Extinction Rebellion Ireland

Edgware · 10-10-2019 5:47pm

They'll have something else to whinge about next week when their Greta fetish wears off

is_that_so · 10-10-2019 5:47pm

Is this thing over yet? I heard they were locked out of Kildare Street today.

lalababa · 10-10-2019 5:54pm

Mgn....you are missing the point. Of course most people live this way: it is modern society. These marches are an attempt to get noticed by the public and Gov. So that Gov. may start to think about alternatives, to make them act. To talk about bringing in policies to CHANGE modern living habits. For example ....phasing out plastics quicker than they are or phasing in renewable energy quicker than they are.
But this is probably lost on you.

Edgware · 10-10-2019 5:57pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

It’s not a freak show. These ppl will be considered heroes in a hundred years. They are calling time on the old way of doing things.

I think I will just stick with calling them gob****es for the time being

Beanntraigheach · 10-10-2019 6:07pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Blocking up Kildare Street near the Green with their silly drums, about 100 of them.

is_that_so · 10-10-2019 6:10pm

lalababa wrote: »

Mgn....you are missing the point. Of course most people live this way: it is modern society. These marches are an attempt to get noticed by the public and Gov. So that Gov. may start to think about alternatives, to make them act. To talk about bringing in policies to CHANGE modern living habits. For example ....phasing out plastics quicker than they are or phasing in renewable energy quicker than they are.
But this is probably lost on you.

They are far more likely to just annoy everyone and most people I've had chats with about this are of that mind.

Galwayguy35 · 10-10-2019 6:14pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Would rather see junkies and Roma beggars in O'Connell St than these sad dopes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKws5Q7aZ0

I pity the shoppers in Penneys that had to put up with smelly crusties shouting around the place like lunatics.

Seamai · 10-10-2019 6:16pm

lleti wrote: »

You see, you all talk about how important the climate is yet you constantly come up with excuses "our transport options are limited" etc.

If you cared so much about the environment, the only option you'd care about is saving the planet so pussy footing and selective taxes which do nothing is pointless and hypocritical.

You just don't want your quality of life reduced, admit it.

My job involves several trips to Europe every year often with multiple cities in one trip, once I get the the European mainland I never fly, I take trains everywhere but I'm shocked at how many air routes exist where travelling on terra firma is a perfectly feasible option.
We live on an island, off an island off Europe, travelling 16 to 20 plus hours by boat just to get to the coast of France is not an excuse it's a fact, travelling from Budapest to Vienna or Munich to Frankfurt by by plane however is not acceptable in my books.

pgj2015 · 10-10-2019 6:18pm

did ye hear the hippie reading the poem yesterday on the radio, she was nearly crying reading it, then she did an animal roar at the end of it and said she was an owl lol why are hippies so cringy?

Galwayguy35 · 10-10-2019 6:19pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

It’s not a freak show. These ppl will be considered heroes in a hundred years. They are calling time on the old way of doing things.

Yeah like the occupy protest a few years ago I suppose, the dirty crusties ended up costing various city councils thousands cleaning up their mess afterwards.

Real heroes all right.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 6:23pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

did ye hear the hippie reading the poem yesterday on the radio, she was nearly crying reading it, then she did an animal roar at the end of it and said she was an owl lol why are hippies so cringy?

Refer to 2 examples in this very thread - the “interpretative” dance and the “emotional time bomb” father laying on the ground crying. These people are mentally unwell.

is_that_so · 10-10-2019 6:25pm

Seamai wrote: »

My job involves several trips to Europe every year often with multiple cities in one trip, once I get the the European mainland I never fly, I take trains everywhere but I'm shocked at how many air routes exist where travelling on terra firma is a perfectly feasible option.

