The Pushback against Leftism

There is no needs to push back against leftism. College kids grow out of it as do young adults when they start working and get a shock when taxed. That is when most people start to smell the roses and start questioning what their taxes are paid on and start to figure society out.

That's also when they usually look at causes of the moment or NGO's (like the trans lobbyists, using the op original example) and go ,wtf? Was that in a program of government? And punish / reward at next election.

The people who don't question leftism are those who are set up to prosper from it individually (perpetual ngo's who will never fix the problem they lobby for) or collectively (PBP, SF etc who believe in money trees and corner the non working class and lower paid 'market'). Then there are the champagne socialists in the high paying public sector business of leftism like M.D.Higgins, raised, very well fed and very well watered by spouting left wing causes while following and fully enjoying a personal capitalist way of life.

I don't think we have a right wing here to bother worrying about at all. It's all pretty much centrism with a policy nod here and there to the pervading mood. Even that cnut Bertie was a socialist apparently...

While I get amusement from Murphy, Boyd Barrett etc it's the reconstituted republican movement that frightens me most. I'd like to see Labour back in that slot but I think they are done unfortunately. They did too little too late to change from a very old looking party that could appeal to younger voters about a decade ago.

The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. People tend to seek consistency in their attitudes and perceptions, so this conflict causes feelings of unease or discomfort

Serious criticism of the Irish NGO sector will not come from the Irish Times Group or Independent Newspapers.

Yet you won't consider criticism from outsider web magazines

So where and from whom is criticism of NGOs that you deem legitimate meant to come from?

How come every time I glance at this thread title I think it's

"The Pushback against Letrim"

Nobody in their right mind would take Gript as gospel. But someone a lillte less ignorant would read it and the many many posts/articles presented and attempt a somewhat intelligent counter as opposed to focussing one less than credible source and harp on about it.

Did Gript or any other article presented falsify figures? Please counter. Is the video of the UN official laughing at us Deep Faked? Enough of your one or two line responses, let's hear your argument against the claim that we have a problem with NGOs in Ireland. I'll get the popcorn.

Another two sentence jibe, very disappointing. The thread is full of articles, figures etc. you attempted to counter none of them, not one. I'll put the popcorn away so.

Ireland has always leaned left!! Yes the Catholic Church dominated Ireland of 1920s-1990s where being homosexual was illegal, contraception was banned, books, magazines and movies that challenged the deeply conservative thought process were banned. We were last western nation to introduce abortion and that was due to the power of the people, we had a f**king blasphemy law until 2020.

People here are watching too much Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk here methinks...