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Extinction Rebellion Ireland

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    #962
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Do you have any reason, based on scientific evidence, to call him a wingnut?

    Huge if true.

    He’s lying on the ground blocking traffic. Wingnut.


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    #963
    Calhoun
    Registered Users Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1181184150549737472

    That is the type of absolute wingnut you are dealing with.

    Not a good image for them, you can see from the response it has allot of people calling his mental fitness into question.

    Probably doing the whole climate change piece more harm than good.


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    #964
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,637 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Rte news, didn't even mention the rebellion on their headlines!


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    #965
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    He’s lying on the ground blocking traffic. Wingnut.

    You are definitely a serious and intelligent person. Best of luck with it all.


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    #966
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,637 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Why did he have a picture of his kids with him?

    All a stunt, planned to cry in front of the TV cameras?


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    #967
    Will I Am Not
    Registered Users Posts: 3,496 ✭✭✭Will I Am Not


    Just seen a photo from today of some girl holding a sign that says “climate change is realer than your wife’s orgasms”
    Is it a feministy type of thing father?


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    #968
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1181184150549737472

    That is the type of absolute wingnut you are dealing with.
    reminds of people weeping on the streets of pyongyang when the Dear Leader died


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    #969
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,637 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Will I Am Not wrote: »
    Just seen a photo from today of some girl holding a sign that says “climate change is realer than your wife’s orgasms”
    Is it a feministy type of thing father?

    Realer?


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    #970
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1181184150549737472

    That is the type of absolute wingnut you are dealing with.

    The fake crying was so pathetic. I fear for his children's future too, with an unhinged drama queen like him for a father.


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    #971
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,637 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    How embarrassed will those kids be if they ever see that clip when they grow up?


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    #972
    Panch18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭Panch18


    So if I have this right

    The activists want us to dramatically alter our lifestyles and dramatically cut global economic growth which WILL lead to millions dying

    Or the alternative is

    We do nothing, continue as we are and continue to take hundreds of millions out of poverty and raise the standard of living for literally billions of people and after a certain amount of time there is a remote possibility that there will be some changes in the environment which will lead to millions dying

    So effectively we end up in the same place!! Let’s enjoy the journey I reckon!!


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    #973
    Enough is Enough!
    Site Banned Posts: 106 ✭✭Enough is Enough!


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Thebfake crying was so pathetic. I fear for his children's future too, with an unhinged drama queen like him for a father.

    Imagine being a child and just wanting to spend your Saturday playing computer games but your crusty father drags you off to a protest march with a bunch of weirdos.


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    #974
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Why do so many of these climate change people suffer from mental health issues?


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    #975
    tonycascarino
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭tonycascarino


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    The fake crying was so pathetic. I fear for his children's future too, with an unhinged drama queen like him for a father.

    My God, that is very embarrassing for whoever he is related to. These extinction rebellion fruit loops are mostly mentally unstable individuals that should be locked up with the key thrown away.


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    #976
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Why do so many of these climate change people suffer from mental health issues?

    It's filling the vacuum that religion left behind. Attracts the same kind of fanatics.


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    #977
    Enough is Enough!
    Site Banned Posts: 106 ✭✭Enough is Enough!


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Why do so many of these climate change people suffer from mental health issues?

    24hr access to the internet and humans naturally gravitate towards doom and gloom stories. Very unhealthy.


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    #978
    [Deleted User]
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    How embarrassed will those kids be if they ever see that clip when they grow up?

    tonycascarino wrote: »
    My God, that is very embarrassing for whoever he is related to.

    Why do people think embarrassment is such a catastrophe? I'd far prefer to be embarrassed, than say, rejecting the laws of physics. Embarrassment is fleeting, being wrong about fundamental scientific evidence might persist interminably.

    Yeah his reaction was too emotional and yes, embarrassing. But the question we have to ask ouselves is whether we are only embarrassing ourselves or whether the laws of physics are correct, and the globe is heating at a fairly catastrophic rate. Bit of perspective?


