Leo is autistic...allegedly

Kermit.de.frog

Joe's program has been sorted for today.

A Fine Gael senator and election candidate Catherine Noone called Leo Varadkar autistic yesterday.



A bit of anger about this from people who have experience with this.

Should she step down?

golfball37

Ah ffs. I am no FG fan but I get what she was trying to say here. Its not meant to be disrespectful to anyone who has austism, rather Leo shows the traits of someone with same.

mloc123

"Can you give me some other examples of offensive words... which I could record you saying, please"

Fr_Dougal

Where’s my snow, Kermit?

keano_afc

This woman is a walking calamity. Quite unbelievable that FG thought she made sense as an election candidate.

She has a woke pass though, so I doubt there's going to be too much of a fuss made.

Whestsidestory

How on earth can she be a public representative..constant attention seeking

GLaDOS

Of all the words to use as an example she went for the N word :pac:

Donutz

golfball37 wrote:

Ah ffs. I am no FG fan but I get what she was trying to say here. Its not meant to be disrespectful to anyone who has austism, rather Leo shows the traits of someone with same.

It's a kick in the teeth though for people fighting for better services and a better general understanding of what autism actually is, then an FG candidate with aspirations of governing this country comes out with an absolute ignorance of autism.

irishgeo

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Joe's program has been sorted for today.

A Fine Gael senator and election candidate Catherine Noone called Leo Varadkar autistic yesterday.



A bit of anger about this from people who have experience with this.

Should she step down?

Denied saying it until the recording was mentioned. Ha

Feisar

The mind boggles!

Kermit.de.frog

When I read the article I thought she said nutter not the other n word!

Bizarre choice that is unlikely to go unremarked on.

Marhay70

That's just offensive to people with autism, autistic people can't help how they are. Varadkar, on the other hand works hard at being an 18 karat prick.

gmisk

Do you think she hung up after the call to clear things up and thought....phew that went well!

Yurt2

What was she on about with the N-word stuff?

As someone else alluded to, she built up enough political capital with the 'amazing brave hun' crowd via a few set-piece performances in the Seanad around the time of the 8th referendum.

She also has the classic Fine Gael smugglepuff 'to the manor born' air that a lot of their TDs have.

Water John

One has to be more careful nowadays, but a minor hiccup. Many would say Dev and David Trimble would be in the same category.

givyjoe

mloc123 wrote: »

"Can you give me some other examples of offensive words... which I could record you saying, please"

What a complete and utter brain donor. Having already been recorded saying stupid ****, she goes on to spout further stupid ****, again, while being recorded.

Kieran_M

"My comment likening him to someone with a neurodevelopmental disorder that 1 in 156 children in Ireland are diagnosed with was taken out of context"

givyjoe

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

When I read the article I thought she said nutter not the other n word!

Bizarre choice that is unlikely to go unremarked on.

She said nagger :pac:

An Ri rua

golfball37 wrote: »

Ah ffs. I am no FG fan but I get what she was trying to say here. Its not meant to be disrespectful to anyone who has austism, rather Leo shows the traits of someone with same.

So if she said he is extremely sociable but not very bright and struggles with basic problems, should she not step down also?
She should step down as she's unfit for office. Even in clarifying her remarks, she showed she has little nous. Who needs her in office??

Always Tired

Been trying to think how can the n word be used out of context.

"Which n***er took the last biscuit?"

marieholmfan

GLaDOS wrote: »

Of all the words to use as an example she went for the N word :pac:

But that is a word that no one should use! Didn't Mary O'Rourke say it a few years ago? Enda used it in a joke!

elefant

golfball37 wrote: »

Ah ffs. I am no FG fan but I get what she was trying to say here. Its not meant to be disrespectful to anyone who has austism, rather Leo shows the traits of someone with same.

We're going so far the other way with people determined to scorn anything they think is 'snowflake' behaviour that blatantly offensive and harmful statements like this one are defended with an 'ah ffs'.

A public representative, in particular, really shouldn't just go around saying whatever they feel like as long as they're apparently doing so without bad intentions.

marieholmfan

elefant wrote: »

We're going so far the other way with people determined to scorn anything they think is 'snowflake' behaviour that blatantly offensive and harmful statements like this one are defended with an 'ah ffs'.

A public representative, in particular, really shouldn't just go around saying whatever they feel like as long as they're apparently doing so without bad intentions.

I think it ties in with the Paddy Holohan stuff (his was worse) if you're a Senator or a TD or even a counsellor THINK before you speak!

golfball37

An Ri rua wrote: »

So if she said he is extremely sociable but not very bright and struggles with basic problems, should she not step down also?
She should step down as she's unfit for office. Even in clarifying her remarks, she showed she has little nous. Who needs her in office??

