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Why are the far left so pro lockdown ?

  • 20-09-2020 3:07pm
    #1
    Double O Seven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭


    This must be the first issue ever that Paul Murphy, Dick Boyd Barrett & co have supported the government on, indeed a lot of the so called far right who protest lockdown would have been past voters for the AAA-PBP.


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  • #2
    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭sabat


    Because they've been programmed to act in lockstep with the forces of control.


  • #3
    Hello 2D Person Below
    Registered Users Posts: 13,755 ✭✭✭✭Hello 2D Person Below


    Because the left is pro-science.


  • #4
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    It's not that they are left wing so much as Irish...we really hate people who don't toe the line regardless of how pointless that line is!!!!

    In the case of the far left in Ireland, I'd imagine just like the far right they are just as thick skulled!!!


  • #5
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,158 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Thread moved from Current Affairs


  • #6
    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭sabat


    Hello 2D Person Below wrote: »
    Because the left is pro-science.

    And also programmed to smear anyone who speaks against them as irrational...


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  • #7
    MadYaker
    Registered Users Posts: 12,138 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Double O Seven wrote: »
    This must be the first issue ever that Paul Murphy, Dick Boyd Barrett & co have supported the government on, indeed a lot of the so called far right who protest lockdown would have been past voters for the AAA-PBP.

    You'll find support for lockdown from the left and the right. It's not really a political issue. Some think it's necessary, others don't, I don't think it has much to do left wing or right wing views. Why do people constantly feel the need to make everything left or right?


  • #8
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Hello 2D Person Below wrote: »
    Because the left is pro-science.

    Is there science behind the mask requirement...there wasn't 6 months ago?


  • #9
    macpaccrack
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 85 ✭✭macpaccrack


    I mean left wing generally means that they are more caring. They want everyone to have healthcare, education etc. even if it means paying more tax. They want to give others in struggling situations the opportunity to excel so they support things like immigration, equality etc. In that regard they would be against putting our elderly people in harms way because people want to have their pints.

    Right wing would be much more self involving in their outlook. They don't want to pay taxes to help others with education and health and believe that it is up to the individual to get themselves in a position where they can afford their own healthcare and education. They like the status quo and don't want to see equality and detest immigration because they see it as less opportunities and resources for them. In that regard they don't care if elderly are at risk because thats life and they shouldn't have to suffer and miss their pints to save lives.


  • #10
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,383 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Because those scroungers will not have to pay for it. To be paid to sit at home to do nothing is their idea of utopia


  • #11
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    Is there science behind the mask requirement...there wasn't 6 months ago?

    It was there, just slow approach here.


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  • #12
    CiarraiManc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 204 ✭✭CiarraiManc


    Hello 2D Person Below wrote: »
    Because the left is pro-science.

    Morality and facts have a left wing bias.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Why are the psychotics so pro open up, is it due to following online grifters religiously?


  • #14
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,383 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    macpaccrack wrote: »
    I mean left wing generally means that they are more caring. They want everyone to have healthcare, education etc. even if it means paying more tax. They want to give others in struggling situations the opportunity to excel so they support things like immigration, equality etc. In that regard they would be against putting our elderly people in harms way because people want to have their pints.

    Right wing would be much more self involving in their outlook. They don't want to pay taxes to help others with education and health and believe that it is up to the individual to get themselves in a position where they can afford their own healthcare and education. They like the status quo and don't want to see equality and detest immigration because they see it as less opportunities and resources for them. In that regard they don't care if elderly are at risk because thats life and they shouldn't have to suffer and miss their pints to save lives.

    No, the left want to spend/waste other people’s hard earned money for their own ends


  • #15
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    Is there science behind the mask requirement...there wasn't 6 months ago?

    You should tell the healthcare workers that have been wearing them for decades that they are no good.


  • #16
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,944 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    What's not to understand about the far left being pro-society whereas far right is pro-individuality?


  • #17
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    xhomelezz wrote: »
    It was there, just slow approach here.

