Michael Higgins Praises Travellers Contribution to Irish Society

There are two separate issues at play here

(1) Discrimination against travellers: This is wrong, very wrong. Travellers should not be discriminated against just because they are travellers, they should have the same opportunities as all other members of society. Higgins was right to draw attention to this failure of society.

(2) Traveller culture: There are few redeeeming aspects that have ever been identified on here of traveller culture. The treatment of women within traveller culture is appalling, it is worse than the worst excesses of Muslim culture. Beyond that, the fighting culture as part of the Traveller culture is beyond condemnation. These are real and serious issues. Higgins was wrong not to draw attention to these failures of Traveller culture.

How is that two separate issues?

Number 2 is just your own personal negative opinions of travellers based upon your own perspective, which is based entirely upon discrimination being acceptable, contradicting your opinion in number 1.

Tying yourself up in knots because your opinions are far from objective.

Their treatment of women in general is not acceptable but comes nowhere near the worst excesses of Muslim culture, the women in Afghanistan and even the likes of Saudi Arabia can testify to that.

I remember seeing around the time of the Carrickmines fire that no one in that area wanted them living near them ( I suppose all negative stories in people's minds etc., ) but then we welcome some undocumented even unvetted criminal immigrant refugees etc., there is good and bad in all groups of society, it would be nice hearing of more positive traveller stories

For most travellers full participation in society will come with a significant income cut.

Ultimately that is why it will not change.

One person was shot and supposedly died since.

So a youth was arrested with a knife at the funeral yesterday, he was released and a file is being prepared for the local youth juvenile liason officer.

Is this normal practice if a youth is caught with a knife at a scene in which numerous people have been stabbed?

If you are a minority in Ireland, come to Current Affairs/IMHO to see 'ordinary people' discussing you.

Unreal that its allowed, its just over and over and over. Muslims, Africans, Gender Balance, Travellers.......never ending echo chamber.

It's an article on their website, not on their front page so to speak and whilst suitably graphic, it not ONCE mentions Travellers, I just wondered if a marauding gang of an other entnic minority behaved in such an appalling way, would their Ethnicity being mentioned 🤔 you can bet your life it would.

I suppose you could equally argue that such is the prevalent behaviour of this cohort, their ethnicity doesn't even require mentioning, that itself is extraordinary, the dogs on the street can work out who they are.

in fairness they make a huge contribution to employment......think how many prison staff there is for them