The Pushback against Leftism

How is it imported? There is a Trans population in this country, our politicians and the media have promoted "Trans rights" and other Trans issues.. so.. resistance to such beliefs has to come from abroad? Seriously?

As for being well-funded.. how often have you seen RTE representing an Anti-Trans position? Actually, how often do you see any (on any media platforms popular in Ireland) anti-trans programs sponsored to show the negatives? Surely if they were so well-funded, they'd be able to buy some decent airtime. What's all that funding being spent on? Genuinely curious to hear your answer to that.

Being critical of the overall topic of Trans, should not make someone "anti", and yet, that's what posters like yourself seek to present.

Utterly bizarre this need to make the criticism against Trans issues into some grand culture war. The negatives speak for themselves. As does the bias in Irish media, which avoids doing any dedicated reports representing the wide range of negatives, while talking up the virtuous angle of supporting them.

I find it a good exercise to swap out the topic word, in this case "Trans" and replace it with "women" or "children" or "black people" etc. This can give a different perspective on how a topic is being discussed. Taking you post as an example only (nothing to do with yourself), here's what it would look like

Personally, I think the overall Trans topic is left really vague by RTE and others, because it's easier to pretend there's acceptance from the majority of people in Ireland that way. Most people don't have much of a clue as to what's involved in being Trans, because the automatic assumption is that it relates to those physically transitioning, and yet, they're likely the smaller part of the overall Trans population.

But it's this idea that any criticism of Trans issues is "anti" that annoys me. I'd be sympathetic/supportive of certain issues or desires within the Trans community, but resistant to others. It's not as simple as people want to make it all out to be... and there's this either you're with us or against us when it comes to the topic.

Its an entirely valid position to hold,for some/againest others of trans subjects.....i dont claim to hold an iota enough to comment in depth about it,but the fact debate near always circles on 'man in dressup' rethoric screams over-simplistic to me (and afaik,its as likely to affect women turning into men as much,but this never arises in debate)

It deos seem a community that its loudest representives are very reactionary,in with/againest us terms,but may be caused by likes of linihan endlessly needling em for lols??

I think rte leaves it vague,as its such a small area (5 -15,000 pop),there is an even smaller pool of those with expertise in it,that pool is even smaller again to find an expert who hasnt been caught up in culture war sh1t.......like its representives are mostly those going/gone through it,which is all well and good in a "lived experience" rethoric,but i do feel formal expertise is better even to explain it, as its a mediacal issue,like you wouldnt ask a cancer survivor for the finer details/expertise on cancer.....(that being said i know near fcukall on it as a subject aswell,just the over simplification of it grates)

The problem with far right nutjobs is they are nutjobs. You want to close borders, well you'll also have to agree to limit womens rights, leave the EU, put tariffs on imports etc

Its an eclectic mix of wackos in Ireland far right/right wing groups. There's a long list of very good reasons as to why none have had any major success at the polls and they themselves will happily provide those lists in the form of their own manifestos

Never really understood why putting Irish people first ahead of foreigners/migrants needed to be considered "of the right". Surely all political parties should be aimed at..

Alas a new party is likely to be needed, and they'll be labelled as being of the right, simply because they oppose the status quo. Hopefully, such a party avoids the religious issues, or the need to roll back social changes, and instead focuses on the more important issues like government spending, immigration, long-term economic health, etc.