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Cold War Kid · 22-05-2015 10:30PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Example of Mob think;

They were just pointing out this "No-nonsense", "I'm voting yes but I'm not a liberal - oh noez the liberals" fashion and its disingenuousness. Nothing mob-think about it at all.

Even if there were idiots bullying reasonable no voters, not sure why no voters deserve more slack than the yes voters in the face of the incredible poison thrown out there by some yes campaigners, or that "no" voters' views should be given support and respected, just because they're not being part of "the liberal crowd". "Yes" campaigners are held to higher standards I assume.

People voting yes struck me as genuinely just believing others shouldn't be stopped from full marriage entitlements just because of who they are, rather than it being a "herd" thing.
It's only about having empathy and compassion for others, and even if the "tough" crew view that as a poor reason for voting, well it's still preferable to voting no just to get back at *some* yes voters - 12-year-old girlish level pettiness.

Virgil° · 22-05-2015 10:30PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Example of Mob think;

I'm actually pretty sure i just plagiarised xkcd. I didn't even have to think.
You fit the cliche so perfectly.

"Everyone is as bad as each other, cept me, i'm fukkin deadly"

Bannasidhe · 22-05-2015 10:30PM

WoolyJumper wrote: »

Me too, so thats 200% yes from Cork

OH and the Man with Two Mammies also voted Yes.

400% in Cork NC

WoolyJumper · 22-05-2015 10:31PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Ohhh... that's my constituency too.
Very busy all day at New Inn NS.

New Inn? Jaysus you are barely a stone throw away from so :P My polling station was Brooklodge NS

Baggy Trousers · 22-05-2015 10:32PM

efb wrote: »

And it's done.

To ALL those that voted YES, thank you, thank you, a thousand times Thank You!

Now we wait...

I am very confident now.

I know the election is over but I have to say that the people that voted No need to take a long hard look at themselves and their reasoning for doing so. If they had a valid reason, fair enough but from my perspective many were being deliberately "difficult". There is no excuse for acting the maggot on serious issues like this that affect other people.

Bannasidhe · 22-05-2015 10:32PM

Bad Horse wrote: »

With respect though, the margin of error for that exit poll is therefore also 100%, so it can't be trusted.

Edit: Wait, it'd be 50%, wouldn't it? What's the margin of error on me calculating the margin of error?

100%

Not a NSA agent · 22-05-2015 10:32PM

Wondering if we'll hear about iona trying to postpone the referendum.

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Did you read the post you were replying to?

Notice the lack of comment about the person who actually did something, but then it wouldnt suit his agenda. Maybe it was a plant by the yes side?

Bad Horse wrote: »

With respect though, the margin of error for that exit poll is therefore also 100%, so it can't be trusted.

This is boards, no place for an understanding of statistics. They are tools to make us look right.

road_high · 22-05-2015 10:33PM

Reading low turnout in Munster parts of Clare, limerick , Tipp and Kerry as low as 25%. This is telling me the No stayed away as these areas were all high No in the divorce referendum and pretty conservative.

Anita Blow · 22-05-2015 10:35PM

Meanwhile many parts of Dublin reporting record-breaking turnout. 75% in Artane and 80% in Donnybrook at around 9pm

PopePalpatine · 22-05-2015 10:36PM

road_high wrote: »

Reading low turnout in Munster parts of Clare, limerick , Tipp and Kerry as low as 25%. This is telling me the No stayed away as these areas were all high No in the divorce referendum and pretty conservative.

I wonder if they were feeling complacent about a No?

StewartGriffin · 22-05-2015 10:36PM

Just heard this is the place for the Exit Polls??? Did I miss them?

smokingman · 22-05-2015 10:37PM

Everyone's heard of the well known "Mothers and Fathers Matter" campaigner in Galway yeah?

This is what I read in another thread, mashed together with a turn of phrase of my own to explain my understanding of it. (I know it's premature but I've broken out "The Nice Whiskey" already).

"She was a polling clerk in Galway and has been removed, due to trying to stop, what she thought was a yes voter from voting. She insisted one voter was not on the list despite having a polling card and another worker intervened and showed the voter was in fact registered to vote. The woman was removed, an official complaint was filed."

Whether the incident happened or not, can I ask?...how the bejeepers did a well known MAFM campaigner get to be a polling clerk in the first place?!

Bannasidhe · 22-05-2015 10:37PM

StewartGriffin wrote: »

Just heard this is the place for the Exit Polls??? Did I miss them?

400% Yes in Cork NC.

Not a NSA agent · 22-05-2015 10:38PM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Yeah, bang of "Atheists are as bad as religious fundamentalists" from the "Oh I'm voting yes but a lot of the yes side are disgraceful bullies" (yet no mention of the vitriol from the no side) stuff.
Reverse right-on-ness can be as insufferable as right-on-ness.

There is a right wing conservative element on boards which is pretty much "libtard PC brigade, Im so much smarter than them, Im the only person who sees the truth"

Coffee cold in the morning? Must have been the liberals.

mackerski · 22-05-2015 10:38PM

The Adversary wrote: »

Just took a stroll down the village and saw the priest boarding up the windows of his house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ervtik_7jYQ

He'd be better off fighting back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlZQhNlwc7U

The Adversary · 22-05-2015 10:38PM

smokingman wrote: »

Everyone's heard of the well known "Mothers and Fathers Matter" campaigner in Galway yeah?