She meant his empathy skills, don't deflect. The voters will have their say on her ultimately. If the Twitter nazis had their way nobody would be allowed stand for election.

Mrs OBumble

Marhay70 wrote: »

That's just offensive to people with autism, autistic people can't help how they are. Varadkar, on the other hand works hard at being an 18 karat prick.

How do you know that he's not on the spectrum?

odyssey06

Oh dear the parachute candidate just punctured...

Tacitus Kilgore

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How do you know that he's not on the spectrum?

Do you think it would be an acceptable comment to make if he was?

An Ri rua

elefant wrote: »

We're going so far the other way with people determined to scorn anything they think is 'snowflake' behaviour that blatantly offensive and harmful statements like this one are defended with an 'ah ffs'.

A public representative, in particular, really shouldn't just go around saying whatever they feel like as long as they're apparently doing so without bad intentions.

As a Man thinketh, so is he. She has revealed that she's not fit for real office, but only the bastardised Dail creche (Seanad).

DarTipp

what she said was stupid and also in trying to explain herself as well, FG and leo are scoring a lot of own goals in this election , I don't think her and leo get on anyway even before this !

marieholmfan

An Ri rua wrote: »

As a Man thinketh, so is he. She has revealed that she's not fit for real office, but only the bastardised Dail creche (Seanad).

Rubbish. She was asked for an example of something unacceptable and provided it. She's not in my constituency and I've decided NOT to give FG or FF a preference this time but normally I would be giving her a preference.

Edgware

She probably attended the same F.G. P.R. workshop as Bailey, Verona Murphy, "Fornication" Mulherrin and Kate O Connell

10000maniacs

I think that's what Leo was talking about when he said there were nutters in Fine Gael.
The nutters in his party are doing him no favours 10 days before the election.

jay0109

She was a big supporter of the recent abortion Yes vote and FG had her upfront and centre at every chance. Media will quickly move on from this as she's on the 'right side'

NSAman

SO of course zer is the best candidate. Didn’t you know a vagina trumps a penis anytime in politics nowadays.

I wonder if M(D)MA is what she was talking about when she said it should be banned....

All aboard... the intelligence bus is leaving (opps she missed it)

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/1222118962584064006

MintyMagnum

He's done well for himself if that's the case, graduated as a doctor, in a long term relationship and leader of his country.

The personification of education ≠ intelligence.

Snickers Man

Oh great!! An issue at last!!!!

Just what we need. Loads of righteous outrage!!!!! Let's not talk about housing, or climate change, or Brexit, or the economy or anything important that it might be useful to hear what potential legislators have to say or what their plans might be. Let's focus on some bimbo's malapropism. That's what it's all about!!!

I think Catherine Noone is a prick. You don't? Fair enough. Agree to differ. End of story. Move on.

Auguste Comte

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How do you know that he's not on the spectrum?

Are you saying that he is?

Snickers Man

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How do you know that he's not on the spectrum?

We're all on the "spectrum" FFS. That's why it's called a spectrum. :rolleyes:

Naggdefy

marieholmfan wrote: »

I think it ties in with the Paddy Holohan stuff (his was worse) if you're a Senator or a TD or even a counsellor THINK before you speak!

A counsellor!!!

emo72

All the important ****e we have to talk about and the "news" is running with this all day. Dopes.

brightspark

Snickers Man wrote:

We're all on the "spectrum" FFS. That's why it's called a spectrum.

"We" are not all on the spectrum.

It's called a spectrum because of the range of issues varies from one person with autism to another. e.g. some are non-verbal, some aren't, some are hypersensitive to noise some are not, some are hypersensitive to light some are not.....

A Knight of Ireland

She is a lunatic. How she has got this far is beyond me.

ChikiChiki

No fan of Leo but that is a very snidey remark to make behind his back.

I doubt he is too pleased

AllGunsBlazing

Never thought I'd say this but FG have declined drastically since Kenny stood down as leader. They've gone from a dour - but steady - party to a running gag for headline writers.

sbsquarepants

Ha ha, that is fúcking hillarious. I thought the N word was nutter until i saw the bit at the end saying she'd never use "the N word":D:D

Dyr

Always Tired wrote: »

Been trying to think how can the n word be used out of context.

"Which n***er took the last biscuit?"

Frankie Boyle once had an outraged punter tell him there was no context in which using the word "N****r" was acceptable and Frankie pointed that the punter just used the word.

This kind of Voldemort bull**** around words is ridiculous.

JP Liz V1

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

When I read the article I thought she said nutter not the other n word!

Bizarre choice that is unlikely to go unremarked on.

What was the n word if not nutter

Badly Drunk Boy

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What was the n word if not nutter

As somebody else already referred to...

RobertKK

Hopefully after this election she is Catherine No one.