Socialist throws a smoothie on Varadkar

Billcarson · 18-09-2020 5:01pm

Disgraceful to waste a nice cup of coffee on that p***k

StevenToast · 18-09-2020 5:01pm

Where was the security? Could have had a knife...

s1ippy · 18-09-2020 5:03pm

SteM wrote: »

It's an idiotic act either way, whether there are people around or not. Does she actually think he's going to change because some stupid bint thought it'd cool to record herself throwing something at him?

I doubt she thinks he'll change, that's pretty evidently not possible. She just wanted to do it and it probably made her feel good. If we were all a bit more assertive maybe politicians would think twice about fucking us over day in day out.

Sardonicat · 18-09-2020 5:03pm

Does anyone have an actual idea who this person is/represents or is it all just conjecture? It looks like a kid with a skateboard doing it for a dare.

padd b1975 · 18-09-2020 5:04pm

Republican scum doing what they know best.

18-09-2020 5:05pm

Open the Pubs wrote: »

It's really cowardly, probably thought she would get plaudits from the left on twitter. Where is Varadkars security? Does he have any at all, if not he may need some if this continues.

The tanaiste does not have security

Poor_old_gill · 18-09-2020 5:05pm

Anyone with a skateboard who is older than 12 should be arrested on principle.

The absolute state of her, I bet she’s successful in her endeavours

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 18-09-2020 5:05pm

banie01 wrote: »

If it was coffee or indeed the claimed urine or any other noxious substance?
I hope the assailant feels the full weight of a lengthy prison sentence.

This isn't protest, this isn't discourse, it's dangerous and childish nonsense.

We are lucky enough to live in a fairly well balanced political system. One that affords easy public access to our elected officials, and one where protest isn't a criminal or civil offence.

If one's political argument is throwing liquid on a TD?
One may need to read up on what actual protest and struggle is.
Who takes an overtly "political" and certainly offensive action like that, and then runs away!?!

I am no fan of FG, or Leo! But there must have been an instant of sheer terror as that liquid approached him, that surely wasn't warranted by any of his own actions.

Lock this bint up!

You want a prison sentence for someone throwing coffee on someone else. What if someone threw coffee over you, do you think they’d go to prison.

Cody montana · 18-09-2020 5:05pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

Hold on, isn’t this hilarious?? People on here though so when it was Farage etc.

That was hilarious though. Lol

HeidiHeidi · 18-09-2020 5:05pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

If your gonna throw something on someone why would you do it while other people were around and you’d more chance of being caught, that would be idiotic.

Why would you have someone slightly offside videoing it, unless you wanted it to go viral, with all the chances of being caught that that entails?

Further martyrdom?

Hego Damask · 18-09-2020 5:06pm

Brave of her to run away like that, hope she is caught and made an example of , remember the media was cheering all this on when it was the "right" people to attack, these people are emboldened by them

silverharp · 18-09-2020 5:07pm

I hope whatever arts and crafts course she is doing chuck her out

Atlantic Dawn · 18-09-2020 5:07pm

gifted wrote: »

A scummy thing to do.

She should be keelhauled from the Jeanie Johnston.

_Kaiser_ · 18-09-2020 5:08pm

I'd be no fan of Leo at all, but that is a lowlife thing to do to anyone and I hope she's identified and prosecuted

keano_afc · 18-09-2020 5:08pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

Hold on, isn’t this hilarious?? People on here though so when it was Farage etc.

Happened to Rowan Croft too but nobody cared because he's a "fascist".

Regardless of your politics, throwing liquids at someone and running away is a scummy thing to do. Hope she gets caught.

nj27 · 18-09-2020 5:08pm

Overheal wrote: »

Brings all the boys to the yard though.

Are you anything like this in real life? If so, when did you graduate from the Navy SEAL academy?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 18-09-2020 5:08pm

Suddenly people care about people being milkshaked because they like the person.

My shock.

s1ippy · 18-09-2020 5:09pm

Haha why does everyone else hate this, it only makes it better.

landofthetree · 18-09-2020 5:09pm

.anon. wrote: »

True. Look at this video of Michael Noonan getting a custard pie in the face during the 2002 election campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVPnzBvrDA

There was no pearl-clutching, no talk of it being an assault. The man himself laughed it off and the papers published their usual mildly amusing oh-so-wry accounts of the event the next day.

Remind me who the real 'snowflakes' are?

It was a Bertie lickarse who did it.

Worked out well.

