The National Party

Personally I am against violence/intimidation against any person who puts their name forward for election.

Robust debate is ok in my book but nothing more forceful than that.

just by going on the “which party will you vote for” thread - looks like lots will be voting for independents and for new or smaller parties proposing sensible migration/anti human trafficking.

No doubt the usual suspects on this thread will heap insults and abuse on that poll now…

But you've no problem with propagating myths about child abduction, while you and Pepper ignore actual violence carried out by far right thugs, mostly against women candidates?

There'll be a bit of that, for sure. There'll also be one or two of the "it's the immigints" crowd who might well get elected and we'll see how long it takes their constituents to find out that they'll do fuck all for them.

I have a genuine fear that the far right will get a high number of votes (without anyone getting in) because of various protest votes.

There's going to be a complete mess after the next general election sure to the sheer diversity of voting patterns with no overall winner and lots of losers.

For the THIRD time: how do you justify witnessing a child being kidnapped and thinking, "great! This is perfect for Twitter!", instead of calling for help?

And how do you justify IGNORING posts that highlight your blatant bias and logical fallacies if you like robust deate?

That was answered to be fair: extreme solutions dressed up as sensible solutions.

Also, you just have to look at beechwoodpark's complete refusal to accept logic when it comes to debate to see exactly what level their supports are at in terms of sheer denial. That helps their cause too.

And yet, every professional opinion poll that has been carried out tells a fairly different story. It's almost as if self-selecting polls don't tell the full story.

Does the fact that Gardai didn't arrest anyone for kidnapping, only a drunk for a public order offence, challenge the credibility at all for you?

Does the fact that Pepper is extremely selective about the incidents he chooses to report on raise any questions for you about whether his concern for the victims of attacks is genuine?

Yet again you are implying there was an attempted child abduction and someone was arrested in connection to this.

Yet time and again it's been shown none of this happened.

You're debating in bad faith, ignoring anything that shows you to be wrong and repeating the same falsehoods. You and those wannabe tough guys are perfect for each other.

Just to note, it's unlikely that any of the bat **** insane parties will get elected in the European or local elections. The things they're more likely to continue is arson attacks or harassing library staff etc. Weirdly that doesn't seem to register as a concern. But the rhetoric still has the effect of Ireland potentially facing more violent attacks by individuals associated with such parties. There's at least one serious violent crime associated with them as of late btw.

Your point was entirely irrelevant to the poster you responded to who was criticizing individuals who are actively trying to promote the national party. People who want them in power support fascism in some form. Just because you get offended that their supporters get referred to as far right, doesn't mean they're not.

People can have concerns about migration. That 36% most likely have varying degrees of extremity on it. The fraction of them that are out rioting, spreading propaganda about kidnappings, harassing library library staff or picketing politician's homes or just being outright racist or xenophobic are the ones that are far right. Fyi, the far right right candidates only max out at maybe 4% of the vote.