On top of that it's the door to door comfort and the stress you avoid.

pgj2015 · 10-10-2019 6:27pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20UXFd8Rz-M

0:30

:pac::pac:

20Cent · 10-10-2019 6:29pm

Behind every great person and movement there was always some grumpy old sneering Fu*Ker moaning.

omerin · 10-10-2019 6:29pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Would rather see junkies and Roma beggars in O'Connell St than these sad dopes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKws5Q7aZ0

lol - the cry of mass fashion isn't free, while they wear their pieces of mass fashion

most of the idiots don't get it, a lot of them are wearing backpacks, a piece of mass fashion, why not carry whatever their bringing in a more sustainable way? Why? They'll will probably argue they cannot because it's not practical, yet they are asking us not to fly and take slower methods of transport - sail to US for example, which is far from practical. The mind boggles

is_that_so · 10-10-2019 6:33pm

20Cent wrote: »

Behind every great person and movement there was always some grumpy old sneering Fu*Ker moaning.

Two such individuals I spoke to were far younger ladies, equally scathing though. These people do not have much support in any demographic.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 6:36pm

20Cent wrote: »

Behind every great person and movement there was always some grumpy old sneering Fu*Ker moaning.

There’s nothing great about anyone or anything to do with extinction rebellion - a bunch of thick as fuck sneering hippies protected by their social welfare or colleges from the reality of the world.

Seamai · 10-10-2019 6:38pm

is_that_so wrote: »

On top of that it's the door to door comfort and the stress you avoid.

I00% !! There's no comparison, all that hassle of airport security, being treated like cattle, more and more flights that are not on time and like you say door to door often much quicker than flying.

pgj2015 · 10-10-2019 6:39pm

The hippies care so much about the environment and the animals but id bet they nearly all voted to repeal the 8th.

mgn · 10-10-2019 6:40pm

lalababa wrote: »

Mgn....you are missing the point. Of course most people live this way: it is modern society. These marches are an attempt to get noticed by the public and Gov. So that Gov. may start to think about alternatives, to make them act. To talk about bringing in policies to CHANGE modern living habits. For example ....phasing out plastics quicker than they are or phasing in renewable energy quicker than they are.
But this is probably lost on you.

Attempt to get noticed, their getting noticed alright, for being a shower of scruffy wasters who have no life or friends, just out to disrupt people going about their daily business.
As for yourself you would want to start practicing what you preach.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 6:46pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

The hippies care so much about the environment and the animals but id bet they nearly all voted to repeal the 8th.

Don’t conflate the 2 issues - being an unrealistic tree hugger and believing a woman has full autonomy of her own body are 2 very very different things

RobbingBandit · 10-10-2019 6:50pm

Chinese sweat shop t-shirts with hand written slogans the ironing is delicious

pgj2015 · 10-10-2019 6:53pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

Don’t conflate the 2 issues - being an unrealistic tree hugger and believing a woman has full autonomy of her own body are 2 very very different things

they dont want us killing the earth or animals but the unborn kids can fcuk off. hypocrites.

20Cent · 10-10-2019 6:53pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

There’s nothing great about anyone or anything to do with extinction rebellion - a bunch of thick as fuck sneering hippies protected by their social welfare or colleges from the reality of the world.

People said similar about every great person and movement.
Hurlers on the ditch moaning.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 6:55pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

they dont want us killing the earth or animals but the unborn kids can fcuk off. hypocrites.

What an utterly ridiculous response, it shows you know absolutely nothing about why abortion was campaigned for or voted to accept.

pgj2015 · 10-10-2019 6:57pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

What an utterly ridiculous response, it shows you know absolutely nothing about why abortion was campaigned for or voted to accept.

im not getting into this debate with you, but i know exactly what the vote was about, women thinking their lives matter more than the unborn childs life. my body my choice bull$hit.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 6:57pm

20Cent wrote: »

People said similar about every great person and movement.
Hurlers on the ditch moaning.

Please don’t insult genuine historical protests that had a meaning with this group of overprivledged, underworked ****ing wasters.

end of the road · 10-10-2019 6:58pm

blinding wrote: »

He needs to be made example of . Eco terrorism needs to be eradicated .

there is nothing to make an example of him for, and extinction rebellion have not been involved in any eco terrorism but simply protesting.