SteM · 18-09-2020 5:09pm

s1ippy wrote: »

I doubt she thinks he'll change, that's pretty evidently not possible. She just wanted to do it and it probably made her feel good. If we were all a bit more assertive maybe politicians would think twice about fucking us over day in day out.

Yeah, I'm sure Leo is at home now sitting in his kitchen thinking about how he can make her life better because she was so assertive :rolleyes:

Potatoeman · 18-09-2020 5:10pm

Hego Damask wrote: »

Brave of her to run away like that, hope she is caught and made an example of , remember the media was cheering all this on when it was the "right" people to attack, these people are emboldened by them

Yeah, it should have been called out then but those people got charged too.

s1ippy · 18-09-2020 5:10pm

News from the gang she hangs around with that he paid her to do it to enhance public opinion.

.anon. · 18-09-2020 5:10pm

landofthetree wrote: »

It was a Bertie lickarse who did it.

Worked out well.

If I remember correctly, it was a heavily pregnant socialist activist.

Nobody called these incidents "assault" back then though.

18-09-2020 5:11pm

You can all simmer , there's a Garda investigation underway.

They're on the case a lot quicker than when the woman was walloped over the head and left pumping a few days ago, in their presence.

Hurrache · 18-09-2020 5:11pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

If your gonna throw something on someone why would you do it while other people were around and you’d more chance of being caught, that would be idiotic.

It may show you stand behind your convictions.

s1ippy · 18-09-2020 5:11pm

SteM wrote: »

Yeah, I'm sure Leo is at home now sitting in his kitchen thinking about how he can make her life better because she was so assertive :rolleyes:

Mind your tongue there, when the bootleather degrades it can chafe.

Will you bite the hand that feeds you, will you stay down on your knees?

Poor_old_gill · 18-09-2020 5:12pm

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Suddenly people care about people being milkshaked because they like the person.

My shock.

Don’t be a c*nt to someone is a good philosophy in life.

If you do it for pathetic, attention seeking purposes- you get extra points on the c*nt scale.

If you have a skateboard, on top of the above, you should probably be put down

Scuid Mhór · 18-09-2020 5:14pm

Hunky Monster wrote: »

You want a prison sentence for someone throwing coffee on someone else. What if someone threw coffee over you, do you think they’d go to prison.

It’s not about the individual, it’s about the office that person holds. That milkshake is an affront to the nation,

ExMachina1000 · 18-09-2020 5:14pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You can all simmer , there's a Garda investigation underway.

They're on the case a lot quicker than when the woman was walloped over the head and left pumping a few days ago, in their presence.

She walked into it. Went looking for trouble
Leo was just standing there preparing to do an interview .

Leo>Homeless matrix lady

banie01 · 18-09-2020 5:14pm

Hunky Monster wrote: »

You want a prison sentence for someone throwing coffee on someone else. What if someone threw coffee over you, do you think they’d go to prison.

If it was coffee or urine, then yes I would, and I've known of sentences handed down for far tamer assaults.
Why, would you not seek action against someone who'd thrown a hot or noxious substance on you?

The non fatal offences against the person act gives plenty of scope for such a charge.

2.—(1) A person shall be guilty of the offence of assault who, without lawful excuse, intentionally or recklessly—

(a) directly or indirectly applies force to or causes an impact on the body of another, or

(b) causes another to believe on reasonable grounds that he or she is likely immediately to be subjected to any such force or impact,

without the consent of the other.

(2) In subsection (1) (a), “force” includes—

(a) application of heat, light, electric current, noise or any other form of energy, and

(b) application of matter in solid liquid or gaseous form.

(3) No such offence is committed if the force or impact, not being intended or likely to cause injury, is in the circumstances such as is generally acceptable in the ordinary conduct of daily life and the defendant does not know or believe that it is in fact unacceptable to the other person.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both

And assault causing harm, which can be psychological harm can carry a sentence of up to 5yrs.
The assailant in this instance, attacked and ran.
I'd actually have a bit of respect for her if she had done it and made a statement or unfurled a banner.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 18-09-2020 5:14pm

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Don’t be a c*nt to someone is a good philosophy in life.

If you do it for pathetic, attention seeking purposes- you get extra points on the c*nt scale.

If you have a skateboard, on top of the above, you should probably be put down

I agree. It’s a cünty thing to do. But imagine the guffawing and absolute banter this thread would turn into if say Donald Trump or Borris got milkshaked. Just the usual double standard nonsense.

