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Orange is the new Burke

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    2 things that Burke supporters persist in saying that they know aren't true

    1. He was sent to jail for opposing trans student and the use of pronouns.

    WRONG He was not arrested for this. Only when he verbally assaulted the principal outside school hours was he disciplined leading to suspension and arrest.

    2. The Burkes only want to politely ask questions of public figures.

    WRONG Lecturing people with lengthy accusations to the point of not allowing the other person to reply or speak is not asking a polite question.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,349 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    With the "Nothing to say about" shouts from a woman towards the end of the clip, a phrase similar to that used by Mrs Burke when harassing people, it seems likely that she was there in Limerick with her son.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭kegg


    Yep. She was. They both went on a big rant afterwards. The full video (of course edited to suit the burkes agenda) is on josiah burkes Facebook page. Probably on YouTube etc too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,272 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Could we have him sent ho a mental hospital by any chance say for life? See his he likes it there. Prision did not work so maybe that would be the better solution. He has got to be a bit mentally unstable.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    Is it just me or do the Burkes look physically worse every time they appear - especially the parents and Enoch? It looks like the burden of relentless futile campaigning is taking its toll.

    The younger ones look more fresh faced of course but they too face a future of emotional strain with nothing to show for it in their lives. Seems they will all burn out eventually.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,905 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    I'm guessing the parents are in their early or mid seventies. At that age, the perpetual protest appearances at various events up and down the entire country, along with the endless long road journeys, must surely be taking a physical and mental toll.

    The younger family members, though more physically resilient, are surely so indoctrinated with their self-delusional narrative, they must be very detached from mainstream life as well as the normal social interactions that normal young people engage in.

    I feel they're facing very bleak and isolated lives, especially with regard to their future employment prospects and to normal social integration.

    A tragedy really, and their mother and father must take the blame for their children's plight.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,641 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    The younger ones don't seem to be marrying and having kids either, unlike Mr and Mrs B. They must have been married quite young to have had such a big family.

    I wonder why that is. Could their fire and brimstone upbringing have scared them away from relationships?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    We can only speculate but based on them living at home and having been home schooled, and also unable to drive in some cases it appears that they are under such a degree of control that any potential romantic interests would be cross examined to the point of pulling back or even being chased away. Its sad.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,641 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    Sad indeed, shame, the sisters are quite cute. Most potential partners would avoid them after the family has become (in)famous.

    They would struggle to find a like-minded partner also because there can't really be many other families like the Burkes in the country.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    Unless they met someone with the exact same views they will struggle. Even a slight difference of opinion would likely lead to severe conflict as they seem unable to compromise even a small amount.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,816 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    At least they wont reproduce



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,641 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    In that regard it is a minor miracle that Mr and Mrs B ever got together in the first place!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    Yes true. The funny thing is I heard they weren't always so extreme and that a sibling of one of parents moved to the UK and when they returned again they brought back this extreme ideology and this led to the others getting involved in it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,238 ✭✭✭secman


    But there was a spark there....…he's an electrician .........



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,641 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    They made beautiful music together.

    She was a music teacher wasn't she?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,272 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Can we just deport them to Russia or some other sh-it backwards country where thwy can live out their brainless ways and be done with them?

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,922 ✭✭✭chooseusername




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,905 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Ohm my God, can this thread get any worse?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,238 ✭✭✭secman


    Stands to reason the offspring are all wired .....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,104 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    A nice thought but he'd never actually do it. So what do you with him then? Back to jail again? He's absolutely fine with that.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,134 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Is there anyone in politics that the Burkes don’t blame for transgenderism ?

    Even the more conservative politicians seem to face their ire.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,134 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    It’s a really terrible look to be bawling in the face of a woman who’s almost 70.

    He really sickens me.

    A protest about Gaza where tens of thousands are people have been murdered. And he interrupts and tries to make it about himself, “I’m a victim”. He has about as much self-awareness as Prince Andrew.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,272 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Jail does not work though. He gas been there and it has not changed his mind. Maybe s 10 year sentence in the slammer might.

    What ever happened to all the money he was supposed yo pay? Has he paid a cent?

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    I know plenty of prisoners reoffend but has any one reoffended in such a public and determined way before?. Acting as if he was never inside and not at all concerned about being sent back straight away. Its seems to be a challenge to the whole legal system.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,104 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    Agreed, that's what I was trying to say. He's clearly not afraid of jail which is the harshest punishment they can give him currently. They've already taken all of his assets. Why would he do community service? They can't physically force him to do it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,349 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    It's been seized at source from whatever salary funds are being put into his bank account. That's been one of his more recent moans, though his description of what is happening there does not match the actual legal process activated by court order on to the bank which holds his account.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭geographica


    actually cannot stand the site of them but one thing I’ll say is they are always immaculately turned out, verrryy clean 😜



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,578 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    The bit I don't understand about them is what is their goal? Or plan? People here have said they are obviously intelligent people. Now ignoring the fact that their religious beliefs are out there, what is their intelligent plan when all they do is shout and roar? Do they want to recruit further followers? Or spread their message? Because their current schemes won't do that.

    What is the strategy at play here?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭Westernview


    I think they are intelligent in terms of academic performance and IQ levels but everything is about the now and its about what they can do now or in the next few days. They could read an encyclopedia of legal text with super focus and understand it but only in a reactive way. Too obsessive to plan strategically ahead, which would probably be more to their benefit.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,117 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    They want everyone to agree with them and if that can't happen the attention and money will help in the meantime. Also the warm glow of a persecution complex.



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