Hector Savage wrote: »

https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/10/blind-man-climbs-ba-plane-extinction-rebellion-airport-takeover-10895765/?ito=article.amp.share.top.twitter

Not all heroes wear capes folks...

Absolute tosser should be thrown in jail and fined the cost of this delay he's caused.

probably wouldn't be cost effective in reality.
likely cheaper just to have the delay be a sunk cost and move on.

lleti wrote: »

These people want to collapse society because they're bitter they are failures in their own lives and don't want anyone else to be successful.

incorrect. they simply wish to engage in protest to highlight the issues climate change will cause, and to pressure the government to do what they can to minimize such problems in terms of their country at least.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 6:59pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

im not getting into this debate with you, but i know exactly what the vote was about.

No you clearly do not - “killing the planet” and terminating an unviable living being are nothing alike.

end of the road · 10-10-2019 7:00pm

McDermotX wrote: »

Gerrout and get a bleedin' job !

they did. well many of them did anyway.
all sorts of people involved in extinction rebellion from working class to doctors and lawyers etc. that is the beauty of protest, anyone and everyone are welcome.

weldoninhio wrote: »

They should have used a water cannon to get him down.

would have been to dangerous i suspect.

RobbingBandit wrote: »

They have to know stunts like this only damage their cause.

not really over all.
sure, some of the middle of the road might move away but those who fully agree with their message, even if they disagree with their tactics, will remain on board. the message is more important then the messenger.

mgn wrote: »

A bunch of nobodies trying to be somebody's.

and by the looks of it, succeeding, hence all of the attempts to discredit them, which have all failed.

Atlantic Dawn · 10-10-2019 7:02pm

Last day of it for now tomorrow, wonder what tomorrow's target is?

is_that_so · 10-10-2019 7:04pm

end of the road wrote: »

incorrect. they simply wish to engage in protest to highlight the issues climate change will cause, and to pressure the government to do what they can to minimize such problems in terms of their country at least.

They are not engaging, they are demanding. Two very different things.

20Cent · 10-10-2019 7:07pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

Please don’t insult genuine historical protests that had a meaning with this group of overprivledged, underworked ****ing wasters.

Bet Gandhi was called the same.

buried · 10-10-2019 7:11pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Last day of it for now tomorrow, wonder what tomorrow's target is?

Something to do with food or cafes, guaranteed.

Go for McDonalds first then hit the Butlers coffee house afterwards for dessert.

Wont be an apple phone store anyways, seeing that every swinging dick on this jokeshow owns one of the f**king things

end of the road · 10-10-2019 7:15pm

is_that_so wrote: »

They are not engaging, they are demanding. Two very different things.

they are engaging in protest.
whether they are demanding as part of that protest does not change that fact.

Plumbthedepths · 10-10-2019 7:18pm

end of the road wrote: »

they are engaging in protest.
whether they are demanding as part of that protest does not change that fact.

How come they are not protesting at the Chinese/Indian Embassy or the offices of the politicians who affect policy. Why are they going after the ordinary Joe soap who has no power to change government policy?

is_that_so · 10-10-2019 7:20pm

end of the road wrote: »

they are engaging in protest.
whether they are demanding as part of that protest does not change that fact.

It really does because it's the outcome they expect from these protests, the achievement of those demands.

castletownman · 10-10-2019 7:24pm

Hypothetically speaking, imagine the uproar and condemnation (even at government level) if a group called Islamic Rebellion or something occupied premises and disrupted airports expressing their "ideology"?

Intentional interference in airports should spell lengthy prison sentences. Or a trip to Guatanamo Bay. By boat of course just to be environmentally friendly.

mgn · 10-10-2019 7:28pm

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

How come they are not protesting at the Chinese/Indian Embassy or the offices of the politicians who affect policy. Why are they going after the ordinary Joe soap who has no power to change government policy?

The were outside the Dail the other day sitting on the road but were moved on very quickly. Cant have our TDs being blocked in can we, but F*ck everyone else.

