The wondrous adventures of Sinn Fein (part 3) Mod Notes and Threadbanned List in OP

I don't think you understand what misogyny is. That is quite scary.

If I was to say that if Mary-Lou wants to know a millionaire after claiming not to know one that she should look in the mirror, there is nothing misogynistic about that.

If I was to say that Mary-Lou wants to see something ugly that she should look in the mirror, then that would be misogynistic and should result in a sanction.

I'm not implying it, I'm outright saying it....I'd say her family being fundamental to the formation of the PIRA and her own membership of paramilitary organisations gives her a much deeper link to paramilitarism in her life than Mary Lou ever had in her leafy suburbs. Care to point out Mary Lou's historical membership of any paramilitary organisation? How many in her family were fundamental in the formation of any paramilitary organisations? It is quite preposterous to suggest that Mary Lou has a deeper connection to paramilitary organisations than Máiría Cahill.

Your black and white world view where everything is viewed through the prism of throwing whatever you can at anything SF makes it impossible for you to square the fact that Máiría Cahill has her own dodgy past, and she is also a victim. Being a victim doesn't whitewash away all wrongdoing. Pointing out the wrongdoing doesn't remove her victimhood.

And I strongly believe that you'd never utter the name Máiría Cahill if it wasn't a stick to beat SF with. Your supposed concern for victims is always through the lens of SF rather than any real concern for the victim. It is a disturbingly selfish, highly selective weaponisation of victims.

And if you can read my posts and think they're defending SF rather than pointing out your hypocrisy....well that's quite telling. I didn't realise referring to Mary Lou as a champagne socialist who doesn't know anything about the North could be read as a defence of SF....

She doesn't - Mairia Cahill has renounced her links to dissidents.

Mary-Lou still tells us that the PIRA were right in what they did.

That is a huge difference.

100% worthy of condemnation. An entirely despicable affair......but I wasn't responding to a post regarding Gerry Adams horrible treatment of his niece nor did I say anything to suggest SF couldn't or shouldn't have done much more for Máiría Cahill.

Nor did I blame her for getting raped - I've repeatedly stated that she is a victim, so I've no idea where you're going with that.

This doesn't change the accuracy of my statement, Máiría Cahill has deeper links to paramilitarism than Mary Lou.....no matter how much faux indignance Blanch presents, it is a matter of historic fact. The fact that she is also a victim of a horrific crime, and appears to have had pretty awful support when it comes to receiving justice doesn't just magically make it untrue.

Perhaps you're too engaged in the black and white thinking yourself....I've neither condemned Cahill nor praised McDonald. My criticism was of the hypocrisy of many on this thread, not Máiría Cahill. I've actually been quite negative in my opinions shared on McDonald, so saying I've praised her....well that's a great big stretch. I challenge you to find a single point of praise I've made towards her, or indeed a single point of criticism I've made about Cahill (noting that stating historic fact is not criticism).

The whole conversation spawned from a poster (blanch) who stated I was

The typos are Blanch's, not mine. I've quoted him directly to avoid any accusations that I'm misrepresenting him. I responded to this stating that it was an unequivocal fact that Cahill has deeper links to paramilitarism, given that she was actually a member and her family were fundamental in the formation of the PIRA.

As for the pope who was a Nazi (not that I'm particularly bothered about the affairs of the church), no issue with him being made Pope.....but we probably shouldn't accuse people who weren't members of the Nazi party of having deeper connections with Nazism than him just because we don't like that person....pretty straightforward and logical don't you think?

Mary-Lou continues to support what paramilitaries did, Mairia Cahill does not.

That is the important distinction.

Actions speak louder than words my Shinner obsessed friend. Whatever shouting from the sidelines Mary-Lou might get up to, it stretches the word, 'connected' beyond credibility to claim that she is more deeply connected to paramilitarism than someone who was an active member of a paramilitary organisation and who's family were fundamental parts of establishing the Provos.

There are very few people quite so deeply connected with paramilitarism as Máiría Cahill. Credit to her for putting it behind her, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

I've repeated myself often enough, my point is quite clear and indisputably true regardless of the multiple attempts to deflect or to put words in my mouth.