A question for Peter Casey voters

Zaph wrote: »

So it looks like Peter Casey is going to come in with about 20% of the vote rather than the pre-Traveller comments 2% that was looking likely, although he's currently showing at over 50% in the two separate AH polls. His comments, and people's reasons for voting for him have been done to death elsewhere, so purely out of curiosity, if he hadn't made those comments how would you have voted?

Mdh

No

I was completely indifferent.

I’ve become so disillusioned with politics in Ireland.

Peter Casey was the first person in a long time to articulate how I feel.

So I voted for him.

I hope he considers running for the Dail although without a party brined him he won’t have any impact.

He’s struck a chord though. There’s a lot of us have had enough.. Let’s hope Peter’s voice was the first of many to speak on behalf of those of us who are sick of paying through the nose for zero services while the lazy self entitled dregs of our society are overly well catered for.

It’s wrong and it has to stop.

Didnt vote. Would have voted casey if i had voted. Mdh if casey didnt make traveller comments. Maybe im a racist. Not a big fan of travellers. Most travellers ive met are no angels. Say most candidates personally arent fond of travellers but cant say that due to pr and pc. Look what results that got them (bar mdh). His comments werent exactly outrageous either.

Zaph wrote: »

So it looks like Peter Casey is going to come in with about 20% of the vote rather than the pre-Traveller comments 2% that was looking likely, although he's currently showing at over 50% in the two separate AH polls. His comments, and people's reasons for voting for him have been done to death elsewhere, so purely out of curiosity, if he hadn't made those comments how would you have voted?

No.

Redneck Culchie wrote: »

When Casey said he wasn't a feminist because he didn't believe in preferential treatment for one gender over another he won my vote.

At the very beginning I was voting Joan Freeman but I didn't like her campaign or in the debates so didn't vote for her.

I think you guys need to use dictionaries more
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/feminism

feminism
[fem-uh-niz-uh m]

noun
the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women.

By stating that, he is a feminist. That's the definition of the word.

I was spoiling my vote until Peter Casey said what he said

The rest of the candidates were a bit samey samey. All kinda cut from the same cloth of back slapping insiders.

I cant stand MDH. It amazes me how such a person can support oppressive regimes and dictators while using his own privileges position to tell us all how bad we are. He reminds me of a local old school bishop in the RCC from yesteryear, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth but dear god, if you didn't toe the Catholic line, an inner daemon would make himself known. A personification of a hypocrite.

Casey was kind of the default choice, especially in the way the wagons were circled when he made those comments. What we had was one candidate willing to stick up for his belief, the rest a craven bunch of hypocrites, with their weasel words.
Also, the way the media, handled the situation. Utterly craven.

I would take a person who would stand up for their belief any day of the week than 10 people who dont know their arse from their eblow.

He was not the most polished of performers and MDH was always going to win given he was the anointed choice by establishment Ireland. The media love him for some odd reason.
However, a vote of 20%+ beating the rest of them handly is some achievement and should make others sit up and take notice that the media and the Irish establishment does not speak for everyone.

The last straw for me was the headline of the Times with its apocalyptic visions of an Irish alt-right. It was right out of the Onion.



Utterly pathetic. An Irish alt right is what exactly? 'Reds under the bed'-esque type of moral panic displayed right there.

The new religion in Ireland now is the need to conform, maybe it was always this. We had to conform to the Irish Catholic nationalistic sense in the past, we now need to conform to the progressive liberal internationalist American view on everything. And god help you if you dont.

We are still a republic, are we not? I thought we got to choose, not just accept a coronation from the media and establishment. Definitely a shot across the bow.

markodaly wrote: »

The rest of the candidates were a bit samey samey. All kinda cut from the same cloth of back slapping insiders.

I cant stand MDH. It amazes me how such a person can support oppressive regimes and dictators while using his own privileges position to tell us all how bad we are. He reminds me of a local old school bishop in the RCC from yesteryear, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth but dear god, if you didn't toe the Catholic line, an inner daemon would make himself known. A personification of a hypocrite.

Casey was kind of the default choice, especially in the way the wagons were circled when he made those comments. What we had was one candidate willing to stick up for his belief, the rest a craven bunch of hypocrites, with their weasel words.
Also, the way the media, handled the situation. Utterly craven.

I would take a person who would stand up for their belief any day of the week than 10 people who dont know their arse from their eblow.

He was not the most polished of performers and MDH was always going to win given he was the anointed choice by establishment Ireland. The media love him for some odd reason.
However, a vote of 20%+ beating the rest of them handly is some achievement and should make others sit up and take notice that the media and the Irish establishment does not speak for everyone.

The last straw for me was the headline of the Irish times with its apocalyptic visions of an Irish alt-right. It was right out of the Onion.



Utterly pathetic. An Irish alt right is what exactly? 'Reds under the bed'-esque type of moral panic displayed right there.

The new religion in Ireland now is the need to conform, maybe it was always this. We had to conform to the Irish Catholic nationalistic sense in the past, we now need to conform to the progressive liberal internationalist American view on everything. And god help you if you dont.

We are still a republic, are we not? I thought we got to choose, not just accept a coronation from the media and establishment. Definitely a shot across the bow.

Ya we are pretty moderate/in the centre in society and in politics here. No need for media to be spewing this alt right stuff. Or any extreme left stuff either.

Klonker wrote: »

I was undecided up to that point.

Same, my mind was instantly made up when i heard it. Ethnic minority my ****in hole.....