.
What ever way you look at it, it is blatant discrimination on the grounds of being a member of a particular sub set of society.
Call it what ever you want.

GRACKEA

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I don’t think there is such an obligation except perhaps government signage. I don’t see menus in Irish.

Yes. I meant the requirement for state and semi state bodies, as per Srameens response. Figured people would've got that caveat from context. Oops!

Franz Von Peppercorn II

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's mad that we've become a pretty liberal, pc society and have looked after minorities but for some reason, blatant racism against travellers is completely socially acceptable amongst all levels of society.

Now, we can all find examples of traveller's behaving badly (I've been the victim of crime at the hands of three men who were travellers) but to prejudge someone purely on the ground of being a traveller is just blatant discrimination and racism.
There really is no getting away from that fact.
There are a lot of racists on here.

There’s a fair amount of hypocrisy on the traveler issue alright. I once googled traveller halting sites and the vast majority were in the poorest parts of Dublin, often along the M50, or outside the poorer towns in Ireland but it makes sense to put halting sites in areas that are privileged; any other action increases the disadvantages of the area and the travellers.

However Ireland’s liberal bourgeoisie have both constructed a society where they can be racist towards travellers and halt any criticism of their racism.

the beer revolu

Experience_day wrote: »

My opinion is that you & other hand wringers should be forced to live next to them. .

I've never lived next to travellers but I have had Roma folk living next door to me. They were lovely neighbours. Genuinely.

If my neighbours engage in anti social behaviour, I don't want them there. What group they belong to is irrelevant to me.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Lewis Tall Coral wrote: »

Every annual report or notification by state or semi state bodies has to be issued in Irish. A waste of resources and an unnecessary expense.

Well it is an official language, so until that changes...

nthclare

Sunshine lollipops and rainbow's

GRACKEA

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Well it is an official language, so until that changes...

Yes I know why it is this way. I'm just sharing my possibly unpopular opinion on it as the thread is encouraging us to do...

Franz Von Peppercorn II

GRACKEA wrote: »

Yes I know why it is this way. I'm just sharing my possibly unpopular opinion on it as the thread is encouraging us to do...

I know and I wasn’t replying to you. You mentioned signs but Srameen mentioned official documents.

Also I don’t think that opinion is all that unpopular, it’s fairly popular online.

the beer revolu

Deleted User wrote: »

Upstanding members of society who contribute their fair share of tax, and never demand anything for nothing.

I've met travellers who work, pay tax and don't (as far as I'm aware) engage in criminal behaviour. Am I so dumb as to thing that these examples are representative of all travellers? No, I'm not.

I've been the victim of crime at the hands of settled folk far more times than I've been a victim of crime at the hands of travellers. Am I dumb enough to assume that all settled folk are criminals? No, I'm not.

See what I'm getting at?

GRACKEA

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Also I don’t think that opinion is all that unpopular, it’s fairly popular online.

Good to know! Hopefully the sentiment spreads

Bobby Baccala

Is there not already at least one of these threads?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

I know and I wasn’t replying to you. You mentioned signs but Srameen mentioned official documents.

Also I don’t think that opinion is all that unpopular, it’s fairly popular online.

And all I was doing was correcting the statement that it only refers to road signage. Plus keeping in line with the whole premise of the thread.

Church on Tuesday

That metoo is largely a cod, an excuse for witch-hunting and settling old scores and has essentially damaged interactions between the sexes.

Akabusi

Hurling isn't that great a game.

Irish Guitarist

I think Quorn or Linda McCartney should make a vegan substitute for long pig.

touts

mr_fegelien wrote: »

what unpopular opinions do you hold on boards and in real life?

I believe full state benefits should only be paid to those who have worked a minimum of 5 years in the state.

Even with that all state benefits (unemployment, pension, child benefit) should be paid in vouchers that can only be redeemed against certain items (not bouncy castles, booze, fags, fake tan etc)

People in receipt of free housing should live where the state gives them the free house and not have a choice in that. Any damage they do to the house is taken from their welfare. Once they get a job they start to pay rent to the state at the average rent in the locality.

Voting should be limited to active citizens who have either paid tax or taken part in voluntary work for at least 5 years.

People should pay for water and sewage.

Property tax should be based on the services in your locality and not the value of your home.

There is nothing wrong with a two tier health service. Anyone who pays the tax that funds the health service should have priority access on waiting lists or for private rooms etc.

