Innocent Person Accosted by Kildare Mob

bucketybuck · 31-05-2017 08:46AM

No smoke without fire...

Isn't that how it works?

harr · 31-05-2017 08:47AM

buried wrote: »

Facebook has a good majority of these type of young parents in the mid 30 to late 40 age bracket completely switched on outrage mode. Any story or any tale that appears on their newsfeeds may as well be the absolute word of God - "Islamic extremists grow gills to travel here under the ocean!!" "New Peado camouflage is human size fidget spinner!!" = cue the mouthbreathing outrage

Completely agree on this point...I have had work colleagues who in the past have believed posts and so called advice on Facebook rather than believing their own GP. The absolute garbage that people believe as fact just because they read it on Facebook is astounding.. herd mentality and all all that..

sydthebeat · 31-05-2017 08:57AM

First off is the mobs fault for forming on such baseless evidence

Second off is the posters fault for deliberately posting a picture of someone who wasn't the person the article was about

Third off its 'kildarenow's fault for not removing the post immediately, and trying to corroborate for themselves.

The fall out had been ridiculous, with people calling for "Facebook" to be sued for allowing the post.

SuperS54 · 31-05-2017 08:59AM

the_syco wrote: »

KildareNow put up HIS PICTURE.

NOT THE PEADOs.

HIS.

AND NAMED HIM LUCKWILL.

And then the people started to follow him.

All because of the thick sh|tes at KildareNow.

They didn't, they posted a photograph of the real pedophile and someone else put the photograph of the innocent guy in the comments section. From the article; "However, in the clarification, the outlet said that a reader posted a photograph of another man in the comment section when the article was posted on Facebook. KildareNow has since issued a clarification and apology."

Drumpot · 31-05-2017 09:01AM

RobertKK wrote: »

I don't get this mob mentality. Men who think they are hard men...

They come across as having a few brain cells short of a brain.

Arghus wrote: »

A bad situation and seemingly - judging by today's Irish Times - not a shred of remorse or regret shown by some of those responsible for whipping up the lynch mob. The lack of care or concern about the safety of an innocent man is shocking.

I agree ... So what can we do as a society to help allieviate the mobs concerns ??

Cause insulting these kind of people like Trump and Brexit supporters doesn't work...

To be frank, you are part of the problem. We all are... The smug people pointing fingers at the events and those orchestrating or engaging in it.

People want change but don't know what to do. People don't feel safe or protected (for whatever reason) and they don't know what to do. The established politicians puke out the same ****e that ignores their concerns or doesn't really address them...

We have politicians and serving parties all over the world who haven't a clue how to address the concerns of many in their country. That's why we are seeing such a dramatic shift from mainstream politics to extreme and populist candidates.

Nobody is looking for a way to unit people...

c_man · 31-05-2017 09:07AM

Let's not have this ugly incident put us off forming mobs though. You can achieve a lot, feel like a big man and the sense of community is beyond compare.

Uriel. · 31-05-2017 09:28AM

I didn't see prime time last night, but the sentence on the indo article stating that the man wore his work ID during his prime time interview is really strange.

Did The interviewer ask him to confirm his identity or something? If not what ****ing difference does it make and why does the reader need to know that fact.

Kimbot · 31-05-2017 09:40AM

Its amazing that back in the early 90's people used to group up and run drug pushers etc out of estates. Now they are all ganging up on innocent people. This isn't the first time something like this has happened recently and it won't be the last. Someone will end up hurt.

whoopsadoodles · 31-05-2017 09:48AM

I went ape sh*t on FB a few years ago, when those poor little girls in Athlone were raped. Suddenly this guy was showing up on my facebook feed as the rapist, being shared blindly and mindlessly by people who hadn't a notion who the lad was.

Now, he may well have been the right guy, I've no idea, but I guarantee you not one of the people who shared it actually had a clue either. It could well have been a joke or someone who just didn't like the fella who started it.

People can be stupid, and that's fine, but when their stupidity becomes dangerous it's worrying.

kunst nugget · 31-05-2017 10:02AM

Let's be honest about things here, lads. He works for Revenue so he's fair game.

(That was a feeble attempt at a joke. Please don't form a mob against me!)

Are Am Eye · 31-05-2017 10:06AM

I heard this guy on the radio yesterday.
He's certainly guilty of being an annoying bastard.
I say we lynch him.

pilly · 31-05-2017 10:09AM

I think it a lot of this is down to the media in general to be honest. This Anthony Lockwell story has been all over the papers for weeks with "he's now in Dublin", "he's now in Cork", blah blah blah.

I had a friend of mine tell me she saw him in Fermoy and I said where and she said on Facebook!!! Please people, stop taking Facebook as gospel!!!

It's scaremongering of the highest order and riling up members of the public into this sort of action.

It's only luck in this case that someone wasn't badly hurt.

Either way those thugs have made a public show of themselves and certainly put off a lot of people who may have been thinking of moving to Monasterevin (mind you they would probably of the type who don't care about that).

