Sinn Fein appealing to the lowest common denominator

smash

Consistently they seem to target their propaganda at the weak and/or uneducated. I remember during the Lisbon treaty they had a billboard in Tallaght stating "remember 1916", which had sweet fck all to do with anything.

Today I saw the following sign and it really annoyed me because it seems that a lot of educated people seem to be swinging in the Sinn Fein direction using the excuse of 'there's nobody better'. But ffs, talk about bullshít campaigning!

I really hope these tools never get into power.

LordSutch

You do realise that boards.ie is infested with shinners? Expect to be shot down in flames for even suggisting such a thing Smash!

drunkmonkey

Support Works!

mike65

Hang on they are using the partitionist soccer (foreign games!) team to drum up support?

Dudess

They've got their right-on, "we love the gays" thing going on too.

Fenian Army

smash wrote: »

Consistently they seem to target their propaganda at the weak and/or uneducated. I remember during the Lisbon treaty they had a billboard in Tallaght stating "remember 1916", which had sweet fck all to do with anything.

Today I saw the following sign and it really annoyed me because it seems that a lot of educated people seem to be swinging in the Sinn Fein direction using the excuse of 'there's nobody better'. But ffs, talk about bullshít campaigning!

I really hope these tools never get into power.

It has to do with ceding sovereignty, you know the thing the men and women of 1916 fought and died for?

the bitterness is strong with this one I see. Better get used to the idea of the shinners being in power.

Battered Mars Bar

Sinn Fein is a party that has a very strong following with the under 25 age group. They're far removed from the troubles so I don't see where the goading from the people who supported FF during the boom years comes from :rolleyes:

mikemac1

Sure that's the garrison game!

I take no interest in that

Biggins

Bullshít campaigning v's scare-tactics = who wins?

We don't!

Nodin

LordSutch wrote: »

You do realise that boards.ie is infested with shinners?.......!

"infested"...lovely use of language there.

Dudess

LordSutch wrote: »

You do realise that boards.ie is infested with shinners? Expect to be shot down in flames for even suggisting such a thing Smash!

I'm not a fan of SF but admit it... threads like this make you wet yourself with excitement eh?

Fenian Army

Dudess wrote: »

They've got their right-on, "we love the gays" thing going on too.

admiralofthefleet

mike65 wrote: »

Hang on they are using the partitionist soccer (foreign games!) team to drum up support?

and some of the players are only there cause their granny lived next door to someone who worked with someone whos cousin had a pint of guinness once

Plates

mike65 wrote: »

Hang on they are using the partitionist soccer (foreign games!) team to drum up support?

Next thing you know they'll be backing the Irish Cricket Team

Agricola

Well you either have big business parties like FF and FG scaremongering the population into believing we will all die in the ditch if we dont give "confidence" to the investors, or you have SF spouting populist leftie crap about how the elites all hellbent on crippling the country. Parties appeal to their respective demographics with their respective brand of bullshít

Spudmonkey

Whatever about the economic literacy of the incumbent government the thought of Sinn Fein running the show scares me.

Preaching one thing in the South while doing the opposite in the North.

Biggins

Plates wrote: »

Next thing you know they'll be backing the Irish Cricket Team

More balls?

Zebra3

smash wrote: »

Consistently they seem to target their propaganda at the weak and/or uneducated. I remember during the Lisbon treaty they had a billboard in Tallaght stating "remember 1916", which had sweet fck all to do with anything.

Today I saw the following sign and it really annoyed me because it seems that a lot of educated people seem to be swinging in the Sinn Fein direction using the excuse of 'there's nobody better'. But ffs, talk about bullshít campaigning!

I really hope these tools never get into power.

Did you vote yes to Lisbon for jobs? :rolleyes:

Hootanany

I think the sign is very clever & frugal two for the price of one poster.
Cheer on your country & a referendum poster. Just imagine when they get into power the swinging cuts to all the PS PERK & pension I say bring it on.

Ellis Dee

I am well-educated and not at all weak and have always supported Sinn Fein and voted for them. I'm not going to change, either.:D

And I don't feel at all that I need to apologise to anyone, least of all the national cringe brigade and the Section 31-spawned tossers with all the political sophistication of Jedward's retarded cousin, for that. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Fenian Army

Biggins wrote: »

More balls?

