Lord Mayor of Dublin harassed at her home by protesters

Omackeral · 22-01-2021 9:46am #1

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu has hit out at ongoing racism and intimidation after a group of far-right protestors showed up at her home and challenged her for wearing a face mask.

A female member of the protestors was arrested and later fined for breaching public health laws.

Link here.

What the f*ck is wrong with these people?

Beltby · 22-01-2021 9:49am

We give out about Muslims getting brainwashed by extremists, and here we have otherwise normal people getting brainwashed off Facebook.

boombang · 22-01-2021 9:51am

I don't think Chu played a blinder in response to George Nkencho, but there's been a nasty, grossly disproportionate backlash. Crazy stuff.

biko · 22-01-2021 9:53am

One's home is one's safe zone. It's not ok to show up at people's homes.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu has hit out at ongoing racism and intimidation after a group of far-right protestors showed up at her home and challenged her for wearing a face mask.

"I didn't think my life was in danger but it was deeply uncomfortable," Ms Chu said.

enfant terrible · 22-01-2021 9:53am

I edged towards the door and when I got there one shouted: 'Hazel Chu, you're going to turn into a shapeshifting dragon someday and we're going to catch it on camera'. It was bizarre.

Sounds more like conspiracy theorists than Nazis.

Wibbs · 22-01-2021 9:57am

enfant terrible wrote: »

I edged towards the door and when I got there one shouted: 'Hazel Chu, you're going to turn into a shapeshifting dragon someday and we're going to catch it on camera'. It was bizarre.

Sounds more like conspiracy theorists than Nazis.

They look and sound like nutters alright, facebook "fascists" at best, though the media will be further emboldened to call Ireland a hotbed of the far right.

biko · 22-01-2021 9:58am

Is anti-maskers far right now?
Sure Sweden were anti-mask for a long time. Many there are still not using masks.

.anon. · 22-01-2021 10:00am

Omackeral wrote: »

What the f*ck is wrong with these people?

I'm sure their sympathisers will be along soon to insinuate that there is, in fact, nothing wrong with them and that Hazel Chu is the problem. And also that she definitely wasn't singled out because of her ethnicity, and that she is only looking for attention.

There have been some truly terrible holders of the honorary position of Lord Mayor of Dublin in the past - corrupt chancers, in it for themselves - and none of those white men ever received anything like the kind of abuse that Hazel Chu gets. Can't think why.

ThunbergsAreGo · 22-01-2021 10:00am

Not condoning this at all, but turning up at the Mansion House sounds alot better than turned up at her home.

Five people protest outside Mansion House is less of a story.

Alot more sinister if it was a private residency, which we have seen in Ireland before.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/protesters-gather-outside-simon-harris-s-home-again-1.3874486

JMNolan · 22-01-2021 10:00am

I honestly think deplatforming these nutters has made things worse now that they have their own platforms (gab/telegram/mewe).

Hangdogroad · 22-01-2021 10:00am

enfant terrible wrote: »

I edged towards the door and when I got there one shouted: 'Hazel Chu, you're going to turn into a shapeshifting dragon someday and we're going to catch it on camera'. It was bizarre.

Sounds more like conspiracy theorists than Nazis.

TBH most nazis are conspiracy theorists.

keano_afc · 22-01-2021 10:05am

Saying "her home" sounds far more sinister until you discover it was the steps of the Mansion House. Interesting that its framed that way.

suicide_circus · 22-01-2021 10:06am

Very slightly disingenuous headline...her "home" in this case being her official residence. It's like Michael D being protested at the Aras.

ohnonotgmail · 22-01-2021 10:07am

keano_afc wrote: »

Saying "her home" sounds far more sinister until you discover it was the steps of the Mansion House. Interesting that its framed that way.

it is her home. she lives there.

paw patrol · 22-01-2021 10:08am

I'm not defending these people.

But the "home" in the article question is the mansion house. That's like saying a protest at the Aras is at Micheal D's private residence. It's not the same.

It's a bit disingenuous to claim it's her home which would imply it's her private residence. If they protested at her actual home that would be terrible behaviour.

Is the mansion house out of bounds for protest? surely not,.

Bobblehats · 22-01-2021 10:10am

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

it is her home. she lives there.

That is a house; it is not a home.

.anon. · 22-01-2021 10:11am

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

Not condoning this at all, but turning up at the Mansion House sounds alot better than turned up at her home.

Not condoning it (oh, no siree!), just downplaying it. As long as she is holder of the position, it's her home. I strongly doubt that these people would have had any moral issue with turning up at the house that she owns either, if she was actually residing there.

Tacitus Kilgore · 22-01-2021 10:12am

I think you'll find that yes, these anti-maskers are far right nutters, Gen Bilroy, Demma o Gogherty, Wee Dall, Craham C Jarey - All your usual jokeshop clowns.

And doesn't The Lord Mayor live in the mansion house?