There should be a three strike and you are out rule in the criminal justice sector. On your third or subsequent conviction you lose all rights to bail, reduced sentences, early release etc. You serve the maximum sentence set down in law and not a day less.

Life means life.

PinotNero

Most Irish craft beers are over-hopped rubbish.

Gregor Samsa

Experience_day wrote: »

My opinion is that you & other hand wringers should be forced to live next to them.

I live in a nice quiet estate in a small town in the West of Ireland. We have a mobile home in a caravan park by the coast. A few summers ago, while we were in the mobile, my wife got texts from two different neighbours "warning" us that travellers had moved into a house just across from us. I think they expected us to pack up and come back home to defend it from the impending invasion.

I urged my wife to respond pointing out the irony and absurdity of expecting us to be concerned about a family of travellers renting a 4 bedroom detached house while we were shacked up in what amounts to a halting site for recreation. She decided not to.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be very disappointed to find out the family of travellers were perfectly fine. They lived there for 2 years, and kept to themselves. The dad walked the baby in the pram in the evenings, the kids played out on the green, the mum went about her business. No horses, no caravans, no noise, no crime, no slash hook fights. A family going about their business like any other.

The same caravan park has a family of travellers that come for a week every year. They pay the nightly fee like any other camper. The first year we where there, some of the other people who own permanent mobiles there came to warn us that the travellers had arrived. Again, the irony of being scared of a people who live in caravans while they themselves summered in them seemed lost on them. The traveller kids played with our kids for the week. Yeah, they were a little bit different. A bit rough around the edges, not so good with boundaries - then again I've come across plenty of settled kids like that too. They were good kids. The parents again kept to themselves. No problems at all. I remember one of the little boys (about 5) asking my kids if they were travellers too - because we "lived" in a mobile.

So there you go. My experience of living beside travellers. Nothing bad to report.

Cienciano

Lewis Tall Coral wrote: »

I believe that there should be a limit on the number of threads somebody can create when they don't then generally participate in said threads.

Any anything with more than 5 likes in this thread should be deleted because it's not actually unpopular.

Cyclepath

A man should not be forced to take on financial or other responsibility for supporting a baby he doesn't want, for example an unplanned pregnancy, one night stand with no protection etc.

To clarify, I am pro-choice, but a prospective mother has the right to abort a foetus without recourse to the potential father, so I think it's only fair that the man should have a choice too.

Raconteuse

Cienciano wrote: »

Any anything with more than 5 likes in this thread should be deleted because it's not actually unpopular.

Yeah my opinion (popular or not, I don't know) is that this thread will be full of opinions that are to the right politically but are not actually unpopular. :pac:

mr_fegelien

That 90% of our live is determined by where we are born (geography), what family we are born into, and or genetic makeup.

I don't think many criminals had much choice in their actions, but I'd still want them locked up.

Boom_Bap

I believe I can touch the sky.

Cienciano

Raconteuse wrote: »

Yeah my opinion (popular or not, I don't know) is that this thread will be full of opinions that are to the right politically but are not actually unpopular. :pac:

It'll start off ok, but it'll turn to advocating for genocide in a few pages. The mods hate these threads

Graces7

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's mad that we've become a pretty liberal, pc society and have looked after minorities but for some reason, blatant racism against travellers is completely socially acceptable amongst all levels of society.

Now, we can all find examples of traveller's behaving badly (I've been the victim of crime at the hands of three men who were travellers) but to prejudge someone purely on the ground of being a traveller is just blatant discrimination and racism.
There really is no getting away from that fact.
There are a lot of racists on here.

No it isn't.. and I know that that is an unpopular idea but tough! Agree with your next para.

Gregor Samsa

Anyway, my unpopular opinion: Metered water charges are a good idea, and the Government shouldn't have caved to the ignorant populist protesters. Anyone parking their cars over the public footpath to stop the meters from being installed out side their homes should have had them confiscated and crushed, then sent the bill for the towing and crushing.

EmmetSpiceland

Once you get your “bus pass”, at 65, you should lose the ability to vote in referendums.

You’d keep the right to vote in local, and national, elections.

uncommon_name

My unpopular opinion is that once you reach the age of 65 you should resit your driving test every 5 years, there are too many elderly people out there causing mayhem on the roads.
If you are a bad driver you are off the road, if you are a good driver there should be no issue with passing the test again.

Cienciano

Everyone, no matter what age should have to resit the driving test every 5 years.