dont use big WORDS to country folk

bobbyy gee

don't use big words talking to country folk


https://m.independent.ie/news/green-party-activists-told-dont-use-big-words-when-talking-to-rural-voters-and-travellers-39583179.html

Quantum Erasure

Wah?

biko

Maybe it is that country folk pull the conceited Green party activists up on their bullcrap whereas city folk pretend to understand and agree?

whisky_galore

Is this the thread for people who can't understand the big words of the other thread?

I don’t know what a tracker mortgage is.
Or what bourgeois means
Or proletariat

TomTomTim

Why does she equate rural people with travellers? I'm not even offended, I'm simply confused. This condescending nonsense certainly won't be winning them any votes anyway.

Gods Gift

Nothing worse that a discombobulated rural person.

s1ippy

She likely meant that there wouldn't be public buy-in to high falouten language, not that people wouldn't understand it. The irony is that her own poor communication skills led to this faux pas. Either that or she needs taking down a peg considering her own mental inadequacy.

emaherx

s1ippy wrote: »

She likely meant that there wouldn't be public buy-in to high falouten language, not that people wouldn't understand it. The irony is that her own poor communication skills led to this faux pas. Either that or she needs taking down a peg considering her own mental inadequacy.

No she didn't.
She specifically mentioned words like "biodiversity" and "sustainability", trying to claim rural folk don't understand these is not only highly insulting but is a topic that rural Ireland has a better idea of than she does.

silverharp

is it similar to not mentioning economics to Green party folk?

J.O. Farmer

She fails to realise the difference between vague concepts that sound great in South Dublin suburbs and real life impact.

Biodiversity is hardly a major policy in urban areas. Sustainability (e.g. switching from fuels will probably not cause as many challenges either.

Simi

emaherx wrote: »

No she didn't.
She specifically mentioned words like "biodiversity" and "sustainability", trying to claim rural folk don't understand these is not only highly insulting but is a topic that rural Ireland has a better idea of than she does.

It's not that they think they won't understand, it's that the mere mention of words like biodiversity and sustainability to farmers automatically puts them on the defensive.

They automatically respond with phrases like 'Ireland back to the forest!' and 'What are you going to do with all the cows? Kill them!' like they've been fed talking points from their union.

Danzy

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

She fails to realise the difference between vague concepts that sound great in South Dublin suburbs and real life impact.

Biodiversity is hardly a major policy in urban areas. Sustainability (e.g. switching from fuels will probably not cause as many challenges either.

She is from a farm in Clare.

emaherx

Simi wrote: »

It's not that they think they won't understand, it's that the mere mention of words like biodiversity and sustainability to farmers automatically puts them on the defensive.

They automatically respond with phrases like 'Ireland back to the forest!' and 'What are you going to do with all the cows? Kill them!' like they've been fed talking points from their union.

I actually also find that fairly offensive.
Biodiversity is something we discuss regularly and a major concern for what most of us do.

Man with broke phone

Youd wonder do rural people have the same schools as dublin folk or are they just taught how to pet cats and close gates ?

Harry Palmr

The indo needs to elucidate and extemporise a bit more on this particular topic.

Harry Palmr

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

She fails to realise the difference between vague concepts that sound great in South Dublin suburbs and real life impact.

Biodiversity is hardly a major policy in urban areas. Sustainability (e.g. switching from fuels) will probably not cause as many challenges either.

Well it should be and I imagine the Greens do have policy positions on use of spaces in the urban environment.

FTA69

Fine Gael in sandals they can absolutely get f*cked.

Yamanoto

What an utterly cromulent woman

Beasty

Surprise, surprise

Another link dump by the OP when there's an active thread on exactly the same topic