Those old "why don't the irish ever protest" threads

veryangryman

Well those people have been shown.

Yeah the protests are pretty dozey these days but still. We absolutely do protest. Mainly the doses but still

Dslatt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058284508/those-old-why-dont-the-irish-ever-protest-threads

We always had protests, always. The notion we don't is and was a complete fallacy.

eggy81

We aren’t militant enough with it is what is meant by we don’t protest. As in we don’t go out and wreck the place like the French.

StevenToast

We have it handy....thats why.

Usually a whinge by people who don't put their foot out the door, and expect the protesting to be done by other people.

elperello

Hardly a day goes by that there isn't a protest of some sort outside Dail Eireann and that has been the case for many years.

The first day of a new term tends to be busiest for protests it's not uncommon to see different groups queueing up for their slot.

Ubbquittious

Anyone want to have a go at wrecking the place?

veryangryman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120247777#Comment_120247777

It really isn't. There are literal mobs overly hounding politicians and going to their houses. Look at Fermoy and Ballmun if you need evidence that we very much have militant protests.

wangchung

We need to be led by trade Unions to protest. None of the Irish trade unions are worth anything and they don't like to upset the establishment. They are in bed with the government so that's why there are no organised protests,only militant ones.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120248353#Comment_120248353

No that's what I mean - I'm talking about people who say "the Irish don't protest".

whisky_galore

People with free time do: the unemployed/unemployable, students, OAPs.

Dslatt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120248403#Comment_120248403

Would you not consider strikes as a form of protest no?

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120248431#Comment_120248431

And they don't see people protesting because they don't put the foot out their door (as you said), and because RTÉ rarely reports on it.

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120248116#Comment_120248116

Yeah, and then protest afterwards to get the gubbmint to fix the place.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120247547#Comment_120247547

It is not "the French", they are just like anywhere else where sectional interests try to get a bigger slice of the pie for themselves. Also they are not short of Enoch Burke types. This is a report from 2017.

After two years out of the spotlight, anti-gay marriage movement "Manif Pour Tous" (Protest for Everyone) was reactivated on Sunday. According to police figures, between 23,000 and 24,000 people gathered at the Trocadero Plaza in western Paris to protest against France's same-sex marriage laws. Organizers, however, put the turnout at approximately 200,000.

Protesters marched through the streets waving French flags and the movement's blue and pink colors. Some held signs declaring "All together for the family" and "In 2017, I'll vote for the family."

"Even if the gay marriage law has been adopted, we will continue the protest to show that it is not good and we want it to be repealed. We want to influence the political debate that will take place in the coming months," said one protester.

A 29-year-old man told news agency AFP that he was protesting because he wanted a "return to the principles of Christian civilization in terms of family, institutions and work."

ejmaztec

It generally takes about 800 years for people to get wound up enough to have a really good protest here, when people started waving guns around instead of badly spelled placards.

hoodie6029

When you encounter some of the doses that lead protests here it put puts a lot of average people off.

Also, an education system and society that for generations ensured a compliant population.

Lack of natural resources. Protest outside your factory here and the owner can just relocate it as all the raw materials are imported anyway. Unless it’s related to agriculture, which will generally be well organised by the Union, or like the meat factories completely union free so the staff will be replaced in a whim.

wangchung

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120248602#Comment_120248602

I do indeed but what I'm saying is that the Unions in general don't want to use strikes as a form of protest but instead pally up with the powers to be and pretend they have got the best deal for workers

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120254472#Comment_120254472

Are you a union member?

Greyfox

Irish people in general don't protest nearly enough. Politicians are talking about solving the housing crisis but their not doing much to try to solve it and our health serviceis crippled. Their should be tens of thousands of people protesting every couple of weeks and if RTE don't report it then organise the protests near their HQ.

elperello

There was a protest at UHL hospital in Limerick today.

I just saw it on the nine o'clock news.

screamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255164#Comment_120255164

They did, they brought traffic to a standstill last Friday evening outside rte. But they were anti immigration protests so you never heard or saw the rte luvvies broadcast that. Google it there, you’ll see zip on rte about it, so here’s link to the independent that did report it.

i detest rte, one sided leftist luuvies, impartial me ar$e

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/anti-immigration-protesters-block-traffic-as-they-march-outside-rte-studios-42337917.html

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255223#Comment_120255223

Hardly likely to get covered by RTE when they had posters demanding RTE Get Off The Air and "wanted" posters with pictures of RTE presenters.

Mr. teddywinkles

How do the french manage to do it. Must be wasters protesting

screamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255280#Comment_120255280

Well they’re supposed to report on stuff, so they don’t like the story so drop it. Impartial, truth matters isn’t that what their BS add campaign was saying. Goebbels would be proud of them, and they’re one sided spin machine.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255310#Comment_120255310

A little naive to expect the organisation they want closed down to give them publicity.

RTE is the Virus was another poster they carried.

Do you know any of the people involved?

screamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255334#Comment_120255334

It just shows though, RTE only cover stories that serve their own agenda, they are not impartial, and they are not trustworthy.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255354#Comment_120255354

It just shows that the crowd on that protest don't deserve the time of day.

You really don't know who they are do you ?

As for your Goebbels comparison, old Joe would be spinning in his grave if he had one, being compared to RTE.

He'd have more in common with the protestors.

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255354#Comment_120255354

Would you agree that your own agenda is, to put it kindly, a niche one, thas been debunked and ridiculed over and again and thats why you're upset at RTÉ/ Irish Times/Irish Examiner/Business Post/The Currency/The Journal, as the personification of Irish people who don't listen to your slurry?

pgj2015

Margaret Cash was great for protesting for the homeless of Ireland. Then they gave her a forever home and she suddenly stopped caring about the homeless. 🤔