SteM · 18-09-2020 5:14pm

s1ippy wrote: »

Mind your tongue there, when the bootleather degrades it can chafe.

Will you bite the hand that feeds you, will you stay down on your knees?

Sorry to upset you comrade.

Gregor Samsa · 18-09-2020 5:15pm

Whoever did it, it seems to be popular with the so-called “patriot” loons anyway.

weldoninhio · 18-09-2020 5:15pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Why would you have someone slightly offside videoing it, unless you wanted it to go viral, with all the chances of being caught that that entails?

Further martyrdom?

How do you know they weren’t just filming our minister for vanity??

TomTomTim · 18-09-2020 5:15pm

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Suddenly people care about people being milkshaked because they like the person.

My shock.

My exact thoughts. This shouldn't happen, neither should throwing milkshakes, but the hypocrisy of those who supported throwing milkshakes at others will quickly be on display. It's very simple, if you don't support civility, then there's no place for you in a democratic system.

.anon. · 18-09-2020 5:16pm

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

She walked into it. Went looking for trouble
Leo was just standing there preparing to do an interview .

Leo>Homeless matrix lady

Jesus, that's pretty nasty. Did you see the wound your fellow right-wingers inflicted on her? Absolute scum.

Poor_old_gill · 18-09-2020 5:16pm

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I agree. It’s a cünty thing to do. But imagine the guffawing and absolute banter this thread would turn into if say Donald Trump or Borris got milkshaked. Just the usual double standard nonsense.

Well if it’s any use to you- I would find those equally childish, pathetic & pointless!

18-09-2020 5:16pm

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

She walked into it. Went looking for trouble
Leo was just standing there preparing to do an interview .

Leo>Homeless matrix lady

Eh, she didn't do anything to justify an assault. And I also don't have any time for the person who did that to Leo. But you're actively trying to downplay a violent assault because it was done by far right nutters.

ChikiChiki · 18-09-2020 5:16pm

What an absolute dirty scumbag bitch.

Spanish Eyes · 18-09-2020 5:17pm

Unwell obviously. Would you do this? no, so there we go.

The level of security is low, but who decides that?

Overheal · 18-09-2020 5:17pm

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Suddenly people care about people being milkshaked because they like the person.

My shock.

I don't have any opinion on your politicians. It's still a disgraceful thing to do.

If someone did it to Trump I may well have an emotional reaction to it which would differ but I'd still fully and reasonably expect the person to be prosecuted and it would still be a disgraceful thing to do, which accomplishes nothing.

Scuid Mhór · 18-09-2020 5:18pm

Absolutely nonsensical, a complete disgrace. What is happening to the standard of discourse in this country?

18-09-2020 5:18pm

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

She walked into it. Went looking for trouble
Leo was just standing there preparing to do an interview .

Leo>Homeless matrix lady

She went looking for trouble by standing on the street peacefully?

the purple tin · 18-09-2020 5:18pm

She must have got the idea from the cop show The Shield.
This is what the Coffee-Bandit did.

HeidiHeidi · 18-09-2020 5:19pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

How do you know they weren’t just filming our minister for vanity??

My spidey senses are tingling...... far too convenient.

Overheal · 18-09-2020 5:20pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

My spidey senses are tingling...... far too convenient.

You have a point. The videographer may have had knowledge of premeditation. It's also equally reasonable to assume they were just recording because "what's Leo doing in the park" etc.

GT89 · 18-09-2020 5:20pm

It's disgraceful behaviour don't get me wrong but the same people outraged by this are the same who were either laughing or ignorant when the same happened to Tommy Robinson, Farage, Justin Barrett and Rowan Croft.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 18-09-2020 5:21pm

Overheal wrote: »

I don't have any opinion on your politicians. It's still a disgraceful thing to do.

If someone did it to Trump I may well have an emotional reaction to it which would differ but I'd still fully and reasonably expect the person to be prosecuted and it would still be a disgraceful thing to do, which accomplishes nothing.

I think we’re all in agreement here.

ChikiChiki · 18-09-2020 5:22pm

There does seem to be a more radical bunch of nutjob wasters floating about lately. Time for security to be stepped up I think.

irishgrover · 18-09-2020 5:22pm

as a middled aged, middle class, somewhat conservative white man....
may I just say that people who are rabbiting on about Antifada, and left wing lunitics and proof that this is the breakdown of discourse and proof that socialism and lefties and Antifada etc are all to be ignored and excluded.........
you're a bunch of ****ing idiots.....

Socialist throws a smoothie on Varadkar

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