McGuinness is a huge fan of cricket fwiw

Jester252

So wait the if we vote no we support Ireland in Euro 2012
So how do we support if we vote yes?

Dudess

Ellis Dee wrote: »

I am well-educated and not at all weak and have always supported Sinn Fein and voted for them. I'm not going to change, either.:D

And I don't feel at all that I need to apologise to anyone, least of all the national cringe brigade and the Section 31-spawned tossers with all the political sophistication of Jedward's retarded cousin, for that. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Objecting to Warrington and Enniskillen makes someone like the above?

Agricola

Jester252 wrote: »

So wait the if we vote no we support Ireland in Euro 2012
So how do we support if we vote yes?

Germany obviously

Plates

As long as someone is looking out for the "ordinary people" of Ireland we'll be ok.

Fenian Army

Domo230 wrote: »

Sinn fein are increasing their power and honestly that scares me.
Yes the other parties are full of incompetence and corruption but some of the sinn fein party seem to be on a whole other level of psychopathy.

It reminds me of when people first voted in the Nazis (yea an extreme example and godwins law I know) because the country was in a bad shape economically and they wanted a new option. It didn't hurt that they could also drum up the old wounds of ww1 (the troubles anyone?) in order to gain even more support.

you have to be taking the piss

Biggins

Domo230 wrote: »

...It reminds me of when people first voted in the Nazis (yea goodwins law I know) because the country was in a bad shape economically and they wanted a new option. It didn't hurt that they could also drum up the old wounds of ww1 (the troubles anyone?) in order to gain even more support.

When people are thirsty in a desert, they might be tempted even to drink the sand!

Fenian Army

Dudess wrote: »

Objecting to Warrington and Enniskillen makes someone like the above?

You forgot to mention Jerry McCabe and Jean McConville, slipping up there.

I object to the things you mention, just because someone supports SF it doesn't mean that they support those things.

Lone Stone

I like sinn fein, they dont come across as sneaky devious corrupt bastards. Which is odd given the background of the party.

Varied

Dudess wrote: »

Objecting to Warrington and Enniskillen makes someone like the above?

Both tragic losses and the perpetrators should be caught.

However I am a Sinn Fein voter and I think people need to actually read into things before spouting the usual "nordies in our country" bull****.

Nodin

Fenian Army wrote: »

you have to be taking the piss

When you've been here long enough, you'll see that as mild.

Varied

Biggins wrote: »

When people are thirsty in a desert, they might be tempted even to drink the sand!

Do you speak in soundbites in real life too biggins?

celticcrash

No lets keep our current goverment there, so we can have no accountability.
WELCOME SINN FEIN

Biggins

Varied wrote: »

Do you speak in soundbites in real life too biggins?

Yes, no, maybe.

Dyr

Hopefully they are'nt going to try something as crass and dishonest as "NO FOR JOBS"

I mean srsly, lowest common denominator or what loike?

My name is URL

Dudess wrote: »

They've got their right-on, "we love the gays" thing going on too.

They've been a fairly socially liberal and pro-individual rights for a lot longer than any other political party in this country. You can't really accuse them of using that as a means to garner votes, when at the time of setting out those ideals, it would most likely have cost them votes.

Dudess

Well they target macho lads who would have no time for gays, so it's a bit confusing...

Fenian Army wrote: »

You forgot to mention Jerry McCabe and Jean McConville, slipping up there.

I object to the things you mention, just because someone supports SF it doesn't mean that they support those things.

Never said it did. But it is the reason a lot of people distance themselves from Sinn Fein, not because they're like Jedward's retarded cousin or whatever.

Varied wrote: »

Both tragic losses

Atrocities too.

Fenian Army

Well they target macho lads who would have no time for gays, so it's a bit confusing...

Where do you pull this ****e from? I'm involved with Ogra Sinn Fein/republican youth and if anyone was in the slightest way homophobic or racist etc they would be out on their arse sharpish.

So dont talk rubbish, generally you have a decent grasp on what you are talking abut but you are waaay off the mark with this.

