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When did Gemma O Doherty go batshyt crazy?

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Some of her posts on twitter lately seem to be off the charts.

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humberklog

Yeah Billy i get that. All that. But that doesnt mean i have to agree.

I feel that by shutting down her small public events it feeds into her larger, whacky on-line constituency.

Also i gotta say i dont personally feel all righteous on behalf of free speech but i kinda do care that people should be able to listen to who they choose.

Billy86

humberklog wrote: »

Yeah Billy i get that. All that. But that doesnt mean i have to agree.

I feel that by shutting down her small public events it feeds into her larger, whacky on-line constituency.

Also i gotta say i dont personally feel all righteous on behalf of free speech but i kinda do care that people should be able to listen to who they choose.

I would actually say the opposite, just look at the aforementioned Alex Jones falling off the radar after getting banned from platforms for repeatedly breaking their terms of service. Much like Gemma after being cancelled by a venue though, he is still very much out there in his website for people to listen to him should they so choose. He just doesn't have the same platform he did.

This entire 'alt right' identity politics movement Gemma and Alex are part of is centered around lying enough to get people to try and blur out the truth, just like the old saying about repeating a lie enough for it to become reality. It's otherwise known as gish-gallop and is a very intentional way of f*cking with people's minds similar to gaslighting.

If people are caught repeatedly using a platform to very intentionally and pojntedly lie, they do not deserve that platform and no good whatsoever comes from standing by and allowing them to continue to spread it. Showing up to protest outside of it also only serves to give them an even bigger platform by way of media attention and local hearsay.

jackboy

Billy86 wrote: »

If people are caught repeatedly using a platform to very intentionally and pojntedly lie, they do not deserve that platform and no good whatsoever comes from standing by and allowing them to continue to spread it.

Following that logic most politicians should Not be given a platform.

Pherekydes

jackboy wrote: »

Following that logic most politicians should Not be given a platform.

Well, Gemma certainly believes so. She consistently refers to them as traitors.

Sir Oxman

humberklog wrote: »

Yeah Billy i get that. All that. But that doesnt mean i have to agree.

I feel that by shutting down her small public events it feeds into her larger, whacky on-line constituency.

Also i gotta say i dont personally feel all righteous on behalf of free speech but i kinda do care that people should be able to listen to who they choose.

It's a difficult one though I agree even though well, you can see what I think of her.

Look at the meeting in Ashbourne & Cork - it's out there now that O'Doherty and her ilk do demonstrably NOT believe in free speech, one of their top bleating moans.

I've no problem with venue owners & platform owners being alerted to any hate speech she has spouted and let them make their own minds up then.

In the meantime, we have the LGBT committeee in NUIG getting a ban on a feminist group from a meeting there because they would dare question gender ideology. Who the hell do they think they are?

No hate speech, just debate...

That's why I really do not like deplatforming unless laws have been broken.

Sir Oxman

Billy86 wrote: »

I would actually say the opposite, just look at the aforementioned Alex Jones falling off the radar after getting banned from platforms for repeatedly breaking their terms of service. Much like Gemma after being cancelled by a venue though, he is still very much out there in his website for people to listen to him should they so choose. He just doesn't have the same platform he did.

This entire 'alt right' identity politics movement Gemma and Alex are part of is centered around lying enough to get people to try and blur out the truth, just like the old saying about repeating a lie enough for it to become reality. It's otherwise known as gish-gallop and is a very intentional way of f*cking with people's minds similar to gaslighting.

If people are caught repeatedly using a platform to very intentionally and pojntedly lie, they do not deserve that platform and no good whatsoever comes from standing by and allowing them to continue to spread it. Showing up to protest outside of it also only serves to give them an even bigger platform by way of media attention and local hearsay.

I'd include the alt-left (if there's such a name on them)
At times, they're even loonier.

Birneybau

Venue wouldn't let them in. Looks more like a dogging session.

https://twitter.com/biddygoeswild/status/1116465623091961856

The Nal

Why does she bother? How many people are there? 15?

https://twitter.com/gemmaod1/status/1116461458869690373

ohnonotgmail

It looks like the most miserable 40th birthday party you've ever been to.

Hurrache

Unelected EU bureaucrats shutting down your local fabulous public toilets? Don't worry, Gemma is on the case.
https://twitter.com/DumbartonOne/status/1116387230329790464

gmisk

Hurrache wrote: »

Unelected EU bureaucrats shutting down your local fabulous public toilets? Don't worry, Gemma is on the case.
https://twitter.com/DumbartonOne/status/1116387230329790464

Is she...taking the piss?

The Nal

gmisk wrote: »

Is she...taking the piss?

"Beautiful.... public toilets".

I think she may be taking the piss and this is some sort of performance art/comedy thing shes doing.

Kenny Logins

The Nal wrote: »

Why does she bother? How many people are there? 15?

You'd also have to wonder why people are getting so worked up about this if not just for the drama.

[Deleted User]

gmisk wrote: »

Is she...taking the piss?

I laughed at this more than I should have.

Atoms for Peace

I can't help but feel a little sorry for her.

ohnonotgmail

The Nal wrote: »

"Beautiful.... public toilets".

I think she may be taking the piss and this is some sort of performance art/comedy thing shes doing.

I now firmly believe she is the Andy Kaufman of our generation.

humberklog

"Beautiful public toilets...magnificent".

I was expecting her to pan behind to reveal the Taj Mahal.

Boom_Bap

Just take a sh*te in a bush like everyone else Gemm.

rgossip30

A nail in the coffin for another rightwing party and so back to the rapid development of the multicultural utopia ,

gmisk

rgossip30 wrote: »

A nail in the coffin for another rightwing party and so back to the rapid development of the multicultural utopia ,

What nail?! What coffin? Who delivered the killer blow in your mind? Are you talking about G o'Ds party? You think its a goner then?
Renua are still a thing I guess?

The Nal

I bought some very nice green tea in the Asian supermarket. From an Asian bloke. Does GoD want to take my tea away?

gmisk

The Nal wrote: »

I bought some very nice green tea in the Asian supermarket. From an Asian bloke. Does GoD want to take my tea away?

Multicultural utopia tea!!!!
Get in the bin you left wing snowflake
You should have Irish tea like Barrys!

kunst nugget

rgossip30 wrote: »

A nail in the coffin for another rightwing party and so back to the rapid development of the multicultural utopia ,

Or we just plod along without the need to go to extremes like we're doing at the minute...

ohnonotgmail

gmisk wrote: »

Multicultural utopia tea!!!!
Get in the bin you left wing snowflake
You should have Irish tea like Barrys!

away with that cork rubbish. Lyons is where it is at.

mloc123

Hurrache wrote: »

Unelected EU bureaucrats shutting down your local fabulous public toilets? Don't worry, Gemma is on the case.
https://twitter.com/DumbartonOne/status/1116387230329790464

Accidental Partridge?

gmisk

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

away with that cork rubbish. Lyons is where it is at.

Disclaimer - I dont drink tea...I can barely call myself Irish!

ohnonotgmail

gmisk wrote: »

Disclaimer - I dont drink tea...I can barely call myself Irish!

gmisk

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Invasion of the Barrysnatchers!

Hurrache

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

away with that cork rubbish. Lyons is where it is at.

As a Dub I even side with the Corkonians and their shoulder chips on this one, their tea is better. And at least it's more Irish and Lyons.

emo72

Gemma's running in the euros. Fantastic.