How can you say that's not her home? FFS

KaneToad · 22-01-2021 10:13am

A rare scenario where everyone is in the wrong. And everyone is seeking the same oxygen of publicity.

salmocab · 22-01-2021 10:14am

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

I think you'll find that yes, these anti-maskers are far right nutters, Gen Bilroy, Demma o Gogherty, Wee Dall, Craham C Jarey - All your usual jokeshop clowns.

And doesn't The Lord Mayor live in the mansion house?

How can you say that's not her home? FFS

Pal of mine lived there when his dad was Lord Mayor and he would certainly have referred to it as home at the time.

Collie D · 22-01-2021 10:15am

Silly but genuine question.

Some people don't like wearing masks. Fair enough - I don't agree with them in the slightest and wish they'd **** off but for whatever reason that's their opinion. But what's their problem with others wearing them?

salmocab · 22-01-2021 10:17am

Collie D wrote: »

Silly but genuine question.

Some people don't like wearing masks. Fair enough - I don't agree with them in the slightest and wish they'd **** off but for whatever reason that's their opinion. But what's their problem with others wearing them?

I’d think they weren’t getting enough attention for not wearing their own.

Montage of Feck · 22-01-2021 10:17am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

TBH most nazis are conspiracy theorists.

"The term "Nazi" was in use before the rise of the NSDAP as a colloquial and derogatory word for a backwards farmer or peasant, characterizing an awkward and clumsy person. In this sense, the word Nazi was a hypocorism of the German male name Igna(t)z (itself a variation of the name Ignatius)—Igna(t)z being a common name at the time in Bavaria, the area from which the NSDAP emerged.[11][12]"

Backwards alright, lol.

Sonics2k · 22-01-2021 10:17am

KaneToad wrote: »

A rare scenario where everyone is in the wrong. And everyone is seeking the same oxygen of publicity.

How is Hazel Chu wrong in this one?

She lives there, it's her home.

mariaalice · 22-01-2021 10:17am

Mental illness maybe? be sad if Ireland ended having to have security for every politician.

There was a group protesting outside a politicians house two years ago, in my opinion, the politicians should have gone out and engaged them with the bit of banter until my husband pointed out the fact the Jo Cox had been murdered by a right-wing loon. The protesters two years ago were of a left persuasion but the point still stands.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/23/thomas-mair-slow-burning-hatred-led-to-jo-cox-murder.

The slow-burning hatred that led Thomas Mair to murder Jo Cox

keano_afc · 22-01-2021 10:18am

KaneToad wrote: »

A rare scenario where everyone is in the wrong. And everyone is seeking the same oxygen of publicity.

Nailed it.

ohnonotgmail · 22-01-2021 10:19am

Bobblehats wrote: »

That is a house; it is not a home.

people generally call the place they live their home. She lives in the mansion house with her family. that makes it her home. how is that even open for debate?

Tacitus Kilgore · 22-01-2021 10:20am

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

people generally call the place they live their home. She lives in the mansion house with her family. that makes it her home. how is that even open for debate?

You know why

HansKroenke · 22-01-2021 10:21am

biko wrote: »

Is anti-maskers far right now?
Sure Sweden were anti-mask for a long time. Many there are still not using masks.

I can assure you I am not far right.

Bobblehats · 22-01-2021 10:21am

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

people generally call the place they live their home. She lives in the mansion house with her family. that makes it her home. how is that even open for debate?

Home is where the heart is. It’s just a short stint; a temporary residency she’ll be out in no time at all

ohnonotgmail · 22-01-2021 10:22am

Bobblehats wrote: »

Home is where the heart is. It’s just a short stint; a temporary residency she’ll be out in no time at all

and for the year she is lord mayor she is living there with her family. that makes it her home. To suggest otherwise is to downplay what happened.

22-01-2021 10:23am

I'm failing to see any racism here. Are people saying the odd and ****ty behaviour by the protesters is racist purely because Chu is of Asian descent?

mariaalice · 22-01-2021 10:23am

Official residents will keep people happy.

suicide_circus · 22-01-2021 10:24am

It's her home and her official residence and as her official residence it's presumably fair game for protesters, no matter how distasteful and unwashed they might be.

Mayor Wheeler's home in Portland Oregon was extensively protested by concerned citizens if I remember correctly.

dennispenn · 22-01-2021 10:24am

Omackeral wrote: »

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu has hit out at ongoing racism and intimidation after a group of far-right protestors showed up at her home and challenged her for wearing a face mask.

A female member of the protestors was arrested and later fined for breaching public health laws.

Link here.

What the f*ck is wrong with these people?

Everyone is far right to Chu. Where was the racism? There wasn't any, only in her mind.

Ridiculous article. It's not news.

Tacitus Kilgore · 22-01-2021 10:25am

dennispenn wrote: »

Everyone is far right to Chu. Where was the racism? There wasn't any, only in her mind.

Ridiculous article. It's not news.

Were you there to say there wasn't any racism?

22-01-2021 10:27am

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Were you there to say there wasn't any racism?

