Katherine Zappone Envoy Gig

Do you understand what deflection means? You fire it out in every different thread in every single discussion.

It seems like it’s just a buzz word you picked up, like people online talking about vulture funds and you ask them what it is and they haven’t a clue

Francie actually explains it excellently Dud

A. I see no attack in Francie post

B. Deflecting is doing everything and anything to distract from the subje

A. A normal person would just describe what deflection is about, no need to reference a poster at all

B. You seem to pick and choose what is deflection to suit your point of view. Many conversations have gone off topic here, all the posts about Zappone work prior to getting elected is one example, which had nothing to do with the topic but as it was insulting to Zappone you had no issue with it. If I could be bothered I bet I can find multiple conversation very similar which you had no issue with.

If you have such an issue over deflection then call it out all the time. Not just pick and choose.

Asked and answered.

You created a username based on Maria Bailey, then had the disaster about the Bohs match. Do you think anyone is taking you seriously?

It makes no difference to me if you do or don't take me seriously.

If you don't care what I think then why do you keep posting me questions?

I haven't attacked you, again I would read up on online bullying, you said you couldn't take me seriously and I just responding with why I am not taking you seriously. I told the truth and didn't make anything up.

You are accusing me as not a serious poster because of a story you have fabricated which has zero proof in it. I made my point clear yesterday in a long post, still available to read.

Lots of pedantry, misrepresenting and downright lying going on here since late yesterday evening, carried on through the early hours, and back at it this morning again. Obviously there's a concerted effort to try and get this discussion censored or shut down. Funnily enough, it's coming from the same fellas and lasses who are trying to insist this is a nothing story, and no one is interested in it. Hopefully the powers that be on this site will see through it, and some kind of intervention is imminent.

We even had a post that was hoping the story was about to be overshadowed by the allegations of some wrongdoings by a, then unnamed political figure, and then go on to use the suicide of presumably the same political figure as a reason why people shouldn't be prying and asking questions of the political elite here. That's, in my opinion really, really low.

Is this where we have arrived as a nation, that those that have cheerled and supported what these clowns in government have and are continuing to do to this potentially great nation? Deflect, lie, obfuscate anything at all, nothing is too low to try and divert people's eyes from what's going on?

Leo Varadkar, and whomever else was at that party have proven without a shadow of a doubt that they don't care about you, me, or any of the rest of us mere plebs, (anyone not part of their elite inner circle), lockdowns and restrictions and guidelines are only for us. Not for them.

Hopefully we will learn more in the coming days and weeks as to who was there, and let the electorate decide their fate ultimately.

There's only been a few times in my relatively young life I've been ashamed of what our country must look like to outsiders looking in on out political affairs.

Martin, Varadkar and Ryan need to be slung out on their ears. Political pariah's made out of them. They're laughing at us. They're a disgrace and they need to go.

Those on here trying to dismiss it, and deflect are every bit as bad. God forgive me for saying it, but crap like this wouldn't even go on in Tory land England. Even the conservatives, if they were caught at crap like this would be sacked or forced to resign within days.

Yes I'm angry. I've every right to be too.

You claimed this thread was full of "Lots of pedantry, misrepresenting and downright lying going on here since late yesterday evening". Sorry I won't quote the entire post as too big but it is directly above for people to read

If you are following the thread as claimed a person made a large post yesterday evening claiming to be embarrassed to be Irish, hence the reference which sorry I thought you would have read because it was in the timelines you mention.

Don't bother reading the rest of the post. That is of course your choice.

Can you quote who claimed to be ashamed to be Irish? I'm not trying to be difficult, I genuinely didn't see anyone say that.

If I get a stock response of "leave you to it", or "search for it", I'll assume it's further evidence of my whole point.

Wilfully lying and misrepresenting people.

This is the post from yesterday. I only mentioned as it was within the time lines you mentioned and was kind of similar to your post(before you jump on me I said kind of and just reminded when I read yours, no offence meant to either you or other poster)

As I said sorry I thought you would have seen it and recognized the quote, I was not saying you are ashamed to be Irish and I think if you read my post again it should be clear I wasn't.