What are your views on Multiculturalism in Ireland? - Threadbanned User List in OP

The dangers of "hate" laws and making people unemployable if they speak out, worst case scenario.

It's both, it's partly how it shapes society.

"The gangs even targeted girls during school lunch hours, picking them up and dropping them off with little concern that their activities would be noticed."

Broad daylight, on a very large scale, in full view

There is a tendency by some to conveniently forget what has gone before. The PC movement gained so much influence in both the US and the UK to have an impact on both the research (or lack of) on many topics, and again, on the policies affecting police behaviour. All you have to do is look at the way policing towards BAME groups, and the approach in the courts towards BAME offenders, differed from the approach towards the native groups. None of which spoke of equality, irrespective of ethnicity or background (I fully admit, btw, that there was institutional racism present against BAME in the UK, but the flipside was also present in some situations)

People are, understandably, wary of hate speech laws which might bring about the same restrictions on investigating minority/racial groups in a balanced/unbiased manner. We've seen the PC movement slowly being dismantled in society, but it wouldn't be that hard to push through a similar theme to control society.

There's no need for there to be an agenda at play. Past events have shown that policy can be affected by such things.

Solely blamed? Why would we want that? After all, it's hardly realistic to suggest such a thing. The Police are directly affected by government policy, so that would affect their behaviour, and some responsibility would rest with them. In addition to the police themselves. But then, there's the society that the police are interacting with.. and whether they're responsible, in part, for what has happened.

Cordell, made the reference to our own George Nkencho, which you ignored completely. Were the police responsible for his nutty behaviour? Were they responsible for the clusterF of media attention, and manipulation thrown around afterwards by different groups? No. They weren't. They were just responsible for the events that involved them directly.

At some stage, we have to acknowledge the actions of the individual (which we make such a big deal about, while downplaying personal responsibility).

"Solely blaming" the police is simply convenient, but its far too simplistic an approach IF we actually want a fair/balanced society. Which is the only way a multicultural society can succeed. Fair, balanced, and without biases of any kind for ethnicity, religion or whatever. Everyone equal regardless of the differences encouraged to be recognised within a multicultural environment.

Between the above and the listing's on daft the "far right" hashtag of Ireland is full is correct.

#irelandisfull