You may as well say that the racist attack was committed by nazi chimps in a hot air balloon hovering above the mansion house.

I mean, it doesn't say so in the article but I wasn't there to say there wasn't Nazi monkeys.

dennispenn · 22-01-2021 10:27am

mariaalice wrote: »

Mental illness maybe? be sad if Ireland ended having to have security for every politician.

There was a group protesting outside a politicians house two years ago, in my opinion, the politicians should have gone out and engaged with the bit of banter until my husband pointed out the fact the Jo Cox had been murdered by a right-wing loon. The protesters two years ago were of a left persuasion but the point still stands.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/23/thomas-mair-slow-burning-hatred-led-to-jo-cox-murder.

The slow-burning hatred that led Thomas Mair to murder Jo Cox

this is utterly ridiculous linking the murder of Joe Cox with hazel Chu's hurt feelings.

biko · 22-01-2021 10:27am

Did the protestors get the idea to go to her home from Antifa?

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler says he’s looking for a new place to live after his Pearl District condo building has been the site of repeated demonstrations, including on Monday when crowds demanded he resign and some people set fires and broke windows.
SRC

olestoepoke · 22-01-2021 10:28am

Disagree with anyone who is not white now and you are a 'far right' racist. They are muppets and shouldn't be anywhere near the woman's home but whats with the far right carry on. Do the 'far right' even exist here in reality? Seems that some people would be bitterly disappointed if there were no actual racists.

riffmongous · 22-01-2021 10:28am

Chu has come in for abuse from the moment she took office, it's clear as day what the agenda is.

So which crowd of nutters was it this time? National party? Gemma?

dennispenn · 22-01-2021 10:28am

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Were you there to say there wasn't any racism?

I read the article. If there was racism in her encounter, she'd have pointed it out to the journalist who wrote the article.

mariaalice · 22-01-2021 10:29am

dennispenn wrote: »

this is utterly ridiculous linking the murder of Joe Cox with hazel Chu's hurt feelings.

It does not start off with murder read the article it's very illuminating.

It not about the agenda of the protester's as such everyone is entitled to protest its about radicalisation of all sorts both left and right and while the vast majority of protesters are absolutely fine, there is always the danger of the one who isn't.

boombang · 22-01-2021 10:30am

dennispenn wrote: »

this is utterly ridiculous linking the murder of Joe Cox with hazel Chu's hurt feelings.

Don't think so. Thin end of the same wedge in my view.

Danzy · 22-01-2021 10:30am

boombang wrote: »

I don't think Chu played a blinder in response to George Nkencho, but there's been a nasty, grossly disproportionate backlash. Crazy stuff.

There wasn't much of a backlash to her deeply offensive and inciting comments.

Not compared to Bríd Smith's post on Facebook which got about 15k comments condemning her.

Tacitus Kilgore · 22-01-2021 10:30am

olestoepoke wrote: »

Disagree with anyone who is not white now and you are a 'far right' racist. They are muppets and shouldn't be anywhere near the woman's home but whats with the far right carry on. Do the 'far right' even exist here in reality? Seems that some people would be bitterly disappointed if there were no actual racists.

They are our far right. they're a bunch of useless muppets just like the fools who stormed the capital in the US, all mouth, no substance, no intelligence.

The far right is a joke, just like the far left is a joke - worldwide.

It's just gas how many try wade in here and defend the actions of these complete and utter gobshites

"duhh its not her home" ffs.

22-01-2021 10:31am

riffmongous wrote: »

Chu has come in for abuse from the moment she took office, it's clear as day what the agenda is.

So which crowd of nutters was it this time? National party? Gemma?

It's clear what you WANT the agenda to be.

Not everything can be the fault of racism, sexism, fascism, islamaphobia, homoohobia or whatever ism or phobia you want to level at people.

Tacitus Kilgore · 22-01-2021 10:32am

dennispenn wrote: »

I read the article. If there was racism in her encounter, she'd have pointed it out to the journalist who wrote the article.

Are you sure? maybe she didn't as lads like you would be saying "sure every interaction she has she calls racism, uses the race card" maybe she's avoiding that - who knows... not me or you anyway, as we weren't there...

boombang · 22-01-2021 10:32am

I'm not saying that Mayor Chu deserves the abuse, but I think it shows how nasty identity politics is that anyone going near it risks attracting attacks.

Effects · 22-01-2021 10:33am

Danzy wrote: »

There wasn't much of a backlash to her deeply offensive and inciting comments.

Ah there was, people were ripping into her on Twitter over it.

olestoepoke · 22-01-2021 10:33am

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

They are our far right. they're a bunch of useless muppets just like the fools who stormed the capital in the US, all mouth, no substance, no intelligence.

The far right is a joke, just like the far left is a joke - worldwide.

It's just gas how many try wade in here and defend the actions of these complete and utter gobshites

"duhh its not her home" ffs.

The article says 'her home' what did I miss here? And my post did not defend the actions of these people, so please read it again. ffs

Lord Mayor of Dublin harassed at her home by protesters

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