The Frederick St protest and reaction

joe swanson wrote: »

Interesting that those politicians who usually have so much to say about Garda related issues are being very quiet in relation to these disgusting threats . Would be interested to hear if the likes of Daly and Wallace condemn those partaking .

Don't know about those two, but Paul Murphy TD said that the Gardai on duty were 'terrorists'.

Shocking thing for a TD to come out with.

Phoebas wrote: »

Don't know about those two, but Paul Murphy TD said that the Gardai on duty were 'terrorists'.

Shocking thing for a TD to come out with.

It's a pity they wouldn't terrorise him bit more.

Murphy is a vile little man. A professional socialist, he agitates the crowd, then wanders back to leafy south Dublin in the evening to fantasise about how it’s the first step on the road to revolution. He’s a blight on the political landscape.

Phoebas wrote: »

Don't know about those two, but Paul Murphy TD said that the Gardai on duty were 'terrorists'.

Shocking thing for a TD to come out with.

Any link to confirm this?

sexmag wrote: »

Also is he actually calling them terrorists or can someone organised terrorism without being a terrorist?

It would take a whole lot of linguistic contortion to be able to do that.

Or just plain dishonesty.

davo10 wrote: »

This from a man child who thought trapping two women in a car was striking a blow for the cause.

Ah, but it was his democratic right.....................

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Himself and Brid Smith are nothing more than populists with no underlying principles.

Likewise for Rich Brat-Boy Barrett

knipex wrote: »

We had a right wing government for the last 10 years ???

Yes.

If you're pining for a far-right government, may I suggest moving to some sh*thole village in Eastern Europe or the American Deep South.

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Ah, old Richie BB isn’t half as bad as Murphy. Like his politics are unworkable nonsense of course, but you get the feeling he actually cares. Murphy is a complete toolbox.

Very astute and genuine observation there John, you should go into politics yourself as you seem to have a very genuine insight into these people.

I wouldn’t totally agree with your opinion of RBB,though, I think he looks like a lad who can’t believe he got elected on his nonsense politics and is putting on an act of caring and showing ‘concern’ by bullschitting at every possible opportunity.

Like who believes that everything should be free!!!

He can’t believe he is trousering a huge wedge of taxpayers dohhlahs for spouting that rubbish.

But there ya go.

Berserker wrote: »

Watched Smith on Claire B. last night and she loved the attention. A stint in power would be the best thing that could happen with this lot. Put SF/PBP and the rest of the hard left in charge for a while. That'd be the death of them all. They'd run scared if push came to shove though. We saw this with SF last time round.

She and a lot of the loony left have an awful habit of shifting goalposts to a garden variety sanctimony when their views are challenged or their questions answered.

She did it last night. Brought up a constitutional point and then when the guy was answering she switched to the bog standard "but....but...people are annoyed....".

Pfft. Do nothing losers.

BTW we've never had a right wing government in this country. Nowhere even close. We've an almost marxist constitution preventing that.

knipex wrote: »

Ohhhh what an argument, what a critical and demonstrative point..

When did I say I was asking for a far right government ??

I was merely pointing out that by any rational measurement that the current government, nor indeed any government for the last 25+ years could not be described as right wing. They are at a push centrist.

And if you actually went beyond the hyperbole and nonsense and looked at what I actually said I called the hard right .

But why let facts get in the way of misguided opinion.

Or have you an actual counter point to anything I said ??

Edit

Oh and seeing as you brought it up.. You might be interested in a trip yourself.. I hear Venezuela and Cuba have cheap property right now, especially if you have those nasty right wing Euro's.

I'm not sure what I can say to you. If you subject yourself to far-right propaganda day in day out, I can see why some people may think Fine Gael are left-wing or even liberal.

I can only give you one piece of advice. If you try to refer to Fine Gael as left-wing in Ireland, nobody will take you seriously. They certainly don't refer to themselves as left-wing and you'd be hard pushed to find any that refer to themselves as liberals . They despise them.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/minister-says-rt%C3%A9-coverage-is-biased-towards-liberal-and-centre-left-parties-1.480177

A SENIOR Fine Gael Minister has claimed that RTÉ has a bias towards political parties that are centre-left and have liberal views.

Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar said the national broadcaster's tendency to favour such parties might be innocent and unintentional but it was there nonetheless.

Mr Varadkar told The Irish Times this bias was most obvious in the station's coverage of American politics. I do not carry any candle for the Republican Party and will not be supporting them. But with RTÉ, this is when it is most obvious. Republicans are bad and Democrats are good.

"It is also there in its domestic coverage. There is a bias towards centre-left parties and liberal views."

http://www.thejournal.ie/paschal-donohoe-glenties-left-wing-politics-3503087-Jul2017/

Minister Paschal Donohoe, who spoke tonight about topics ranging from his love of U2 (in the context of Brexit, of course) to his disdain for left-wing politics.

In a speech, the Fine Gael minister strongly criticised left-wing politics, which, he said, would "break this country".

Or you could always pretend that those direct quotes from the now Taoiseach and Minister for Finance never happened. Two of the most powerful positions in the country.

Whether you like it or not, and it appears not. Every issue you have with housing, with homelessness, with health, with taxation throughout your life, have been brought about by decisions made by consecutive right-wing governments.

dav3 wrote: »

Whether you like it or not, and it appears not. Every issue you have with housing, with homelessness, with health, with taxation throughout your life, have been brought about by decisions made by consecutive right-wing governments.

So we have a right wing

Healthcare system ?
Social welfare system ?
Taxation policy ?

And I have been brainwashed by hard right propaganda ?

You need to get out more..

FG are a centrist party, at worst. FF are probably slightly more left, labor slightly more. Sinn Fein are a weird brand of revolutionary populist socialism but certainly further left and then you have the Trotskyites and nutjobs..(who while screaming for wealth taxes seem to do anything to fight them) Ireland does not have a mainstream right wing party. Renua tried and failed, and the new Ire exit party will (hopefully) go the same way..

We have had government after government that has spent, spent and spent. I hoped FG would show sense but all the talk leads to nothing except the slow erosion of the most efficient tax we had.. USC..