Socialist throws a smoothie on Varadkar

WoolyJumper

Some of the comments here are hilarious. One random person on a skateboard throws a smoothie on Leo and they are acting like it was an organised effort from some secret leftie organisation. The reality is it was probably some anti mask nut job who lets face tend to lean right on the political spectrum.

feargale

WoolyJumper wrote: »

Some of the comments here are hilarious. One random person on a skateboard throws a smoothie on Leo and they are acting like it was an organised effort from some secret leftie organisation. The reality is it was probably some anti mask nut job who lets face tend to lean right on the political spectrum.

Do you think the incident was hilarious?

Heart Break Kid

"WoolyJumper wrote: »

The reality is it was probably some anti mask nut job who lets face tend to lean right on the political spectrum.

Anti mask people came from yellow vests who came from the left. The left can wear that with pride. Antifa also come from the left.

KyussB

Yes 'the left' are responsible for far right fascists...

Discussion of political topics on Boards has taken an odd turn in recent years - but it's become utterly braindead lately.

It's like the people who rabidly support NeoLiberal FG-style right wing economic policy, never expected any blowback or reaction from the population - and are now surprised at what they're faced with: A full blown fascist reaction to it - with barely any left-leaning opposition in sight.

Well done, guys. That's what we have to look forward to.

Peter Flynt

silver2020 wrote: »

You have a rather one sided opinion of Leo. And like any shill, you try and degenerate hime at any opportunity.

I don't like Varadkar.
I think he is a chancer.
That is true.

This is, after all, the public doctor who was advising against wearing masks as late as June. . . . Is he still even doing the shift a week for the HSE (which was answering phones at home rather than on a COVID ward) or is that gone by the wayside?

My past comment is irrelevant.

WoolyJumper

feargale wrote: »

Do you think the incident was hilarious?

No, I clearly said the comments are hilarious.

SteM

Would love to see a quote from him advising against wearing a mask back in June.

Hego Damask

sweet_trip wrote: »

How do you know it was a "socialist"?

What a pathetic thread title, jumping straight to conclusions on a woman you have no idea about.

I've discussed this with my family and at work with my colleagues + my friends has pretty much been "haha jaysus, bit much" but still you could laugh and say ah he'll get over it or he doesn't deserve it.

But on boards.ie? Screaming children, socialist bitch cúnt fat obese SJW!!! massive rants of whataboutery and unhinged commentary.

I feel sorry for how down the drain this forum has gone.

Meanwhile: housing crisis = crickets.
Most of you wouldn't have the balls to condemn the actual issues in this country.

You're right, I imagine she's probably more conservative, center right even.... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Redgirl82

2011abc wrote: »

Fine Gael Head Quarters

Why are they posting on boards?

James Brown

Hego Damask wrote: »

You're right, I imagine she's probably more conservative, center right even.... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Likely some rando. If any group affiliation I'd bet on that anti-lockdown crowd. No not the Clifden posse, the anti lockdown protester types. No not Dawn meats...

Strumms

landofthetree wrote: »

FG arent right wing.

Gay marriage
Pro abortion

Our low income workers pay little tax because of the policies of FG and FF.

18000 euros a year in Ireland has an effective tax rate of 3%. In Germany in 26%.


https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/low-income-worker-ireland-has-smallest-tax-burden-for-low-paid-1.3633502?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fpersonal-finance%2Flow-income-worker-ireland-has-smallest-tax-burden-for-low-paid-1.3633502

They are seriously right wing. Don’t confuse a couple of tactical populist alignments as regards being anyway left.

How many full time employees are on a wage of 18000 euros in Ireland ? 0 at least in theory... that’s how many, because the minimum wage for full time employees is 20,483.

I can find zero info of any 3% tax rate.

Gay marriage ? No became yes when they had a gay leader. They were anti abortion until about 20 years ago, vehemently so. If they didn’t moderate their rhetoric they were in danger of being swept away into oblivion.... they were absolutely a failure with these ideologies under Noonan and co... and man more backwards they should have give him a middle name of ‘reverse’ .... Michael Reverse Noonan...

Eric Cartman

sweet_trip wrote: »

How do you know it was a "socialist"?

What a pathetic thread title, jumping straight to conclusions on a woman you have no idea about.

I've discussed this with my family and at work with my colleagues + my friends has pretty much been "haha jaysus, bit much" but still you could laugh and say ah he'll get over it or he doesn't deserve it.

But on boards.ie? Screaming children, socialist bitch cúnt fat obese SJW!!! massive rants of whataboutery and unhinged commentary.