This is what I read in another thread, mashed together with a turn of phrase of my own to explain my understanding of it. (I know it's premature but I've broken out "The Nice Whiskey" already).

"She was a polling clerk in Galway and has been removed, due to trying to stop, what she thought was a yes voter from voting. She insisted one voter was not on the list despite having a polling card and another worker intervened and showed the voter was in fact registered to vote. The woman was removed, an official complaint was filed."

Whether the incident happened or not, can I ask?...how the bejeepers did a well known MAFM campaigner get to be a polling clerk in the first place?!

You can't be serious? :eek::eek:

hullaballoo · 22-05-2015 10:39PM

Stinicker wrote: »

Just got back in from voting and feel I did the right thing, the abolsute disgraceful bullyboy tactics I witnessed over the last week drove me from being a Yes to being a No voter.

Rural Ireland will vote strongly No and the entire Western Seaboard will poll No strongly.

Taking a photograph in the ballot box is a criminal offence. Carries a jail term too.

Shows how much you know about right and wrong.

K4t · 22-05-2015 10:39PM

foozzybear61 wrote: »

Both sides of this debate have a lunatic fringe

Speak for yourself. Most people can clearly see that there is/was only one lunatic fringe - and they were not on the fringe unfortunately. And while Iona did attempt to drag the Yes side down to their level, the Yes side's message remained clear - Equality.

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

I did a smallish exit poll in west Galway.

100% Yes (and with good cause!)

I did one in Mayo.

100% No (they were ALL originally Yes voters but changed their vote because they could not understand how the yes side's arguments were ALL based on logic and reason. Oh and cos of bullyin....etc

oppenheimer1 · 22-05-2015 10:40PM

So it's all finally over thankfully. On my own story, I always was in the yes camp but my opinion was quite soft since the proposal didn't effect me or anyone I was close to. Over the course of the campaign I became increasingly disillusioned with the yes side. I found the way they presented their arguments preachy and condescending - particularly the videos of the grannies. While yes had the better arguments, their attitude of shouting down and dismissing the alternative viewpoint, rather than engage and convince the voter lost me. While I was never going to vote no, I had resolved to abstain. I felt I couldn't have my vote claimed by the yes campaign, up until two days ago.

While I still feel the same about the way yes ran their campaign, I did have a rethink about my approach. I opted to vote and vote yes in the end. While it will gall me that yes will think that this is vindication of their approach, I felt the good in the proposal should outweigh my own personal disillusionment with them.

tomato1234 · 22-05-2015 10:40PM

Thank you equality! It worth more than a million!

RayM · 22-05-2015 10:41PM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I wonder if they were feeling complacent about a No?

Maybe a lot of people couldn't bring themselves to vote 'Yes', because of their faith, but felt that voting 'No' would be deeply unpleasant and mean-spirited, so they abstained.

Cold War Kid · 22-05-2015 10:41PM

Not a NSA agent wrote: »

There is a right wing conservative element on boards which is pretty much "libtard PC brigade, Im so much smarter than them, Im the only person who sees the truth"

Coffee cold in the morning? Must have been the liberals.

And those who are actually pretty liberal themselves (certainly centre or left of centre) but try to divorce themselves from liberals in order to look "no-nonsense".

efb · 22-05-2015 10:44PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9vol-8HYEc

Billy86 · 22-05-2015 10:45PM

Not a NSA agent wrote: »

There is a right wing conservative element on boards which is pretty much "libtard PC brigade, Im so much smarter than them, Im the only person who sees the truth"

Coffee cold in the morning? Must have been the liberals.

Whenever I see it I just think of the time someone referred to a certain type of car as "pc" simply because they didn't like it (it wasn't even a hybrid or anything if I recall) and laugh a little inside. It's just such a textbook example of people using words they don't understand.

PopePalpatine · 22-05-2015 10:45PM

Not a NSA agent wrote: »

There is a right wing conservative element on boards which is pretty much "libtard PC brigade, Im so much smarter than them, Im the only person who sees the truth"

Coffee cold in the morning? Must have been the liberals.

Don't forget the feminazis and SJWs. Shure they drove up the price of Doritos! :eek:

Bannasidhe · 22-05-2015 10:45PM

ABBA on BBC4 now.

Tis an Omen...

or possibly a portent...

alwald · 22-05-2015 10:47PM

I would hate to see the NO win.....how bad will that look at an international level?!

traprunner · 22-05-2015 10:47PM

Am I the only one that avoided all debates, YouTube ads and practically every newspaper article etc?

JamboMac · 22-05-2015 10:47PM

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

I am very confident now.

I know the election is over but I have to say that the people that voted No need to take a long hard look at themselves and their reasoning for doing so. If they had a valid reason, fair enough but from my perspective many were being deliberately "difficult". There is no excuse for acting the maggot on serious issues like this that affect other people.

I didn't vote for the simple fact as this vote isn't as black and white as the yes voters seem to see it this is massively grey.

For you to tell people voting no to take a long hard look at themselves is a disgrace this is a democracy no Stalinist Russia where you can vote whatever way you want as long as it's yes.

The no voters came out with some tripe but the yes voters where as equally full of bull, saying that no means my country doesn't except me, the guilt trip these yes voters put people on was shambolic but if you say anything it's like your hitler.

The yes vote has bigger repercussions then has simply been laid out, yes or no it doesn't bother me.

But whether anybody voted yes or no they had that right and should be held accountable by some overly PC people.

tomato1234 · 22-05-2015 10:48PM

It will be YES!

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