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    #979
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Panch18 wrote: »
    So if I have this right

    The activists want us to dramatically alter our lifestyles and dramatically cut global economic growth which WILL lead to millions dying

    Or the alternative is

    We do nothing, continue as we are and continue to take hundreds of millions out of poverty and raise the standard of living for literally billions of people and after a certain amount of time there is a remote possibility that there will be some changes in the environment which will lead to millions dying

    So effectively we end up in the same place!! Let’s enjoy the journey I reckon!!

    poverty is good for the environment


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    #980
    railer201
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭railer201


    Just listening to one of XR's spokesmen talking on the 9 news about excessive carbon emissions and that's all fine but that's as a result of the world being over-populated.

    It's disappointing that they appear not to even realise what the real problem is. Either we start reducing our populations voluntarily or the planet will do it for us.

    Reducing carbon emissions without tackling population increase is only putting sticking plasters on the problem.


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    #981
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Rte news, didn't even mention the rebellion on their headlines!

    Should they?


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    #982
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,509 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Enough is Enough! wrote: »
    Do people actually think the world is ending in 10 years or is that a meme?

    I'm not convinced the world didn't end in 2012,


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    #983
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    railer201 wrote: »
    Just listening to one of XR's spokesmen talking on the 9 news about excessive carbon emissions and that's all fine but that's as a result of the world being over-populated.

    It's disappointing that they appear not to even realise what the real problem is. Either we start reducing our populations voluntarily or the planet will do it for us.

    Reducing carbon emissions without tackling population increase is only putting sticking plasters on the problem.

    People are too selfish to not have kids, it’s the one thing they can do to really make an impact.

    Lots of hypocrites.


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    #984
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Why do so many of these climate change people suffer from mental health issues?

    Why are they so ugly? Maybe they are blaming the climate for their ugliness.


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    #985
    lleti
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 271 ✭✭lleti


    This is the fruits of social media for the past 10/15 years.

    This is the society is has fostered. Sad times indeed.


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    #986
    HorrorScope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭HorrorScope


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Why do people think embarrassment is such a catastrophe? I'd far prefer to be embarrassed, than say, rejecting the laws of physics. Embarrassment is fleeting, being wrong about fundamental scientific evidence might persist interminably.

    Yeah his reaction was too emotional and yes, embarrassing. But the question we have to ask ouselves is whether we are only embarrassing ourselves or whether the laws of physics are correct, and the globe is heating at a fairly catastrophic rate. Bit of perspective?

    A bit of perspective wouldn’t go amiss.... - have you ever heard of the Eocene era and what happened with climate during that time? This is nothing new


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    #987
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    railer201 wrote: »
    Just listening to one of XR's spokesmen talking on the 9 news about excessive carbon emissions and that's all fine but that's as a result of the world being over-populated.

    It's disappointing that they appear not to even realise what the real problem is. Either we start reducing our populations voluntarily or the planet will do it for us.

    Reducing carbon emissions without tackling population increase is only putting sticking plasters on the problem.

    You know where the door is.


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    #988
    Infini
    Registered Users Posts: 4,573 ✭✭✭Infini


    lleti wrote: »
    This is the fruits of social media for the past 10/15 years.

    This is the society is has fostered. Sad times indeed.

    Cancer Media: Commoditing Human Stupit.

    Seriously if people want change they need to be ready to push for viable alternatives and not expect a small country to be able to do everything. At the end of the day any changes we might do are meaningless unlese theyre EU wide and the US and China actually shift their arses.


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    #989
    [Deleted User]
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    HorrorScope wrote: »
    A bit of perspective wouldn’t go amiss.... - have you ever heard of the Eocene era and what happened with climate during that time? This is nothing new
    You're right, it's nothing new. But the eocene era is a good justification for the belief that global temperature will rise by an apocalyptic 10 degrees by 2100, as opposed to 5 degrees, and the latter scenario might only cause us to amalgamate with populations from Africa and parts of Asia and the Middle East.

    Drastic global changes in temperatures are nothing new. That's true. This one is different to previous episodes in that it might be réversible. Or it might be too late, who knows.


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    #990
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    I’m planning on lighting one of my farts later . Is that eco stuff .


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    #991
    railer201
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭railer201


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    People are too selfish to not have kids, it’s the one thing they can do to really make an impact.

    Lots of hypocrites.

    Problems are never solved until the root causes are identified, all we have here are the 'posh' protesting, screwing up workers lives and solving sweet FA.


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