After Hours Presidential Election Poll

suicide_circus · 26-10-2018 10:21PM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I think there is a lot of hateful whining in Europe these days. And a lot of right wing opportunists that are only too happy to exploit that mood for their own (not anyone else's) gain.
People are complaining how awful and sh*t everything is, but half of them are pissed off because they blame minorities that they don't have enough money for that latest and greatest iPhone or games console.
Combine that with a very concerted right wing push on social media, pushed by trolls and hate groups by identifying convenient scapegoats to steer the mindless masses and we are right back in 1930.
This all works by exploiting human greed, hate and stupidity. And now we see jowany people don't think further than that.
Populists tell lies that people want to hear and give easy answers that don't work.
And the people fall for this hateful drivel that shouldn't fool a five year old, because they think they will profit from it. Humans have learnt nothing over the last 100 years.

I have Germanic blood so I can spot your self -loathing historic guilt at 50 paces. Don't try to tar us all with the same brush.

26-10-2018 10:46PM

elperello wrote: »

Things are pretty dead here now there is a post mortem on the other thread.

RIP

*Bows respectfully*

never_mind · 26-10-2018 11:54PM

Edited to save some broken hearts xoxo

smurgen · 26-10-2018 11:59PM

never_mind wrote: »

All I want to say is go F yourselves to the nazis who voted for PC!

Well he did get quiet a few votes i'm sure at least a 1 or 2 of them are actual nazis.

Tell me how · 27-10-2018 12:07AM

never_mind wrote:

All I want to say is go F yourselves to the nazis who voted for PC!

See, this just feeds in to the narrative that those against Casey are hysterical lefties.
He's not much of anything, but he's definitely not a Nazi.

Maybe 1:5 like the idea of him reaching out to 70M diaspora and ignored his traveller comments? (I'm not totally naive.)

Michael D walked it as expected. The 1:5 'majority' can have a party and celebrate whatever it is this means to them.

Bonniedog · 27-10-2018 12:09AM

never_mind wrote: »

All I want to say is go F yourselves to the nazis who voted for PC!

Nazis are more like the people the Shinners like to hang with in Gaza. You know, people who hate Jews, murder gays, stop girls going to university and women getting jobs other than menial ones.

Now, perhaps I missed all of that but does Casey support any of this?

He was rounded on by the other five cut and paste liberals because he had the audacity to suggest that travellers are not in fact some exotic ethnic group, but as Irish as any of the rest of us born here. Indeed, there was a time when if you suggested that travellers were anything other than Irish as the rest of us you would have been described as a racist and a Nazi.

Difficult to keep up with all of this. Of course that was back in the days before lefties made heroes of people who support the sexual mutilation of girls.

Today, 21% of those who voted said they've had enough of that nonsense, thank you very much, comrades.

Sycamore Tree · 27-10-2018 12:19AM

If PC is 2nd, I just won 660 quid from a 20 quid bet. I love the Irish electorate!!!

Sycamore Tree · 27-10-2018 12:34AM

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

First Preference Votes (Guess)
HIGGINS 46%
CASEY 25%
NIRIADA 13%
FREEMAN 6%
GALLAGHER 6%
DUFFY 4%

I got the order spot on.

never_mind · 27-10-2018 12:34AM

Tell me how wrote: »

See, this just feeds in to the narrative that those against Casey are hysterical lefties.
He's not much of anything, but he's definitely not a Nazi.

Maybe 1:5 like the idea of him reaching out to 70M diaspora and ignored his traveller comments? (I'm not totally naive.)

Michael D walked it as expected. The 1:5 'majority' can have a party and celebrate whatever it is this means to them.

Narrative? Quasi academic internet nazi. Lol

Tell me how · 27-10-2018 12:41AM

never_mind wrote:

Narrative? Quasi academic internet nazi. Lol

Never mind

27-10-2018 12:43AM

never_mind wrote: »

All I want to say is go F yourselves to the nazis who voted for PC!

Reported. What a stupid fcuking post.

never_mind · 27-10-2018 12:44AM

Kyla Strong GunpointMGS wrote: »

Reported. What a stupid fcuking post.

Not worth it lol

27-10-2018 12:46AM

never_mind wrote: »

TY xoxoxoxo

Also the irony of you generalising all Casey voters when all opposed to him cue the “he’s generalising travellers” argument :pac: you couldn’t make it up.

never_mind · 27-10-2018 01:03AM

Kyla Strong GunpointMGS wrote: »

Also the irony of you generalising all Casey voters when all opposed to him cue the “he’s generalising travellers” argument :pac: you couldn’t make it up.

