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Laura Whitmore - British Army

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    #32
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    Love how she tried to hide behind her "im all about female empowerment" schtick.

    It used to be patriotism that was the last refuge of the scoundrel. Now its whatever buzz social justice issue is "hot right now".

    Kudos to the OP, has to be one of the most random thread titles, its asking to be clicked in fairness.


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    #33
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    She should have stayed in the kitchen.


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    #34
    Meeoow
    Registered Users Posts: 623 ✭✭✭Meeoow


    Blanco100 wrote: »
    Love how she tried to hide behind her "im all about female empowerment" schtick.

    It used to be patriotism that was the last refuge of the scoundrel. Now its whatever buzz social justice issue is "hot right now".

    Kudos to the OP, has to be one of the most random thread titles, its asking to be clicked in fairness.

    She'll be accepting an OBE next.


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    #35
    beauf
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    I'm not sure if I'm meant to be outraged or empowered or oppressed or liberated.


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    #36
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    I see the poor girl has had her first encounter with the blind hatred from the Shinnerbot army.

    https://twitter.com/thewhitmore/status/1291055326138163202?s=21

    An inability to use you’re instead of your seems to be common with the majority of them.


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    #37
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    I love when lefties eat their own. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside :D


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    #38
    landofthetree
    Registered Users Posts: 2,303 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    She lives in the UK and pays taxes to fund the British army.

    She made her choices a long time ago.

    Don't see the big deal.


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    #39
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Will she be cancelled by the morning?


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    #40
    landofthetree
    Registered Users Posts: 2,303 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Will she be cancelled by the morning?

    She is 35.


    In the ageist world of female TV presenter her time was coming to an end anyway.


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    #41
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    Will she be cancelled by the morning?

    Can she bring In Love With Myself Island with her?


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    #42
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    I see the poor girl has had her first encounter with the blind hatred from the Shinnerbot army.

    https://twitter.com/thewhitmore/status/1291055326138163202?s=21

    An inability to use you’re instead of your seems to be common with the majority of them.

    Obsessed Johnny. Somebody in Ireland(?) has issue with British Army shocker. She'll get great mileage out of this and has turned it around. Almost like it was planned *wink*


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    #43
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,682 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Laura Whitmore.

    Two words that mean absolutely nothing to me. One of the least important things to ever come out of Ireland.


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    #44
    the purple tin
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    Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Laura Whitmore.

    Two words that mean absolutely nothing to me. One of the least important things to ever come out of Ireland.
    She matters to you not a whit :pac:


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    #45
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,759 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    I see the poor girl has had her first encounter with the blind hatred from the Shinnerbot army.

    https://twitter.com/thewhitmore/status/1291055326138163202?s=21

    An inability to use you’re instead of your seems to be common with the majority of them.


    she'll use impolite (to say the least) attacks to justify her decision to be involved in recruiting for the British Army while pretending she wasn't involved in recruiting for the British Army


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    #46
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    the purple tin wrote: »
    She matters to you not a whit :pac:

    No more, no less?


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    #47
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Strange to waste time on irrelevant things, this girl appears to have a lack of understanding of how the British army are perceived. I am from Ireland and lived in the UK and some of the military jingoism was over the top. I pointed out that one of them who was bitching about his mate being killed in Iraq was in the wrong game if he wanted a long life, and said to him that if you are in the army you are trained to kill, and up against trained killers. The British are hypocritical when they are killed, but think nothing of knocking off a few natives. They have a fine record of fighting sticks and stones with tanks and guns, and like to be the ones doing the bullying. They celebrate world war 2 because its the only time they won a war as an underdog, but the British are well known as the bully boys of the world, and for an Irish person to associate with and promote them does show a lack of awareness, but to expect a dolly bird off the TV to know any better is probably giving her too much credit, as there may not be much between the ears in this case. She lives there and works there, and probably got a few quid for it, money overrides principle for a lot of people, also rich of her to talk about gender equality when she only got a TV job because she is a Dollybird. More important things in life for sure, but she is an influence on young kids, God help them.


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    #48
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,464 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Mysterypunter wrote: »
    Strange to waste time on irrelevant things, this girl appears to have a lack of understanding of how the British army are perceived. I am from Ireland and lived in the UK and some of the military jingoism was over the top. I pointed out that one of them who was bitching about his mate being killed in Iraq was in the wrong game if he wanted a long life, and said to him that if you are in the army you are trained to kill, and up against trained killers. The British are hypocritical when they are killed, but think nothing of knocking off a few natives. They have a fine record of fighting sticks and stones with tanks and guns, and like to be the ones doing the bullying. They celebrate world war 2 because its the only time they won a war as an underdog, but the British are well known as the bully boys of the world, and for an Irish person to associate with and promote them does show a lack of awareness, but to expect a dolly bird off the TV to know any better is probably giving her too much credit, as there may not be much between the ears in this case. She lives there and works there, and probably got a few quid for it, money overrides principle for a lot of people, also rich of her to talk about gender equality when she only got a TV job because she is a Dollybird. More important things in life for sure, but she is an influence on young kids, God help them.