Plumbthedepths · 10-10-2019 7:31pm

mgn wrote: »

The were outside the Dail the other day sitting on the road but were moved on very quickly. Cant have our TDs being blocked in can we, but F*ck everyone else.

At the Dail is pointless. The lads and lassies inside are used to the odd protest outside the gates of LH. Outside their various constituency offices would be more effective. As I said p*ssing off the public seems to be their goal.

lalababa · 10-10-2019 7:38pm

mgn wrote: »

lalababa wrote: »

Mgn....you are missing the point. Of course most people live this way: it is modern society. These marches are an attempt to get noticed by the public and Gov. So that Gov. may start to think about alternatives, to make them act. To talk about bringing in policies to CHANGE modern living habits. For example ....phasing out plastics quicker than they are or phasing in renewable energy quicker than they are.
But this is probably lost on you.

Attempt to get noticed, their getting noticed alright, for being a shower of scruffy wasters who have no life or friends, just out to disrupt people going about their daily business.
As for yourself you would want to start practicing what you preach.

Calm down there mgm, really you sound like a primary school female bully. Grow up & cop on to yourself. Put your twisted hate into something good.....like a window box garden.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 7:40pm

20Cent wrote: »

Bet Gandhi was called the same.

LOL equating crusty students with Gandhi....hahahaha we have officially jumped the shark.

20Cent · 10-10-2019 7:42pm

My theory about the hatred directed at anyone who protests or is an activist comes from the helplessness the haters feel facing huge problems. Drives them to hate anyone actually doing something. Just take a step back, get out of the way and let the doers do.

20Cent · 10-10-2019 7:43pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

LOL equating crusty students with Gandhi....hahahaha we have officially jumped the shark.

Gandhi only wanted to save India, these people want to help the whole world so they are probably better than him.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 7:43pm

20Cent wrote: »

My theory about the hatred directed at anyone who protests or is an activist comes from the helplessness the haters feel facing huge problems. Drives them to hate anyone actually doing something. Just take a step back, get out of the way and let the doers do.

Maybe tell The XR gib****es your last line there - get the **** out of the way and let the people who pay your dole and SUSI grants through their taxes to get to work and do what they do. You ****ing wasters.

20Cent · 10-10-2019 7:46pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

Maybe tell The XR gib****es your last line there - get the **** out of the way and let the people who pay your dole and SUSI grants through their taxes to get to work and do what they do. You ****ing wasters.

Thats what I mean.
Like who really has been inconvenienced by this?
Hardly anyone.
Do ye freakout when there's roadworks or any other thing that stops traffic?

Calm down.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 7:49pm

20Cent wrote: »

Thats what I mean.
Like who really has been inconvenienced by this?
Hardly anyone.
Do ye freakout when there's roadworks or any other thing that stops traffic?

Calm down.

Roadworks benefit the country. A bunch of pathetic no life crusty students or lycra clad **** on bicycles blocking up streets benefit nothing but their own self important egos.

20Cent · 10-10-2019 7:50pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

Roadworks benefit the country. A bunch of patethic no life crusty students or lycra clad **** on bicycles blocking up streets benefit nothing but their own self important egos.

So it's other people too up themselves that causes this rage?
Getting above their station are they?
Making themselves feel good.

Try making yourself feel good might help a bit.

mgn · 10-10-2019 7:51pm

lalababa wrote: »

Calm down there mgm, really you sound like a primary school female bully. Grow up & cop on to yourself. Put your twisted hate into something good.....like a window box garden.

And you sound like a wannabe protesters but like the finer things in life.
And yes i do hate wasters that never done a days work in their lives thinking its cool to sit on roads blocking traffic, and by the way
you stick with your garden box and i will stick with the land i have.

HorrorScope · 10-10-2019 7:51pm

20Cent wrote: »

So it's other people too up themselves that causes this rage?
Getting above their station are they?
Making themselves feel good.

Try making yourself feel good might help a bit.

I feel great thanks, I don’t need to disrupt anybody else’s life over some bollxiology to have that.

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