I feel sorry for how down the drain this forum has gone.

Meanwhile: housing crisis = crickets.
Most of you wouldn't have the balls to condemn the actual issues in this country.

“How do you know it was a scumbag” about the man with the neck tattoo in a tracksuit with his hands down the jocks.

Lets be honest , that haircut and style of glasses overweight, skateboard, during the working week when people should be working. Attacking a centrist politician that the hard left consider ‘right wing’

In police terms its called ‘having form for something’ and the chances of somebody who did this being a socialist is as sure as the dog thief doesn't like houses without wheels.

s1ippy

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

I condemn the housing crisis. I wish government would stop facilitating county councils buying up houses and handing them to people who dont contribute to the economy.

This leaves a smaller pool of housing available for people who work and save and want to move out of the rental sector and on with the next stage of their lives. Plus they will have an asset as they move towards retirement.

But but where would the landlords get all their extra wealth from if people were able to get out of the rental trap?!

Yamanoto

Strumms wrote: »

They are seriously right wing. Don’t confuse a couple of tactical populist alignments as regards being anyway left.

How many full time employees are on a wage of 18000 euros in Ireland ? 0 at least in theory... that’s how many, because the minimum wage for full time employees is 20,483.

I can find zero info of any 3% tax rate.

Gay marriage ? No became yes when they had a gay leader. They were anti abortion until about 20 years ago, vehemently so. If they didn’t moderate their rhetoric they were in danger of being swept away into oblivion.... they were absolutely a failure with these ideologies under Noonan and co... and man more backwards they should have give him a middle name of ‘reverse’ .... Michael Reverse Noonan...

Preposterous to suggest Fine Gael are a right wing party. Seriously, it's just silly.

Pro-immigration, pro-EU, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT. No doubt the left would love nothing more than some big bad authoritarian bogeyman to rail against. Instead, what they get here is Varadkar - a brown, gay son of an immigrant.

Probably why the perpetually whinging mob latch onto and import toxic and divisive US identity politics. They've little to really irk them in domestic politics, such is the predomination of centre-left policy and thinking.

ExMachina1000

s1ippy wrote: »

But but where would the landlords get all their extra wealth from if people were able to get out of the rental trap?!

Where would people live if there were no landlords?

Suckit

Apart from it being totally stupid to begin with, it would seem that the smoothie splashing was also completely pointless, even from the point of view of the girl that threw it, as nobody has an iota why.
What her beliefs are, if she was antifa, socialist, anti-lockdown, an opportunistic point seeker, or if she had any agenda at all.
If she was protesting anything, it has been lost.

Maybe she was just a sk8ter girl..

imme

WoolyJumper wrote: »

Some of the comments here are hilarious. One random person on a skateboard throws a smoothie on Leo and they are acting like it was an organised effort from some secret leftie organisation. The reality is it was probably some anti mask nut job who lets face tend to lean right on the political spectrum.

She was wearing a mask.

Anti maskers are usually mask less, she was I suspect one of the shouty PBP crew who live in a world where everything should be done for everyone and there is no cost associated with anything.

imme

Strumms wrote: »

I can get why people might not be all that enamored with him but for the reasons you’ve pointed out he’s as about as far from a thick as you can get.... with someone else at the helm we might not have seen us benefit from...

him helping to bring a never before achieved level of financial success to the country...

Record employment... Companies from across the globe wanting to come here and set up...provide jobs, benefit from our excellent and high educated workforce and provide opportunities.

People of the state with money in their pockets to spend on houses / cars / holidays.... and everything else besides.

The Good Friday Agreement... peace on this island after literally decades upon decades of bloodshed, murder and mistrust.

FG wouldn’t have even began to touch that legacy. They have neither the intelligence or want. It’s simply for them about the status quo and enabling their rich fûckwit mates to get richer at the sacrifice of the ordinary citizens. They’ve literally done zilch to do anything to benefit society as a whole here.

Berties World was built on bubble and tax cuts, but yes it was the pesky Financial Crash that collapsed everything, the economy was sound. Of course it was.

Bertie tinted glasses much?

You might want to revise your history, there was a thing called The Sunningdale Agreement in the 1970's and the Anglo Irish Agreement in the 1980's that had nothing to do with FF.

Galwayguy35

imme wrote: »

Berties World was built on bubble and tax cuts, but yes it was the pesky Financial Crash that collapsed everything, the economy was sound. Of course it was.

Bertie tinted glasses much?