    So why haven't we been using masks to protect people from all the other viruses that kill people every year?

    What was different about the Covid virus?


  • #18
    Meathman12
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭Meathman12


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    Is there science behind the mask requirement...there wasn't 6 months ago?
    There weren't any masks available 6.months ago, so why would any organisation suggest their use? Instead it was recommended that people keep a distance away.


  • #19
    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭sabat


    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    You should tell the healthcare workers that have been wearing them for decades that they are no good.

    I have a pack of masks in front of me that says "NOT FOR MEDICAL USE" on it...


  • #20
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    road_high wrote: »
    No, the left want to spend/waste other people’s hard earned money for their own ends

    Oh god, you definitely have a problem to identify your left and right hand. Anyway feel free to post your nonsense agenda over all covid threads. Won't make a difference in the end :D


  • #21
    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    Not sure that there are too many people left who are pro lockdown in practice. From what I can see, most people are saying one thing and doing another thing. Very much a case of rules are for thee and not for me.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    Silentcorner wrote: »
    So why haven't we been using masks to protect people from all the other viruses that kill people every year?

    What was different about the Covid virus?

    Some do.
    When I was looking after my mother who had emphysema, I was working in a medical I.T. position, and used to wear a mask around her when home and had a cold for example.


  • #23
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    You should tell the healthcare workers that have been wearing them for decades that they are no good.

    So health workers always wear masks to protect themselves during the annual flu season...thanks, I never knew that!!!


  • #24
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,383 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    xhomelezz wrote: »
    Oh god, you definitely have a problem to identify your left and right hand. Anyway feel free to post your nonsense agenda over all covid threads. Won't make a difference in the end :D

    Yes I’ll always speak my mind- another concept the Lazy left struggle with of course.
    As we’ve seen with anything they disagree with their first port of call id always censorship


  • #25
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    So health workers always wear masks to protect themselves during the annual flu season...thanks, I never knew that!!!

    Oh, you are one of those that compares covid to the annual flu. That's me done responding.


  • #26
    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭sabat


    Meathman12 wrote: »
    There weren't any masks available 6.months ago, so why would any organisation suggest their use? Instead it was recommended that people keep a distance away.

    The same pack in front of me that says NOT FOR MEDICAL USE has a manufacturing date of May 2020 on the back.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    road_high wrote: »
    Yes I’ll always speak my mind- another concept the Lazy left struggle with of course.

    Don't think people struggle with it, certainly gives me a laugh.


  • #28
    Notmything
    Registered Users Posts: 974 ✭✭✭Notmything


    Double O Seven wrote: »
    This must be the first issue ever that Paul Murphy, Dick Boyd Barrett & co have supported the government on, indeed a lot of the so called far right who protest lockdown would have been past voters for the AAA-PBP.

    It means that for the first time ever their supporters are doing something for the community by staying at home and not going out to work.


  • #29
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Essentially it's because the otherside are anti-lockdown. They were pretty quiet early on. They just wanted to see which side everything pans out on.

    I think as well they feel that financial armageddon is to their benefit. That when everybody loses their jobs and government have to make cuts, it is their time to shine.

    What they are not seeing is that it is normal business owners that are getting killed and its the Jeff Bezos of this world that are gaining.


  • #30
    Meathman12
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭Meathman12


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    Is there science behind the mask requirement...there wasn't 6 months ago?
    How many people commenting on masks and ppe knew what a mask was 9 months ago? Or knew the difference between a respirator and a mask or knew what ffp3, kn95 or n95 meant.
    Hopefully people realise that industry has used respiratory protection equipment for years.


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  • #31
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    Oh, you are one of those that compares covid to the annual flu. That's me done responding.

    You were the one who said health workers have been wearing masks for their protection for decades...

    I'm actually pro mask, if it helps even just a little it is worth it, if it allays people's fear it is worth it...but lets not kid ourselves...there is no science behind it!!!


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