Dublin dail protests - read OP before posting

Including government contracts for keeping refugees.

You wouldn't have seen them chase after Mattie McGrath. Reason, he walks the walk.

Healy Rae is left wing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

They do, it's called a ballot box, and it occurs at five years in at the very most. The complete fuckwittedness of a lot of online comment makes one despair.

Who is that bit of nastiness aimed at here... not me, I hope?

I think you may have read one line out of my post and misunderstood the whole premise.

As I have been saying in all my posts, voting / contacting your representatives, . is the best way to change anything democratically, that AND peaceful protest.

As I said quite clearly in my post that you replied to, incorrectly I believe, our democracy should have no problem with peaceful protest even to the gates of the Dáil where " tds should hear our voices" but not raised in abuse or with violent thuggery, as it was the other day.

That is a disservice to normal peaceful protestors who have every right as it stands, to go to the gates of Leinster House and PEACEFULLY address our elected representatives, not abuse and threaten. This carryon on Wednesday endangers all peaceful protest which may end up restricted as a result.

Quite a clear distinction I think.

Many decent people have had reason " to make our voices heard " in a peaceful manner in front of Dáil Eireann and would like to be able to continue to do so if necessary .

It's part of our democratic right along with our vote and not just in general elections . If you don't think that is true than look it up .

Are you describing my reasonable comment as you have said above as " fuckwitted " I am more than a bit taken aback at that tbh...

I would like you to clarify your last comment because as it stands it it is not just offensive but ill placed . .

And keeping the left wing analysis and I say this as someone coming from an old labour, as distinct from a new labour, background, at some point in recent years it seems to have become acceptable amongst what I can only imagine much be younger posters (I am closer to 70 than 60) to casually use words such as 'scumbags' and other equally harsh references to those who are people from socially deprived neighbourhoods.

Another example how politics have changed in recent times.

And one more thing before I leave for the day, nobody come back to me with a 'how do you know they're from socially deprived neighbourhoods' as that's just deflection, and anyone with an ounce of sense can see through that.

Why would you say Sinn Fein got such a vote last time round. I reckon I’ll informed protest vote. They still seem to be benefitting in the polls from potential voters who think they’re something they are not.

No they're not, these books are in the young adult section which needs parental approval to access, but facts never get in the way of a conspiracy theory

It was very handy they were all able to get the day off 😝 Who is enraged? and any group causing or threatening violence like the clows at the Dail did will rightly be condemned by me and most others.

People behaving in that way will be called scumbags and I have no problem with that.

@Hotblack Desiato

Thank you for the clarification . It wasn't clear in the post .

The actual conduct of the protesters is what invalidated them. The exact same kind of conduct which they engage in at libraries. Plus the vast majority seem to be out and out bigots and conspiracy theorists.

I presume a lot of these far-right protestors are fantasists and losers who have been radicalised by spending too much time with similar thicks on the internet? Lot of conspiracy theories, social isolation, poor education, patchy work record, underlying mental health issues?

So you do agree then with my interpretation?

I think that is the general view of the people that organised that particular " protest" .

It is outside the norm .

A range of social media not used by normal political activism was used to plan .

Some of the main protagonists are known persons whose main employment is anti vaccine , library, now immigrant activism.

People who work in homeless and drug services know many others by sight who were in the midst of this , vulnerable people who are easy prey for the crowd I mentioned above .

So anybody here saying that this disparate group are not as previously identified is just posting disingenuously .

The issue is not whether these people are employed or otherwise but that this particular group organised a very select group of their own choosing and not for a calm peaceful protest.