What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

spacetweek

You started with some interesting Kirk quotes which illustrate what kind of a person he was but then descended into a nonsensical rant. Your characterisation of right-wing people is way off the mark.

spacetweek

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807321#Comment_123807321

Had to look him up. Never heard about any of those events.
He wasn’t a career criminal, that was a false rumour. He did have mental health issues.

However, he did threaten everyone in a shop with a knife and wouldn’t back down so he got what he deserved and in 2024 the Gardaí were rightly exonerated.

Cyclingtourist

Since I recently started posting again here I've discovered most of my opinions are 'controversial' and so is my sense of humour.

You can't give an opinion or crack a joke without offending someone and apparently that's now 'unacceptable'.

Sad.

Zionist.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807656#Comment_123807656

You don't have a right to invade somebody else's borders, that's a declaration of war and gives carte blanche to your own extermination

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807778#Comment_123807778

Why not discuss this on the Israel/Palestine thread?

Hoop66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807318#Comment_123807318

He literally said they "are a price worth paying", that's not condoning shootings?

89897

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123808801#Comment_123808801

Exactly, claiming he was fine cause he never actually shot anyone is really scrapping the bottom of the barrell.

Irish History

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123807843#Comment_123807843

I understand - but that's their way of life. If the people there want to change their way of life, they will.

I think the problem is they don't want the west interfering in their affairs and trying to impose western ideals on their way of life.

Hotblack Desiato

The "it's their way of life" thing is amazingly condescending, those that don't agree don't have the right to object, if they'd rather not be imprisoned and keep their head attached to their shoulders. So huge numbers of people who would rather not have to live that "way of life" 🙄 are forced to keep silent and outwardly conform. This is why their educated sons and daughters want to live in the West to get away from that crap.

Similar here in the "glory" days of Catholic Ireland - you had maybe 10% true believers, 20% who were fairly keen, 40% who just wanted a quiet life (and needed to stay in the good books of the right people to keep their business/job) and 30% who knew it was all bollox but it was going to be fairly bad for them if they said anything. We had the escape valve of Britain and America, many who left actually had decent jobs here but couldn't take the hypocrisy

New Scottman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123808801#Comment_123808801

That was just a general point.
When specific shootings or massacres occurred, Kirk did not come out & say that the shooter was right to commit murder.

Hamsterchops

Charlie Kirk will be sadly missed by millions. A great man beloved by American youth, debating modern day issues on college campuses up and down the USA. Never afraid to debate a topic thrown at him by students. Always entertaining to listen in his exchanges, sometimes he had a point, sometimes he was wrong, sometimes controversial, yet everybody was free to agree or disagree with him ….

That debate is now over.

SpoonyMcSpoon

Israel can have Palestine.

China can have Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Russian can have eastern Ukraine.

In Ireland it is much more important to me that we fix our infrastructure, housing and crime issues than look anywhere outside of our borders.

Hotblack Desiato

We should stop funding things in Northern Ireland. Not our problem to solve.

Iscreamkone

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123813396#Comment_123813396

…and in other parts of the world too