Wokeism of the day *Revised Mod Note in OP and threadbanned users*

whisky_galore

Some gobsh1te on Newstalk saying that terms we use in a demeaning way towards people like "rat", "chicken" etc were offensive to animals...

AllForIt

whisky_galore wrote: »

Some gobsh1te on Newstalk saying that terms we use in a demeaning way towards people like "rat", "chicken" etc were offensive to animals...

James O'Brien (LBC radio) the other day was 'checking himself' for using the term blind in a metaphorical sense because he had been made aware now it might be offensive to blind people.

randd1

whisky_galore wrote: »

Some gobsh1te on Newstalk saying that terms we use in a demeaning way towards people like "rat", "chicken" etc were offensive to animals...

Yeah, PETA.

I make it a point of fact to not take seriously any organisation that would happily legalize bestiality so their members could freely make love to animals.

randd1

AllForIt wrote: »

James O'Brien (LBC radio) the other day was 'checking himself' for using the term blind in a metaphorical sense because he had been made aware now it might be offensive to blind people.

He has some great calls and has some great views, but as he's as condescending as you can get as well and completely committed to wokeism.

AllForIt

AllForIt wrote: »

James O'Brien (LBC radio) the other day was 'checking himself' for using the term blind in a metaphorical sense because he had been made aware now it might be offensive to blind people.

He has some great calls and calls people out when needed.

Sir Oxman

AllForIt wrote: »

James O'Brien (LBC radio) the other day was 'checking himself' for using the term blind in a metaphorical sense because he had been made aware now it might be offensive to blind people.

And this is one of a few reasons I cannot abide listening to his show now.
He can sometimes be very good but nah, the patronising and virtue signalling tone is a massive turnoff.
He's turned into the Jamelia Jamil of radio.

biko

Cute, or virtue signalling?

biko

biko wrote: »

Cute, or virtue signalling?

Or promoting stupidity, since being that close would negate any of the protection offered by the masks.

km991148

biko wrote: »

Cute, or virtue signalling?

People having a bit if fun on their wedding day?

Absolute (unts, eh?





One image/collage means nothing. If people were shoving it down your throat, then yes possibly virtue signalling.

But if you have to go looking for it.. or it's not being forced upon you, then what?
(Incidentally, I'm not saying you weren't out your way on this one.. but it's hard to say without context. Where did the image come from? Where was it posted?)

km991148

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Or promoting stupidity, since being that close would negate any of the protection offered by the masks.

Again.. no context so who knows.. weddings have been allowed at different times. I would assume it's not being posted as a poster for medical or social distancing advice. If it is, I absolutely agree with you!

AllForIt

Sir Oxman wrote: »

And this is one of a few reasons I cannot abide listening to his show now.
He can sometimes be very good but nah, the patronising and virtue signalling tone is a massive turnoff.
He's turned into the Jamelia Jamil of radio.

Yea, Nick Abbot is gone the same way as well. TalkRadio is where it's at now.

randd1 wrote: »

He has some great calls and has some great views, but as he's as condescending as you can get as well and completely committed to wokeism.

Yeah he's very sharp, but even since Brexit he's picked a side.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I dunno. I don't see a problem with it myself if they (and their ancestors) were Irish. I grew up speaking Irish fluently, but now in my 40s, I'd struggle to have anything more substantial than a few minutes of a fairly basic conversation. Although, admittedly, the only time I ever use my full name in Irish, is when I want to confuse foreigners. There's little point nowadays otherwise.

Now, if it was a Black lady with a very Irish surname, then I'd be a little bemused. I met a black woman recently with the same surname as mine, and my surname (in Irish) isn't terribly common (the English is common enough in my local area, but still, it would be weird to meet a non-white person with it). Made me do a double take.

Reminds me of a story I heard about an Asian looking woman on a train in Wales who was talking loudly to her children. An Englishman nearby got annoyed and shouted "WE SPEAK ENGLISH HERE!", then a man next to him said, "She's speaking Welsh and we're in Wales!"

Sir Oxman

AllForIt wrote: »

Yea, Nick Abbot is gone the same way as well. TalkRadio is where it's at now.

I still listen to Abbot, he can be very, very funny.
I know what you mean though - he has a view and it never changes - but at least he had the balls to admit he'd miss Trump for the comedy aspect (for non-listeners, he *detests* Trump)

And his head-to-heads with some callers are fckin brilliant.
I don't think he's woke at all.

Dyr

Deleted User wrote: »

He has some great calls and calls people out when needed.

I dont watch or listen to radio so I only see this guy O'Brien in clips and he strikes me as not being particularly bright or charismatic

Invidious

biko wrote: »

Cute, or virtue signalling?

Every single one of those photos depicts a white heterosexual bride and a white heterosexual groom!