Irony

when someone votes primarily to punish a group of people =.........

27-10-2018 01:07AM

mammajamma wrote: »

One of my personal zingers was the proclamation from varadkar that the population of Ireland is gong to increase by millions in some ridiculously short time span, as if it was some uncontrollable thing and not being directed at every level.

He didn't say that at all. Get your facts right please.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 27-10-2018 02:12AM

Bonniedog wrote: »

He was rounded on by the other five cut and paste liberals because he had the audacity to suggest that travellers are not in fact some exotic ethnic group, but as Irish as any of the rest of us born here. Indeed, there was a time when if you suggested that travellers were anything other than Irish as the rest of us you would have been described as a racist and a Nazi.
.

There is no contradiction in believing Travellers are Irish and also believing they are an ethnic group.

Try_harder · 27-10-2018 02:17AM

Kyla Strong GunpointMGS wrote: »

Reported. What a stupid fcuking post.

But he is being nonpc and telling it like it is- I thought Casey voters liked that?

27-10-2018 03:15AM

Try_harder wrote: »

But he is being nonpc and telling it like it is- I thought Casey voters liked that?

Nah he's just calling people who don't agree with him Nazis. Also, if he wanted to be like Peter Casey, he'd have stuck to his guns and stood over his posts, not edited them...

wiggle16 · 27-10-2018 03:50AM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Yes you can. I voted multiple times on the Limerick one as did others on the Politics Cafe thread just by clearing my cache, which was the hard (but easy) way of doing it. Going into 'incognito' mode makes it even easier.

About as reliable an indicator as throwing cut grass into the breeze.

God that's sad.

DonJose · 27-10-2018 04:10AM

Regarding the presidential election, if a person decided to vote for only one candidate and marked the box with an X, would this be a valid vote or does he/she need to mark with a 1.

never_mind · 27-10-2018 04:14AM

Try_harder wrote: »

But he is being nonpc and telling it like it is- I thought Casey voters liked that?

QUEEEEEEN!!!!

Sam Quentin · 27-10-2018 04:15AM

DonJose wrote: »

Regarding the presidential election, if a person decided to vote for only one candidate and marked the box with an X, would this be a valid vote or does he/she need to mark with a 1.

Totally invalid...
It was you wasn't!?

DonJose · 27-10-2018 04:18AM

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Totally invalid...
It was you wasn't!?

Asking for a friend!

Checkmate19 · 27-10-2018 05:28AM

peter casey is the best

27-10-2018 06:25AM

DonJose wrote: »

Regarding the presidential election, if a person decided to vote for only one candidate and marked the box with an X, would this be a valid vote or does he/she need to mark with a 1.

If the intent of the voter is clear and unambiguous, it will generally be acceptable. If you did something like

X
2
3

it becomes more difficult

HandsomeBob · 27-10-2018 06:27AM

Anyone who voted for Casey or the other two pricks should do the country a favour and end things.

27-10-2018 06:38AM

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Anyone who voted for Casey or the other two pricks should do the country a favour and end things.

Quoting this for scumbaggery. What the fcuk is wrong with you?

Zubeneschamali · 27-10-2018 06:55AM

Omackeral wrote: »

What the fcuk is wrong with you?

He is telling it like it is?

Zorya · 27-10-2018 07:07AM

Omackeral wrote: »

Quoting this for scumbaggery. What the fcuk is wrong with you?

I think it is merely an example of the sneering contempt oft expressed on here for people who test opinions that dare to veer to either side of the accepted wisdom put about by some who seem to feel that they themselves are the most sensible, logical, mature people on earth - just taken to its extreme.

Oh. I learned a new word (already!) today. Enantiodromia. People who sanctimoniously insist those who disagree with them are loons, far right :rolleyes:, retarded, fcuked up, conspiracy degenerates etc., should perhaps pay heed to Heraclitus's idea of enantiodromia. Whatever is compelled to move in one direction will inevitably generate its opposite force equally strongly in an effort to restore balance. This says something to me about present political culture. And, modern debate that insists on politcially correct moral absolutes and denigrates all disruption will perforce generate opposing reaction. "Everything arises in this way, opposites from their opposites." ~ Plato.

tom1ie · 27-10-2018 07:19AM

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Anyone who voted for Casey or the other two pricks should do the country a favour and end things.

Wow, and they say Casey voters are the lunatics?!:eek:

After Hours Presidential Election Poll

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