If you can't walk down the street without having your photograph taken I wouldn't even be bother stopping on the way through.

Glenster · 31-05-2017 10:13AM

Terrible.

But he looks SO MUCH like a paedophile.

But shave off the beard, get some contacts, wear a shirt and jeans and you'll never be called a paedo again.

Dravokivich · 31-05-2017 10:16AM

I see this stuff flare up regularly on Facebook. But it's baseless most of the time, people sharing people's comments about who was seen, where they were seen and a picture. But very few would have known who the person was in the first place and certainly not I.

Glenster wrote: »

Terrible.

But he looks SO MUCH like a paedophile.

But shave off the beard, get some contacts, wear a shirt and jeans and you'll never be called a paedo again.

It's a matter of fashion now is it?

xabi · 31-05-2017 11:11AM

Glenster wrote: »

Terrible.

But he looks SO MUCH like a paedophile.

But shave off the beard, get some contacts, wear a shirt and jeans and you'll never be called a paedo again.

This type of crap belongs on Facebook.

Murrisk · 31-05-2017 11:12AM

Alexandra Tight Rattrap wrote: »

So basically, it's everyone's fault apart from the mob, and the woman who started it in the first place.

Cool.

Where does it say in the article that a woman started it, I can't see it anywhere?

Sierra Oscar · 31-05-2017 11:16AM

the_syco wrote: »

KildareNow put up HIS PICTURE.

NOT THE PEADOs.

HIS.

AND NAMED HIM LUCKWILL.

And then the people started to follow him.

All because of the thick sh|tes at KildareNow.

They didn't publish the picture. They put up a story which in turn they linked to on Facebook. Someone then put up the incorrect photo in the comments section of that Facebook post.

31-05-2017 11:17AM

harr wrote: »

Completely agree on this point...I have had work colleagues who in the past have believed posts and so called advice on Facebook rather than believing their own GP. The absolute garbage that people believe as fact just because they read it on Facebook is astounding.. herd mentality and all all that..

however a few posts earlier you defended everything about this 'herd'

harr · 31-05-2017 11:29AM

bubblypop wrote: »

however a few posts earlier you defended everything about this 'herd'

Never defended anyone...I was just explaining how things got out of hand on the day, don't know how you can take it I was defending anyone.

Curly Judge · 31-05-2017 11:38AM

Samaris wrote: »

Yeah! I heard she was an ex-girlfriend who gave his photo to the Kildare newspaper in revenge!*

Since there was no mention of a woman in the article (not sure where the first guy got that from unless it was an assumption)... good example of how chinese whispers start a mob. (I assume you were joking about the mob, but seriously, there's no mention of an "unrepentant woman" being behind it from that article at least.)

*I made that up.

Google is your friend!
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/woman-defends-wrongly-identifying-man-as-sex-offender-1.3101998

I don't do assumptions!

Fred Swanson · 31-05-2017 11:46AM

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Curly Judge · 31-05-2017 11:49AM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Worth at least a tarring and feathering, I would have thought?

kunst nugget · 31-05-2017 11:51AM

Curly Judge wrote: »

Google is your friend!
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/woman-defends-wrongly-identifying-man-as-sex-offender-1.3101998

I don't do assumptions!

What an asshat! 'I did nothing wrong. I was only THINKING OF THE CHILDREN!!!'

31-05-2017 11:53AM

harr wrote: »

Never defended anyone...I was just explaining how things got out of hand on the day, don't know how you can take it I was defending anyone.

the only reason things got out of hand was because of the people that decided to go all 'hardman' no other reason.
explaining/making excuses.......whichever

AudreyHepburn · 31-05-2017 11:55AM

This is why I am so against vigilantism. This poor man could have had his whole life ruined by a mindless mob acting like animals.

No excuses will do here. These people deserve some sort of reprimand.

If you have concerns about some-one in your area, go to the police and let them handle it. Never should anyone's name or face appear on social or any other kind of media before they have been investigated and had a chance to prove their innocence.

31-05-2017 11:55AM

Curly Judge wrote: »

Google is your friend!
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/woman-defends-wrongly-identifying-man-as-sex-offender-1.3101998

I don't do assumptions!

she is gas!
'gardai should have told him earlier in the week who he was being mistaken for'
is she actually serious??

Fred Swanson · 31-05-2017 11:58AM

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AudreyHepburn · 31-05-2017 11:59AM

bubblypop wrote: »

she is gas!
'gardai should have told him earlier in the week who he was being mistaken for'
is she actually serious??

Her lack of remorse is sickening and worrying.

I thought it was innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.

KrakityJones · 31-05-2017 12:08PM

But if you're the police - who will police the police?

I dunno...coastguard?

angryIreGamer · 31-05-2017 12:10PM

look to the person to the left of you, then to the right.

every one of you is an asshole

Innocent Person Accosted by Kildare Mob

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