    I was living in London when Lee Rigby was killed and the English were shocked and appalled. I had to keep reminding them that the country is at war and British soldiers are flying to countries to kill the native soldiers so cant cry now when it happens the other way round


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    #49
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    She will be fine after a good crying session with Ryan Turniphead on the Late Late show


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    #50
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    I was living in London when Lee Rigby was killed and the English were shocked and appalled. I had to keep reminding them that the country is at war and British soldiers are flying to countries to kill the native soldiers so cant cry now when it happens the other way round

    That is pretty much the nail on the head, they are getting as bad as the USA for glorifying war. That was a shocking killing, but was just an example of the boot being on the other foot. I object to vast amounts being spent on war, and military forces, when there are children starving, and people on the poverty line, I couldn't justify it under any circumstances.


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    #51
    smurgen
    Registered Users Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    No one should be promoting the British Army. The poor British folk that sign up for the Army to secure a trade or cheap education don't really have a clue what's in store for them. Using a celeb/influencer to add gloss to one of the darkest institutions in history is disgusting.


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    #52
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    I guarantee Laura put as much thought into her BA tweet as she did the John Hume one. Just bad timing on her behalf.

    Shouldn't be doing backdoor recruitment for the BA anyway. Would she sign up? Would she f***.

    'Girl power and all that ****e'

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    #53
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,759 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Mysterypunter wrote: »
    Strange to waste time on irrelevant things, this girl appears to have a lack of understanding of how the British army are perceived. I am from Ireland and lived in the UK and some of the military jingoism was over the top. I pointed out that one of them who was bitching about his mate being killed in Iraq was in the wrong game if he wanted a long life, and said to him that if you are in the army you are trained to kill, and up against trained killers. The British are hypocritical when they are killed, but think nothing of knocking off a few natives. They have a fine record of fighting sticks and stones with tanks and guns, and like to be the ones doing the bullying. They celebrate world war 2 because its the only time they won a war as an underdog, but the British are well known as the bully boys of the world, and for an Irish person to associate with and promote them does show a lack of awareness, but to expect a dolly bird off the TV to know any better is probably giving her too much credit, as there may not be much between the ears in this case. She lives there and works there, and probably got a few quid for it, money overrides principle for a lot of people, also rich of her to talk about gender equality when she only got a TV job because she is a Dollybird. More important things in life for sure, but she is an influence on young kids, God help them.


    she claims to be a journalist, (she does have a degree in journalism)
    “I’m a journalist I get paid to broadcast and interview that’s my job.
    https://goss.ie/featured/laura-whitmore-responds-to-backlash-after-being-accused-of-promoting-the-british-army-218743 even though she admitted it was an #ad which isn't journalism.


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    #54
    James Brown
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    expectationlost wrote: »
    she claims to be a journalist, (she does have a degree in journalism) https://goss.ie/featured/laura-whitmore-responds-to-backlash-after-being-accused-of-promoting-the-british-army-218743 even though she admitted it was an #ad which isn't journalism.

    Marty Whelan is a journalist so.


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    #55
    Mrsmum
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    I think I saw a 'who do you think you are' programme on her and I'm fairly sure her dad is from Northern Ireland.


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    #56
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    expectationlost wrote: »
    she claims to be a journalist, (she does have a degree in journalism) https://goss.ie/featured/laura-whitmore-responds-to-backlash-after-being-accused-of-promoting-the-british-army-218743 even though she admitted it was an #ad which isn't journalism.

    At least she made the effort, but it's a handy enough qualification. Most journalists don't actually have degree's, so she is better qualified than most.


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    #57
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Mysterypunter wrote: »
    At least she made the effort, but it's a handy enough qualification. Most journalists don't actually have degree's, so she is better qualified than most.

    Media, Communications and Journalism etc. got very popular. Lot of competition to get in.


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    #58
    Errashareesh
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    Yvan eht nioj


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    #59
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    LEAVE LAURA ALONE.


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    #60
    smurgen
    Registered Users Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    She's just part of the recruitment drive. But she's a bigger fool for allowing herself to be used in such a fashion. There military recruitment in the UK is a well oiled machine.

    https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/08/british-army-criticised-for-exam-results-day-recruitment-ads?__twitter_impression=true


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    #61
    Errashareesh
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    Bowie wrote: »
    Obsessed Johnny. Somebody in Ireland(?) has issue with British Army shocker. She'll get great mileage out of this and has turned it around. Almost like it was planned *wink*
    I'm certainly no fan of the British Army's history but the issue with the tweet is hardly simply that the writer has an issue with the B.A. "Go kill yourself" - I mean really.

    And I thought before I read the full story that she had said she wished she had been in the British army or something, the way people are going on.


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