You might want to revise your history, there was a thing called The Sunningdale Agreement in the 1970's and the Anglo Irish Agreement in the 1980's that had nothing to do with FF.

Sunningdale was a failure so why even mention it, the Anglo Irish Agreement had mostly Maggies ideas in it because Fitzgerald was nothing more than a house boy to her who was afraid to open his mouth.

Necro

Yamanoto wrote: »

Preposterous to suggest Fine Gael are a right wing party. Seriously, it's just silly.

Pro-immigration, pro-EU, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT. No doubt the left would love nothing more than some big bad authoritarian bogeyman to rail against. Instead, what they get here is Varadkar - a brown, gay son of an immigrant.

Probably why the perpetually whinging mob latch onto and import toxic and divisive US identity politics. They've little to really irk them in domestic politics, such is the predomination of centre-left policy and thinking.

People who point to FG as right wing generally don't actually have a clue what right-wing means.

ChikiChiki

Could have been acid. For someone so senior Leo should really look at getting a proper security detail.

feargale

2011abc wrote: »

Relax , most of the posts here coming from FG HQ .

From which party's HQ are the posts coming of the yobs who laud this carry on? In the unlikely event that somebody did likewise to one of theirs would they be equally approving? Many of these ignoramuses were showing utter contempt of the ballot box in the past. Now that the said ballot box is showing some of them more favour the rest of us are supposed to lie down like croppies.
You don't have to be a FG supporter to abide by civilised norms of behaviour. Trouble is some of the new messiahs have yet to be house trained.

suicide_circus

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Where would people live if there were no landlords?

Habitation Block T134, Mao Zedong Boulevard.

Junkyard Tom

Yamanoto wrote: »

Preposterous to suggest Fine Gael are a right wing party. Seriously, it's just silly.

On social issues they're liberal. On economic issues they're very much wedded to the 'leave-it-to-the-market/speculators', 'there-is-no-alternative' Thatcher/Reagan type economics.

It a shame we don't have a truly 'conservative' party here that could act as a sort of home for truly 'conservative' politicians who currently find home in other political outfits.

Suckit

feargale wrote: »

From which party's HQ are the posts coming of the yobs who laud this carry on? In the unlikely event that somebody did likewise to one of theirs would they be equally approving? Many of these ignoramuses were showing utter contempt of the ballot box in the past. Now that the said ballot box is showing some of them more favour the rest of us are supposed to lie down like croppies.
You don't have to be a FG supporter to abide by civilised norms of behaviour. Trouble is some of the new messiahs have yet to be house trained.

Which posts lauded it?
One of theirs?

The rest is equal babble.

James Brown

Yamanoto wrote: »

Preposterous to suggest Fine Gael are a right wing party. Seriously, it's just silly.

Pro-immigration, pro-EU, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT. No doubt the left would love nothing more than some big bad authoritarian bogeyman to rail against. Instead, what they get here is Varadkar - a brown, gay son of an immigrant.

Probably why the perpetually whinging mob latch onto and import toxic and divisive US identity politics. They've little to really irk them in domestic politics, such is the predomination of centre-left policy and thinking.

Pro business, certain business, while damaging society. Thats right wing to me.
They are not fiscally conservative, ill give you that.
You're confusing human rights with politics. Their dealing with asylum seekers and direct provision and willingness to woo a former FG'er who wanted re-education camps gives insight. They'll back an issue if the winds of popularity are behind it but behind the veneer they are no better than FF, looking after their own.
You're familiar with the housing, homeless, health crises? 'Very little to irk them? They may not affect you or you might have lost interest but they are issues and they are there.

James Brown

Necro wrote: »

People who point to FG as right wing generally don't actually have a clue what right-wing means.

severe I know but would it look like a councillor admiring the blueshirts, or a party favouring private business while exacerbating societal crises?

James Brown

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Where would people live if there were no landlords?

Living in their own homes they could more easily afford if there were less property speculation driving up pricing or state built rentals.

imme

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Sunningdale was a failure so why even mention it, the Anglo Irish Agreement had mostly Maggies ideas in it because Fitzgerald was nothing more than a house boy to her who was afraid to open his mouth.

Did you not read the item I was responding to?

The poster said no one ever did anything in relation to Ireland /NI until Bertie.

You are welcome to your views on the international agreements that I mentioned, however wrong your views are.

imme

suicide_circus wrote: »

Habitation Block T134, Mao Zedong Boulevard.

Until they bulldoze your block for the Olympics,/ to build a bigger prison etc etc