Should RTE stop airing Father Ted?

It would be preferential for everyone concerned, INCLUDING HIMSELF, if he kept his nose out of other people's business. 😉

So you’re allowed call someone a nonce but he is full of hatred if he does so? (I don’t have a problem with you doing so by the way. It’s objectionable that he is not as he is not engaged with altering children’s sexual organs).

Ah sure keep out of the business of child abuse. Good stuff.

How on earth do you claim to know what people in 1960s Ireland were really thinking and feeling, when the actions and utterances of the vast majority of them were entirely in accord with being observant Catholics?

Do you expect people to accept ridiculous claims not only without evidence, but which fly in the face of all evidence available?

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Weak.

Linehan's nonsense highlighted in post #383 has fuck all to do with trying to tackle "child abuse" in any meaningful way. It's simply the rantings of someone who's lost the run of themselves.

Ok. So he's throwing around the term paedo where it isn't merited. Why do you think he's doing that?

I don't care whether other posters accept my claims or not. I was talking off the cuff from personal knowledge and experience.

I didn't think this would be a point of contention.

However I hope social historians, when they go to write to the history of this country, aren't just looking at baptismal rolls and census figures. They should talk to individual people. Now that life expectancy is increased we can get a good sense of the past just from interviewing the still-living.

But hey whatever, it isn't some big belief of mine - just an off the cuff observation like I said

I've just looked the book up, it's a sex education book in comic form for ages 14-17.... I'm happy to attach an image from it cause it's pretty grand. It's available from Eason for anyone to purchase. It is somewhat telling that the QAnon types are the people who are coming out in defence of Linehan though.

Description from Amazon: Covering relationships, friendships, gender, sexuality, anatomy, body image, safe sex, sexting, jealousy, rejection, sex education, and more, Let's Talk About It is the go-to handbook for every teen, and the first in graphic novel form.

So ya, the "paedo" claim for a critically acclaimed sex education book possibly reflects more on the person making the claim.

I do think the way Linehan went is very similar to people who went down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories during COVID-19. Basically destroyed his professional and personal relationships.

Oh brute, yes that is education however uncomfortable it makes you feel. Teens are growing up in a world where the odds are, they will be exposed to pornography before they turn 18. So a book giving a broad education on safety etc is better than getting an education from far dodgier sources. I say this based on what teens got up to when I was a teenager about 15 years ago.

Anyway, back on topic. Linehan effectively behaves like the QAnon types at this stage.

Yep, it's marketed to an age appropriate group etc. The misrepresenting of these things is pretty wild.

No I'm not admitting to being wrong.

Now we're just around and around in circles. After this, I'm done.

Are you aware that people can be opposed to divorce and that being irreligious doesn't guarantee support for divorce?

And that even Catholics don't necessarily take orders like robots but can arrive at conclusions based on thinking?

That you think the result of a political referendum 'proves' what people's religious feelings are, as if 'Catholic' was just some political designation, this is exactly the kind of blithe reductionism I'm arguing against.

You are just making assumptions about large chunks of the population and then crunching out numbers.

Like I said, I hope social historians and other serious inquirers into the recent past resist this approach.

Now it was a pleasure discussing with you and have a good evening. Goodbye.

Trans women are not straight men and are not "masquerading" - nah his whole life right now is about abusing trans people. Pretty much nothing else.