Where's the diversity?? :mad:

Could you not find any images showing gay men, lesbians, black couples, Asian couples, or the differently abled? :mad:

It has to be the most disgustingly exclusionary and heteronormative thing I've seen all day. Seriously, it's 2021.


(:pac:)

Barna77

Sir Oxman wrote: »

And this is one of a few reasons I cannot abide listening to his show now.
He can sometimes be very good but nah, the patronising and virtue signalling tone is a massive turnoff.
He's turned into the Jamelia Jamil of radio.

Sounds like Sean Moncrieff

Invidious

Invidious wrote: »

Every single one of those photos depicts a white heterosexual bride and a white heterosexual groom!

Where's the diversity?? :mad:

Could you not find any images showing gay men, lesbians, black couples, Asian couples, or the differently abled? :mad:

It has to be the most disgustingly exclusionary and heteronormative thing I've seen all day. Seriously, it's 2021.


(:pac:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55U57kJWuIo

griffin100

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0201/1194297-fake-covid-documents-travel/

The European law enforcement agency said it received intelligence on the alleged use of a mobile application by an Irish Mobile Organised Crime Group based in the south of the country, which allows for the manual falsification of test results.

Is this the new term for a Traveller Gang?

COVID

Bambi wrote: »

I dont watch or listen to radio so I only see this guy O'Brien in clips and he strikes me as not being particularly bright or charismatic

Bright enough to get the better of Farage the racist, and ubersnob Reece-Mogg, both encounters are available on YouTube.

On second thoughts, maybe you don't have to be particularly bright to best either of those two eejits.

Sir Oxman

COVID wrote: »

Bright enough to get the better of Farage the racist, and ubersnob Reece-Mogg, both encounters are available on YouTube.

On second thoughts, maybe you don't have to be particularly bright to best either of those two eejits.

He definitely skewered Farage.
I listened live to the Rees-Mogg one - O'Brien completely failed IMO and I was egging him on, but Mogg swatted his gotchas away and O'Brien ended up sounding like a lunatic!:pac:

biko

Interesting take on things

https://twitter.com/LegendaryEnergy/status/1356014504543277058?s=20

COVID

Sir Oxman wrote: »

He definitely skewered Farage.
I listened live to the Rees-Mogg one - O'Brien completely failed IMO and I was egging him on, but Mogg swatted his gotchas away and O'Brien ended up sounding like a lunatic!:pac:

Tbh, he nearly always sounds like a lunatic, resulting from a potent mix of massive ego and turbo-charged intensity when he's arguing his point.
That's why I was very surprised at his calm demeanour during his spell as BBC's 'Newsnight' presenter; perhaps he downed a few elephant tranquilisers in the green room beforehand.

Anyway, all the above notwithstanding, he's obviously a very smart, intelligent guy. So to describe him as: ''not being particularly bright'', is way off the mark.

RandRuns

COVID wrote: »

Tbh, he nearly always sounds like a lunatic, resulting from a potent mix of massive ego and turbo-charged intensity when he's arguing his point.
That's why I was very surprised at his calm demeanour during his spell as BBC's 'Newsnight' presenter; perhaps he downed a few elephant tranquilisers in the green room beforehand.

Anyway, all the above notwithstanding, he's obviously a very smart, intelligent guy. So to describe him as: ''not being particularly bright'', is way off the mark.

Much harder to do a couple of lines on TV than it is on radio I'd imagine.

Sir Oxman

biko wrote: »

Interesting take on things

https://twitter.com/LegendaryEnergy/status/1356014504543277058?s=20

Saw plenty of black men and women in America at the beginnings of the protests last year just like this young woman - logical, intelligent non-performative, non-culty people are present (I hope in large numbers) but hardly ever get a mention on mainstream media.

kildare lad

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Saw plenty of black men and women in America at the beginnings of the protests last year just like this young woman - logical, intelligent non-performative, non-culty people are present (I hope in large numbers) but hardly ever get a mention on mainstream media.

It's a lot easier to be a victim than to think for yourself. Any black person that thinks like her is called a coon, uncle tom, house nxgger . The media and politicians have a lot to answer for stoking flames which has created more of a divide than unity. While I agree that individual acts of racism still occurs, it's nowhere near the level people are trying to portray as. I found this fella Larry Elder on youtube . He grew up in the hood and talks about the hypocrisy going on in America today . Here's one of his videos where he shuts up a woke interview from TMZ.

https://youtu.be/1xoDvfJK5yE

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_

biko wrote: »

Interesting take on things

https://twitter.com/LegendaryEnergy/status/1356014504543277058?s=20

That is not the general lived experience of a POC and she does not represent all POC, as much as whyte people here want to hear her message as true.

