Conor McGregor

Anyone who would vote for mcgregor should only get half a vote.

Ineffective but incredibly embarrassing for the country if the wrong candidate gets it

Good as he very clearly has been inciting on social media

Conor McGregor investigated by gardai for 'alleged incitement'

...maybe we should get someone like andrew tate to chat to him, at least it would entertain us a bit more.....

@Relax brah

It's not that I disagree. It's just that I remember a time when I was much more confident that a western country would not elect a loudmouth charlatan as their president.

Not that McGregor would run for president when he has his face buried in a pile of cocaine and is attempting the world adultery record, but if supposing he did, I worry he'd get a good many more votes than he had any business to.

One lesson we should take on board is that there must be a way to talk reasonably about public concern about immigration without immediately being branded a racist, because if you ignore such people or deride them, their concerns don't just disappear and they become perfect candidates for sleazy crooks to come in and play on their worst fears.

The English trying to silencer the Irish, wouldn't Conor's character he plays be opposed to that?

Fully agree, he’s either spending too much time on Truth Social or has a 2nd person now writing some of his tweets.

They’d want to watch themselves, we all know about his behaviour at parties

If the debate is flooded with xenophobes, as you say, then they must be engaged with, whether we like it or not. If they are not engaged with, then their views and claims cannot be effectively challenged and they are free to go forming their echo chambers online, and we've seen this happen in the UK and USA already with some pretty poor outcomes, really.

The other thing is the word xenophobia itself, because a lot of concern over immigration could be called that even if it's not overtly hateful. If people feel a certain level of discomfort with a large amount of culturally disparate people showing up in their home area within a generation, you could absolutely say that is xenophobic, yet I think that discomfort is also part of the tribal aspect of human nature. These people may feel ashamed of feeling that way but still have those feelings or concerns and not really know where to go with them.

This is a roundabout way of saying that I don't think xenophobe is quite the correct word because it can be thrown at a lot of people from those with some worries, all the way those wrecking busses, and so actually stifle conversation.

Part of having that sensible conversation will be parsing out that former group from genuine far right people who are openly hateful, and really engaging with what they have to say before they run the risk of getting radicalised.

Even if you don't engage directly with the far right, their talking points must be taken on board for the purposes of deconstruction and explaining why they're wrong.

I fully agree that xenophobe is a fair term for the far right. My point was more about that term also being levelled at more moderate people who choose to voice a concern about some aspect of immigration. If you push those people away, you're potentially pushing them toward more extreme politics.

There is a fairly direct solution to the far right's overtures to the working class, and it is to create good opportunities and living conditions for the working class. Austerity and economic stagnation seem to always be a big driver of fear of the other.

I remember being at a bus stop on Abbey St inn about 2000 and there were a couple of addicts giving out about the blacks getting car allowances when they come here so they can buy a car, and free buggies and the rest. As if these phony immigrants were the reason their lives turned out so horribly.

If I ever run into the little knacker I will tell him exactly what I think of him.

I would, why wouldn't I?

He's utterly devoid of any charm, wit, sense of humour.

Just insulting people like a 12 year old.

I think he's taken too many hits to the head.

People will look at a case like that and call her evil or crazy. It will be treated as an individual crime - a flaw in that individual's character. But when it comes to an outsider committing a heinous act, that individual has a tendency to be made a representative of the group to which they belong or have been assigned as belonging to.

Is there evidence of him taking snow or is it just assumed?

He was always a twat I'd imagine.

Well his new kid was born in Dubai so the child will be an immigrant when they return to Ireland.

He got more than I expected to be fair to him.

Never thought of that actually, all the solo video loons are all about protecting the children but not a peep out of them, perhaps they're paedos

Its quite gratifying that Irish people are actually much smarter, much more knowledgeable and much more fair than a loud but teeny, tiny minority would try to suggest these days.

McGregor is a mong in an ill fitting suit, thats the beginning and end of him.

I think the support for McEntee is as much a reflected support for the Justice establishment generally, including the Garda rank and file.

I thought she and Harris should resign, but they may well get away with it. And thanks for SFs political naivety, she's safe for 6 months and probably out to the election.

They were just caught off guard, it's like our snow plan, it would be very expensive to have a full public order crew at the ready

Good.