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  • 04-03-2020 2:59pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭


    I've noticed recently on boards the amount of traction the far right has on here. Every week we're guaranteed to have a thread on migration, foreigners committing crime over here, the traveling community and a plethora of other similar topics.

    Just recently a thread about known far right demagogue, Tommy Robinson has attracted plenty of sympathizers and supporters for a revolting man. I ask in summary, is boards a far right platform?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Removalist


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  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    It's a disgrace, Joe. C'mon the winner!!

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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    is boards a far right platform?

    It's a platform for everyone, no matter what your views.
    Homegrown racism is preferred over international racism though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Classic. If anyone has an issue with foreigners committing crime or Travelers brawling in the streets or organizing sulky races on motorways, they're "far right"?


  • Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Removalist


    Classic. If anyone has an issue with foreigners committing crime or Travelers brawling in the streets or organizing sulky races on motorways, they're "far right"?

    No the traveller haters get a free pass.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Classic. If anyone has an issue with foreigners committing crime or Travelers brawling in the streets or organizing sulky races on motorways, they're "far right"?

    Don't outrage me, you Nazi! How long have you wanted to murder babies with a chainsaw??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭MakingMovies2


    Classic. If anyone has an issue with foreigners committing crime or Travelers brawling in the streets or organizing sulky races on motorways, they're "far right"?

    Well no but when it's all people talk about and with so much glee behind it, it does raise an eyebrow.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    boards.ie is like any other social media platform - exploitable by those looking to exploit.

    Since Trump values were elevated from the gutter to the White House boards.ie has been "infested" by the right wing. Both those who hitherto had keep their council, before becoming emboldened and a rash of new sign ups who were often so obviously troll-farm types they often got zapped pretty quickly (many re-regged a number of times no doubt).

    No doubt word spreads among the like minded so they all pile in to give us the benefit of their bilous world view.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,505 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    boards.ie is like any other social media platform - exploitable by those looking to exploit.

    Since Trump values were elevated from the gutter to the White House boards.ie has been "infested" by the right wing. Both those who hitherto had keep their council, before becoming emboldened and a rash of new sign ups who were often so obviously troll-farm types they often got zapped pretty quickly (many re-regged a number of times no doubt).

    No doubt word spreads among the like minded so they all pile in to give us the benefit of their bilous world view.

    Dead right.

    Make America Great Again...I don't think I've ever heard of anything so hate filled in my life.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    boards.ie is like any other social media platform - exploitable by those looking to exploit.

    Since Trump values were elevated from the gutter to the White House boards.ie has been "infested" by the right wing. Both those who hitherto had keep their council, before becoming emboldened and a rash of new sign ups who were often so obviously troll-farm types they often got zapped pretty quickly (many re-regged a number of times no doubt).

    No doubt word spreads among the like minded so they all pile in to give us the benefit of their bilous world view.

    Oh FFS - Trump is no more properly Right Wing than Ernesto Guevera. And the buck-toothed, illiterati from Buttfuck, Idaho usually trotted out as his textbook "supporters" aren't either. :pac:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,802 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Removalist wrote: »
    No, the traveller haters get a free pass.

    You're thinking of travellers.

    Sh*t! Am I far right now?


  • Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Removalist


    Dead right.

    Make America Great Again...I don't think I've ever heard of anything so hate filled in my life.

    Trump is not someone to look up to. He takes orders from the jay q.


  • Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Removalist


    You're thinking of travellers.

    Sh*t! Am I far right now?

    It's ok to make generalisations about travellers, just not any other minority.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭Lonesomerhodes


    I've noticed recently on boards the amount of traction the far right has on here. Every week we're guaranteed to have a thread on migration, foreigners committing crime over here, the traveling community and a plethora of other similar topics.

    Just recently a thread about known far right demagogue, Tommy Robinson has attracted plenty of sympathizers and supporters for a revolting man. I ask in summary, is boards a far right platform?

    Far right my arse.

    Second you point out hundreds or millions died under communism/socialism or the Nazi's name of political party was the National Socialist German Workers' Party (facts) all the People before profit loola's on here (seems like 90% to be honest) jump on you here with lighting speed, they haven't even the gumption to ask the question who runs their parties which amazes me, OK it's hard to know to be honest they change their name like you change underwater pbp,solidarity,socialist workers party, solidarity alliance,rise etc etc etc. Well it's millionaires like Kieran Allen behind all this nonsense.
    How every socialist eh!. :rolleyes:



    Second you are even slightly questioning of the left nonsense they start bleeting racist like sheep.

    If anything this whole forum is like a socialist circle jerk.


  • Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Clarence Boddiker


    Removalist wrote: »
    Trump is not someone to look up to. He takes orders from the jay q.

    He does indeed, which means of course he couldn't possibly be considered far right.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    People with extreme political opinions tend to be extreme people with extremely unhappy lives, so they generate a lot of noise. I think most people can see what they are trying to do though; it’s incredibly transparent. That’s the other thing, they tend to be as thick as pigshït.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Oh FFS - Trump is no more properly Right Wing than Ernesto Guevera. And the buck-toothed, illiterati from Buttfuck, Idaho usually trotted out as his textbook "supporters" aren't either. :pac:

    You know as much as I know that his rise has let out the dogs of hate - you know you're in bad company when the likes of Rodrigo Duterte and Jair Bolsonaro are citing you as an influence. Then you've got the MAGA cap wearing goons marching about the place, although that seems to have dried up unless the media have just stopped showing them.

