Comical radio interview with lady who had worked in the laundries.

realitykeeper

This morning 22/8/19 I listened to a radio interview with an elderly lady who had worked in the laundries. I haven`t listened to or watched Irish media in over ten years even though I live here so I was surprised to hear them still going on about the laundries as if our 200,000,000,000.00 + euro national debt didn`t exist. (I guess they are still working on how to blame the church for that). Anyway, this lovely old lady was there being interviewed and there were all these voices of younger women around her putting words in her mouth and trying to egg her on.

"Oh, and they called you a liar too, didn`t they Mary ..."

"Oh and they did this that and the other too, didn`t they Mary ..."

and all the while poor old Mary obviously just wanted to reminisce.

Not sure which radio station, I think it might have been RTE radio 1 (which wouldn`t surprise me, or it might have been Newstalk or if not, some other radio station). The reason it would not surprise me if it was RTE is because from my perspective, they try to propagandize to push whatever agenda takes their fancy. Since a lot of Irish people cannot think for themselves, RTE chooses the President which is why I don`t vote, at least that is how I see it. Also, I think they tend to be comically anti Trump. That is an insult to the viewers of RTE tv because impartiality is what people pay for. Am I wrong?

lawred2

yeah big laugh alright

banie01

I've seen quite a few posts of dubious quality, low effort and questionable reasoning from this particular OP.

But to go from not knowing what Radio station he was listening to?
To blaming RTE for electing the president and claiming that Irish people are unable to think for themselves...

Is quite possibly one of the most moronic examples of mental gymnastics I've ever encountered on Boards!!!

This is a bar that Cheerful Spring or Run to da hills never managed to climb, yet this post leaps it in a single bound!

Sure Mary only wanted to reminisce about her lovely time in indentured servitude!

realitykeeper

banie01 wrote: »

Sure Mary only wanted to reminisce ...

That`s what I think too.

Harry Palmr

Is this the Magdalene laundries - hardly a laughing matter.

Draco

I believe the OP is referring to this case:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/magdalene-laundry-survivor-awarded-compensation-for-unpaid-work-1.3992743

A survivor of a Catholic-run Magdalene laundry has been awarded an undisclosed five figure settlement over being forced to work unpaid for almost six years.

Mary Cavner (80) fought an an eight-year legal battle over the time she spent at the Good Shepherd Convent in Co Cork, which was run by nuns, from the age of 11 after her father’s death.

The nuns lied about her working there unpaid for six years and claimed they'd sent her to school and tried to cover it up.

Maybe if the Catholic Church didn't lie constantly about what they did to these women, came clean and compensated their victims properly we wouldn't be still talking about it. But given they'll do everything but that, here we are.

PinotNero

realitykeeper wrote: »

This morning 22/8/19 I listened to a radio interview with an elderly lady who had worked in the laundries. I haven`t listened to or watched Irish media in over ten years even though I live here so I was surprised to hear them still going on about the laundries as if our 200,000,000,000.00 + euro national debt didn`t exist. (I guess they are still working on how to blame the church for that). Anyway, this lovely old lady was there being interviewed and there were all these voices of younger women around her putting words in her mouth and trying to egg her on.

"Oh, and they called you a liar too, didn`t they Mary ..."

"Oh and they did this that and the other too, didn`t they Mary ..."

and all the while poor old Mary obviously just wanted to reminisce.

Not sure which radio station, I think it might have been RTE radio 1 (which wouldn`t surprise me, or it might have been Newstalk or if not, some other radio station). The reason it would not surprise me if it was RTE is because from my perspective, they try to propagandize to push whatever agenda takes their fancy. Since a lot of Irish people cannot think for themselves, RTE chooses the President which is why I don`t vote, at least that is how I see it. Also, I think they tend to be comically anti Trump. That is an insult to the viewers of RTE tv because impartiality is what people pay for. Am I wrong?

Child labour is so funny... 🙄

Tell me how

realitykeeper wrote: »

This morning 22/8/19 I listened to a radio interview with an elderly lady who had worked in the laundries. I haven`t listened to or watched Irish media in over ten years even though I live here so I was surprised to hear them still going on about the laundries as if our 200,000,000,000.00 + euro national debt didn`t exist. (I guess they are still working on how to blame the church for that). Anyway, this lovely old lady was there being interviewed and there were all these voices of younger women around her putting words in her mouth and trying to egg her on.

"Oh, and they called you a liar too, didn`t they Mary ..."

"Oh and they did this that and the other too, didn`t they Mary ..."

and all the while poor old Mary obviously just wanted to reminisce.

Not sure which radio station, I think it might have been RTE radio 1 (which wouldn`t surprise me, or it might have been Newstalk or if not, some other radio station). The reason it would not surprise me if it was RTE is because from my perspective, they try to propagandize to push whatever agenda takes their fancy. Since a lot of Irish people cannot think for themselves, RTE chooses the President which is why I don`t vote, at least that is how I see it. Also, I think they tend to be comically anti Trump. That is an insult to the viewers of RTE tv because impartiality is what people pay for. Am I wrong?

Yes you are wrong. In every way.
Wish more of your kind didn't vote. Thanks for that.

realitykeeper

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Is this the Magdalene laundries - hardly a laughing matter.

Presumably. North Korea isn`t a laughing matter either yet that famous interview where the kids walked in, is still hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY

realitykeeper

realitykeeper wrote: »

I haven`t listened to or watched Irish media in over ten years even though I live here so I was surprised to hear them still going on about the laundries as if our 200,000,000,000.00 + euro national debt didn`t exist.

A patently ludicrous false equivalency. Of all the garbage I've read, this takes the cake.

L1011

realitykeeper wrote: »

I haven`t listened to or watched Irish media in over ten years even though I live here

...

The reason it would not surprise me if it was RTE is because from my perspective, they try to propagandize to push whatever agenda takes their fancy.


...

Am I wrong?

You don't consume Irish media yet have extremely strong views on it. So the chances of you being wrong are absolutely massive.

I think you have your answer OP. Improve the quality of your posts if you want to be taken seriously. - Mod