Leo Varadkar story in The Village??? - Mod Notes and banned Users in OP updated 16/05

What 'usual crew'? You are falsely trying to sell the narrative that people are homophobic or unbeknown to themselves homophobic because they are critical or make fun of Varadkar's monkeyshines. It's more often you who raise the man's sexuality. I think you can't see past the fact he is a gay man. A lot of us can.

With Leo, it's because of what he says and does. If he's not in the news, he doesn't come up very much.

Yes, it's Leo attending a music festival in the UK while criticising the UK's lack of restrictions and supporting no festivals in Ireland. So yes, it's mentioned and he's criticised for it and rightly so. If some people take the piss out of him because of his taste in music, that's allowed. He doesn't get treated any differently than anyone else. You've never been slagged for your taste in music or a questionable haircut?

The point of this thread is his criminal investigation and his almost weekly gaffes and arrogance making the news.

A lot of you seem to have a problem getting over the fact that gay people are the same as everyone else and should be treated as such.

In Ireland, partner, boyfriend, girlfriend are interchangeable and referencing to grown adults as the boys or the girls is commonplace.

And then you go on to use 'dog whistle'. The only ones engaging in such behaviour are the ones who can't see past Varadkar's sexuality, which says more about them IMO.

Using minorities to try 'win' a political discussion is a very low bar. Crying wolf to try close down discussions you don't like using race and sexuality is racist and homophobic IMO.

You're purposely trying to shift the narrative now yet again, it wasn't Leo's "taste in music" that attracted criticism, you know this.

It doesn't matter if it was Kylie Minogue, or feckin Iggy Pop he was writing to, if he is writing to his musical heroes to swing a meet and greet, under the guise of the Taoiseach of Ireland, then he should be prepared to accept that some members of the electorate might see that as an abuse of power.

You lads firstly tried to insinuate it was his own personal business* - it isn't, and then went on to try to distance him from it by claiming it was a generic letter, "one of thousands per week, sent by the office of the Taoiseach*" - it wasn't.

It's neither homophobic, racist nor any other, pure, unadulterated BS some of you want to try and insinuate because some have the cheek and audacity to suggest the emperor has no clothes on.

It's blatant, but it's also pathetic too.

*No point in trying to claim you didn't either, it's all in black and white here on this very thread.

IMO, you are abusing the gay community and minorities by insinuating homophobia and claiming you are championing those minorities. I don't know why this behaviour is allowed. Please flag for the mods consideration if you are genuinely concerned. Trying to tell us you feel some people might be homophobic if you think about it, looking at it from an angle is not evidence, but evidence you are using the gay community to deflect.

People comment on straight people's taste in music too. It was raised in reference to him abusing his office to try meet Kylie. He wrote the letter and used his office. The public are well within rights to comment.

On the one hand, as they are in, I would love to see some positivity, but unfortunately their agenda isn't about the Irish public. On the other hand I hope he stays because he is bringing down Fine Gael the longer they keep him. He's the poster boy for the coming YFG mob. We should be concerned with this rise in petty Republican GOP style politics of 'alternative truths'.

He is one of the very few people who I would describe as genuinely evil.

Did either of the two Simon's write letters on official state papers, and sign them off under their ministerial roles to their musical heroes, and then have their gurning faces pictured next to them?

Well, if they did I amn't aware of it, and so don't have a breeze of they're into ABBA or AC/DC, care less too.

People commented on Enda at The Boss's gig though, because it made the news. Not because Enda wrote to him on state headed paper requesting a meet up, but because Enda was pictured at the gig, dad dancing and letting his hair down.

Now, with that inconvenient fact pointed out, your argument is dead in the water.

Quit it with the obvious, spurious homophobic accusations blanch, you're doing the gay community absolutely no favours on your crusade.

Also, seen this today on Twitter. Thought of this thread instantly.

Well said "Stephen Carroll" 👏