    As for boards being used, it is but to no great effect. The right wing in Ireland is still big enough to fill a small bus but nothing more.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    You know as much as I know that his rise has let out the dogs of hate - you know you're in bad company when the likes of Rodrigo Duterte and Jair Bolsonaro are citing you as an influence. Then you've got the MAGA cap wearing goons marching about the place, although that seems to have dried up unless the media have just stopped showing them.

    I'll tell you about the "dogs of hate" - a couple of weeks ago I referred to the average SF supporter as a "buck-toothed, jug-eared pavee" on FB, in a brief conversation among personal friends of mine in th ecomments of a post, and some earnest, bearded, poetry-writing type instantly responded, to a complete stranger, "Fuck you, you racist prick!". I kid you not if any little bastard said that to me in real-life I'd roundhouse him into a wall. :pac::pac::pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Well you wouldn't have because in real life you are probably a man for judging the situation and walking away in one piece.


  • Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Far right my arse.

    Second you point out hundreds or millions died under communism/socialism or the Nazi's name of political party was the National Socialist German Workers' Party (facts) all the People before profit loola's on here (seems like 90% to be honest) jump on you here with lighting speed, they haven't even the gumption to ask the question who runs their parties which amazes me, OK it's hard to know to be honest they change their name like you change underwater pbp,solidarity,socialist workers party, solidarity alliance,rise etc etc etc. Well it's millionaires like Kieran Allen behind all this nonsense.
    How every socialist eh!. :rolleyes:



    Second you are even slightly questioning of the left nonsense they start bleeting racist like sheep.

    If anything this whole forum is like a socialist circle jerk.
    People with extreme political opinions tend to be extreme people with extremely unhappy lives, so they generate a lot of noise. I think most people can see what they are trying to do though; it’s incredibly transparent. That’s the other thing, they tend to be as thick as pigshït.

    The latter makes more sense than the former.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,013 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    People with extreme political opinions tend to be extreme people with extremely unhappy lives, so they generate a lot of noise. I think most people can see what they are trying to do though; it’s incredibly transparent. That’s the other thing, they tend to be as thick as pigshït.

    Gandhi was alright.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Well you wouldn't have because in real life you are probably a man for judging the situation and walking away in one piece.

    Half-right. I would be most surprised if anything like that were said to me in real-life.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 890 ✭✭✭Johnny Sausage


    jimgoose wrote: »
    I'll tell you about the "dogs of hate" - a couple of weeks ago I referred to the average SF supported as a "buck-toothed, jug-eared pavee" and some earnest, bearded, poetry-writing type instantly responded, to a complete stranger, "Fuck you, you racist prick!". I kid you not if any little bastard said that to me in real-life I'd roundhouse him into a wall. :pac::pac::pac:

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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    jimgoose wrote: »
    I'll tell you about the "dogs of hate" - a couple of weeks ago I referred to the average SF supported as a "buck-toothed, jug-eared pavee" and some earnest, bearded, poetry-writing type instantly responded, to a complete stranger, "Fuck you, you racist prick!". I kid you not if any little bastard said that to me in real-life I'd roundhouse him into a wall. :pac::pac::pac:

    So basically you engaged in generalising inflammatory bollocks and someone responded In kind and you would have boxed him in real life and other people are hateful or something?

    Is there a point in there somewhere lad?


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    I've noticed recently on boards the amount of traction the far right has on here. Every week we're guaranteed to have a thread on migration, foreigners committing crime over here, the traveling community and a plethora of other similar topics.

    Just recently a thread about known far right demagogue, Tommy Robinson has attracted plenty of sympathizers and supporters for a revolting man. I ask in summary, is boards a far right platform?

    Wake up sheeple!
    Bowie wrote: »
    Gandhi was alright.

    Strange to hear that from a SF supporter.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    FTA69 wrote: »
    So basically you engaged in generalising inflammatory bollocks and someone responded In kind and you would have boxed him in real life and other people are hateful or something?

    Is there a point in there somewhere lad?

    Yes, lad. I'm referring to the chap's completely disproportionate, spittle-flecked response to my use of a generally-understood slang term.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,178 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


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    Oh great, another one. :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 29,117 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    I've noticed recently on boards the amount of traction the far right has on here. Every week we're guaranteed to have a thread on migration, foreigners committing crime over here, the traveling community and a plethora of other similar topics.

    Just recently a thread about known far right demagogue, Tommy Robinson has attracted plenty of sympathizers and supporters for a revolting man. I ask in summary, is boards a far right platform?

    Yes. Yes, it is.


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,941 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    I ask in summary, is boards a far right platform?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 890 ✭✭✭Johnny Sausage


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Oh great, another one. :pac:

    indeed,

    i wish i was an internet hard man like you Goose x


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