Conor McGregor Megathread *Mod Warning in OP Updated 20th April*

There’s laws in Ireland about that type of online abuse now - anyone based in Ireland who participated in that abuse of her should be sh1tting their pants- I’ve absolutely no doubt this will be raised by her lawyers and reported to the Gardai - stupid people don’t change - they need to be arrested, charged convicted and banged up

I don’t think they are necessarily latching on to McG because of who he is- I think it’s more about what he stands for - I imagine the demographic that are supporting him so vehemently online are the same demographic that are anti-vaxers, or conspiracy theorists or simply racists - you’re theorising that there’s some sort of philosophy under pining their support - I don’t think there is - anyone who’s in the public eye that are anti societal norms of behaving - will certainly attract a marginalised crowd of online uneducated whacko supporters who just want to “fit in” somewhere in society because in the real world, they’ve failed to do that -

I don’t think it’s any more complicated than that. These people don’t have the same moral compass or adherence to societal norms as most of the population do - there’s likely a top 10 of issues that all of these people agree on, as they’re simply swallowing the online sh01te that’s been fed to them- - these people have turned to the internet to feel part of a group and belongingness that they don’t experience in the real world

There's an intersting RTE podcast from the "Doc on One" series about incel culture in Ireland. Worth a listen.

I'm no fan of McGregor's. I think he's scum but trying to blame him for the riots was ridiculous. And what he tweeted, to me at least, seemed tame enough and not something that you should be hauled before the courts for.

Tweeting 'Ireland, we are at war'. Hardly a crime there.

The other stuff he tweeted was fairly tame too……. "Make change or make way. Ireland for the victory", "You reap what you sow".

He is an ar5ehole, but if the authorities are going after him, at least do it for something criminal, unlike those stupid posts.

Seriously, if those are crimes, we might as well give up.

Tis a stretch to say those incited anything apart from boredom.

I can see why tweeting "we are at war" to your millions of followers whilst scumbags burn buses, Luases and Garda cars can be seen an incendiary.

This is a fella who has been in the news for over a week now due to something he said in The White House. It's not out of the question to think his words have influence.

Isn't tomorrow Day 12 that he threatened the government with?

I wonder what's in store for us written on White House paper?

Will it be a demand to beat Canada to it and have Ireland become the 51st state? Will it be a demand to install Conor McGregor as Irish president with absolute power? Will it come with a demand to remove all legal obstacles to persons entering the country from Colombia/Bolivia? Is it a law to legalize beating up men in their70's and sexually assaulting women with no consequence? Will it be to replace the harp as the national symbol with the swastika but with hurleys as the arms of the swastika to keep it "Irish"?

Or was he coked out of his skull when he sent out that tweet and didn't know what he was doing?

Tomorrow will tell all. I await with great anticipation.

12 jurors?

...and it's not even his whiskey now. Proximo bought it in 2021, but have dropped any brand association with McGregor. I'd say they have a severe case of buyers regret now.

Ireland will separate here and we will charge 10% on Irish goods to the US and the US will charge 10% to us also.

McG proves he doesn't have a clue how tariffs work…

No surprise there.

Ah yes, leave the most successful trading bloc in the world to and start our trading agreements from scratch with zero leverage while also losing access to the single market(and all the companies based here for access to it), all to placate a reactionary madman who might just decide to double the tariffs anyway.

Solid plan.

Trump can't be that stupid...

He’s clearly trying to imitate MAGA and he’s doing a terrible job at it (as Trump might say😀)

Will hitting a tornado with nuclear weapons change its course?

Probably

Will drinking detergent protect you from Covid?

Yes if you drink enough of it, because then you'd be dead and so couldn't catch Covid…