The disgusting racism in the Immigration thread

Completely agree with you, context is key. Something your lacking in every argument.

edit: this was part after was aimed at Goldengirl

Instead of crying wolf which seems to be your favourite thing to do, why not actually show where the racism and issues are and the mods and other members of this website will condemn.

Stop living in your own head and actually discuss the issues and how we as a community like this one resolve it.

Convenient, you make a claim and won't back it up….I never said his comments could not be considered racist….never. You know this. My posts were clear as regards their intent, context and meaning…..so, get your facts straight, as my points were way more in saying that what he said does not automatically make him a racist person.

And me agreeing with his points/comments is NOT me saying the comments/points cannot be considered to be racist….

At least since fhese times, and yes, it was racist in intent back then. Probably sufficiently so that it doesn't get the benefit of the doubt today.

that’s completely different and you know it. Segregation of people in same country based off skin color was racist.

Uttering a phrase “coloured people” vs. “people of colour” is not remotely near this segregation issue. And a person uttering the former is not necessarily a racist

well it’s quite obvious from the above tirade that it’s certainly beyond your capacity. Get out and about actually talk face to face with people and you might get a more balanced perspective. This is the problem with online forums where ‘perfect’ crusaders can go around labelling people for having opinions that don’t meet with their perfect utopian world

But then how would the social justice warriors get their satisfaction and attention? In the real world, which a lot of people here now seem to lack context of, people are annoyed and it doesn’t matter if it’s the pub or the cafe down the road.

It’s not racist to say, we have our own scumbags which is why our prisons are at full capacity, without needing to bring on more unvetted people.

Our hospitals and healthcare are under severe pressure. And honestly Without immigrants our hospitals would also be at a standstill and would never been seen etc thanks to these.

It goes the same for housing these skilled workers don’t get free houses or accommodation or even the praise they deserve and painted with the same label for keeping us afloat.

So why waste time on people unvetted and wanting to be a drain of society instead of praising these other workers?

So instead of actually trying to educate someone or have a discussion you went crying to a moderator who’s doing this as a “hobby” without any praise and then still called them out and said that they were wrong.

You got your slice of cake but wanted more.

There appear to be a lot of relatively new moderators in CA, something of a changing of the guard.

Is there any process in place by more experienced mods / Cmods to review how reports have been dealt with by newer mods?

Has any such review taken place of reports on the Immigration thread? In terms of whether there has been a slowdown in response to reports or for inconsistency with previous moderation?

I mention it appears to be one of the most contentious threads in CA, and it is unclear whether the mod action on the Immigration thread about Rose of Tralee was in response to this thread or not.

Similarly discussion of a case before the courts (an incident in Blanchardstown) was carried on for 3-4 days in CA which is unusual. A thread was opened in this area of the site about it but unclear if the eventual thread closure was due to that or not.

Not blaming you directly either, just picking you out because you’re vocal here about your opinion which is fair. I don’t know your background, race or orientation as in you experience racism, bigotry or so forth.

Education is key and so is debate in my opinion because if not you’ll have the likes of a Reform party emerging in Ireland with one agenda and one agenda only without actually knowing what to do with the country and economy.

And again that’s your opinion as mentioned I’m new. No bother enjoy your Friday night.