1800_Ladladlad

Stop the planet. Are Labour that stupid to think we forgot their BS?

https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1356196003716730881

RandRuns

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

That is not the general lived experience of a POC and she does not represent all POC, as much as whyte people here want to hear her message as true.

Did you just assume xers gender, bigot?

keano_afc

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

That is not the general lived experience of a POC and she does not represent all POC, as much as whyte people here want to hear her message as true.

Whyte?

Biker79

Titania is in the house.

Welcome.

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_

RandRuns wrote: »

Did you just assume xers gender, bigot?

No, she is cis and goes by she/her.


halfblackconservative - look her up. She is among other things a Trump supporter and parrots a lot of the arguments of the alt-right/neo-nazis.

kildare lad

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

Stop the planet. Are Labour that stupid to think we forgot their BS?

https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1356196003716730881

Ffs... No wonder labour have only 6 seats in the Dail. Hopefully they keep coming out with more rubbish so get no seats in the next election

kildare lad

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

No, she is cis and goes by she/her.


halfblackconservative - look her up. She is among other things a Trump supporter and parrots a lot of the arguments of the alt-right/neo-nazis.

What's a cis ?

Cordell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis%E2%80%93trans_isomerism

The reason they call a real male a cis male and a real woman a cis woman is simple: when you have cis males and trans males, they all are a kind of male, so none of them will be the actual males and the other make-pretend males. Same for women.

MisterAnarchy

An oldie but a goldie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPXDTvADD0

RandRuns

kildare lad wrote: »

What's a cis ?

It's short for cistern

Gatling

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

Stop the planet. Are Labour that stupid to think we forgot their BS?

Women and girls menstruate.

Boys and ment do not . even unicorns don't or space aliens or self driving speaking cars from 80's tv (television )

RandRuns

RandRuns wrote: »

It's short for cistern

That is certain to yank a few chains!

kildare lad

RandRuns wrote: »

It's short for cistern

And just like the word cis , both belong in the toilet

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_

Why does the term cis make you uncomfortable? Why do you want a word that helps marginalised groups feel included flushed down the toilet?

Gatling

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

Why does the term cis make you uncomfortable

Women or men

No such ****e as cis other than on twatter

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

Why does the term cis make you uncomfortable? Why do you want a word that helps marginalised groups feel included flushed down the toilet?

Because it is yet another pointless label that certain people like to attach to themselves to make themselves feel special and claim marginalisation.
With the added bonus of attempting to make the majority feel uncomfortable in themselves.

km991148

Gatling wrote: »

Women or men

Nah, I can think of many, many other descriptive words for some :pac:

Gatling

km991148 wrote: »

Nah, I can think of many, many other descriptive words for some

The same applies to a few I can name

km991148

Gatling wrote: »

The same applies to a few I can name

Glad you took it in the original spirit of after hours, sometimes this is a dry shyte of a place.

Gatling

km991148 wrote: »

Glad you took it in the original spirit of after hours, sometimes this is a dry shyte of a place.

If it's not for fun why bother

kildare lad

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

Why does the term cis make you uncomfortable? Why do you want a word that helps marginalised groups feel included flushed down the toilet?

You're a troll

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

I've incorporated a checking routine in to my life every day of this month. I take 5 minutes at the end of the day to check my privilege and reflect on any instances where I may have diminished someone else's experience or not been a good enough ally. Doing it for the month of February, but I may keep it up afterwards.

whisky_galore

Invidious wrote: »

Every single one of those photos depicts a white heterosexual bride and a white heterosexual groom!

Where's the diversity?? :mad:

Could you not find any images showing gay men, lesbians, black couples, Asian couples, or the differently abled? :mad:

It has to be the most disgustingly exclusionary and heteronormative thing I've seen all day. Seriously, it's 2021.


(:pac:)

A "diverse" wedding with too many guests happened in Tralee lately, you can work that out for yourselves, no fines etc to report.

99nsr125

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

No, she is cis and goes by she/her.


halfblackconservative - look her up. She is among other things a Trump supporter and parrots a lot of the arguments of the alt-right/neo-nazis.

Stop using insulting pronouns to describe my gender, it ranks of sexism and discrimination

Omackeral

I had my “suspicions” on this “new” poster’s writing “style”

Sorcha Dhuisigh _She_Her_ wrote: »

That is not the general lived experience of a POC and she does not represent all POC, as much as whyte people here want to hear her message as true.

keano_afc wrote: »

Whyte?

Then it “re-jigged” the old memory.

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Also, and this is very important, please don’t misgender me. It’s Emmet, not Emma. I am a cis whyte male, my “preferred” pronouns are on display in my signature.

Omackeral wrote: »

What in Christ's name is this new gimmick?

Very “suspicious” activity.