Teyla Emmagan

There is no way on God's living earth I would ever vote for Sinn Fein. They are a cynical bunch of vote targeting b&stards, even worse than any other political party we have. It sickens me the way they have targeted communities where (fair enough) no one else bothered with and manipulate them to support their agenda.

In case no one else remembers, they are the POLITICAL WING OF A TERRORIST ORGANISATION.

I can't even remember what this thread is about, just that I had to open my gob when the Shinners fanciers came in.

Dudess

Fenian Army wrote: »

I'm involved with Ogra Sinn Fein/republican youth and if anyone was in the slightest way homophobic or racist etc they would be out on their arse sharpish.

Ok but they hold huge appeal, for instance, to those delightful youths who rioted for Love Ulster (I'm not a fan of Love Ulster either). I'm not saying all involved with/supportive of SF are yobs, but they do greatly appeal to many yobs.

Hootanany

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

There is no way on God's living earth I would ever vote for Sinn Fein. They are a cynical bunch of vote targeting b&stards, even worse than any other political party we have. It sickens me the way they have targeted communities where (fair enough) no one else bothered with and manipulate them to support their agenda.

In case no one else remembers, they are the POLITICAL WING OF A TERRORIST ORGANISATION.

I can't even remember what this thread is about, just that I had to open my gob when the Shinners fanciers came in.

We're did Fianna Fail come from FFS

Teyla Emmagan

Hootanany wrote: »

We're did Fianna Fail come from FFS

Not quite the same as bombing people in the North (and South) for decades.

gerryo777

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Not quite the same as bombing people in the North (and South) for decades.

Who did Sinn Fein bomb in the south?

summerskin

gerryo777 wrote: »

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Not quite the same as bombing people in the North (and South) for decades.

Who did Sinn Fein bomb in the south?

Yeah!! Cause the nordies and brits don't matter!!


Wtf

Hootanany

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Not quite the same as bombing people in the North (and South) for decades.

Their area was occupied would you just roll over if some people took over your area.

Varied

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Not quite the same as bombing people in the North (and South) for decades.

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

There is no way on God's living earth I would ever vote for Sinn Fein. They are a cynical bunch of vote targeting b&stards, even worse than any other political party we have. It sickens me the way they have targeted communities where (fair enough) no one else bothered with and manipulate them to support their agenda.

In case no one else remembers, they are the POLITICAL WING OF A TERRORIST ORGANISATION.

I can't even remember what this thread is about, just that I had to open my gob when the Shinners fanciers came in.

Must be nice living in a bubble.

Try being Irish or a catholic in Northern Ireland in the decades before the troubles. Then spout your tabloid cliches.

summerskin

Varied wrote: »

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Not quite the same as bombing people in the North (and South) for decades.

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

There is no way on God's living earth I would ever vote for Sinn Fein. They are a cynical bunch of vote targeting b&stards, even worse than any other political party we have. It sickens me the way they have targeted communities where (fair enough) no one else bothered with and manipulate them to support their agenda.

In case no one else remembers, they are the POLITICAL WING OF A TERRORIST ORGANISATION.

I can't even remember what this thread is about, just that I had to open my gob when the Shinners fanciers came in.

Must be nice living in a bubble.

Try being Irish or a catholic in Northern Ireland in the decades before the troubles. Then spout your tabloid cliches.

My father in law was both. Never felt the need to murder children and pensioners though. Funny that.

gerryo777

summerskin wrote: »

Yeah!! Cause the nordies don't matter!!


Wtf

What?

We know about what happened in Northern Ireland and we know how tragic the troubles were on both sides.

I'm just wondering who Sinn Fein bombed in the south?

Varied

summerskin wrote: »

My father in law was both. Never felt the need to murder children and pensioners though. Funny that.

Yes because the sole aim of the resistance of persecution and oppression was to kill children or pensioners.

Seriously.

starbelgrade

gerryo777 wrote: »

I'm just wondering who Sinn Fein bombed in the south?

Martin McGuiness dropped a bomb on Sean Gallagher on live TV.

My name is URL

summerskin wrote: »

Yeah!! Cause the nordies and brits don't matter!!


Wtf

Are you joking or just hysterical? I didn't the above suggested in the post you quoted.