Actually the most frightening element about this whole thing , I believe that as a species, we will not have learned one solitary lesson out of this. Yeah sure weâll get the usual crap about how this must "never be allowed happen again and every life is sacred " bullshit from the powers that be and their might be some token gestures here and there. But champ will still be on his way to meet obiden on paddyâs day next year. Trump will be still harping on about how he won the election. The banks will still be cunts and @Bandage will still be giving out about something or other
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I preferred when you were posting gifs
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So did I
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While that was a decent attempt at some form of debate last night itâs really just an exercise in nibbling around the edges. 5 minutes on a topic like that is essentially pointless and gave Neale Richmond a very easy out to say âoh itâs too complex an issueâ.
I doubt youâd find a single government TD willing to sit down for an hour podcast to unpack the whole thing. You wouldnât have that much trouble finding someone to oppose them. Be it, Ewan Mckenna or John McGuirk or whoever.
Itâd never ever happen. Which is a shame because the public deserves better discourse.
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Sending a hateful and terribly unlikeable prick like McGurk out to bat for any side is hardly fair, cunts like him donât deserve a soapbox for anything.
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Canât agree on who to have the debate so letâs just not talk about it.
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Agadoo doo doo, push pineapple, shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo, push pineapple, grind coffee
To the left, to the right, jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night, sing with a hula melody
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Was it me or was Kneel really struggling to lay a glove on McGuirk last night possibly because he was against someone who hates SF more than him?
He couldnât trot out the pre prepared sound bytes about Bobby Storey etc.
They couldnât get at him because all he did was call them out on their hypocrisy/lies/bias.
Neal was in the haâpenny place once he brought a birthday cup cake along to studio for John to enjoy for his birthday. John referenced Nealâs generosity on twitter last night post show.
Iâd say like a lot of people I normally wouldnât agree with McGuirk on much/anything but he was impressive last night
Poor Neale was floundering all over the place
As McGuirk touched on, we have a history of attacking protestors in any form in Ireland if the establishment arenât on board. We are an extremely conservative country and most people take their cue from RTE, who support the government⌠So itâs an ongoing circle.
He pointed out a few lovely bits of hypocrisy tho⌠Itâs extremely rare RTE let a voice like that on but youâre right in that all a government lackey had to do is through out a few moral sound bites and itâs usually enough to sedate the average person.
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I could be dreaming here but I could have sworn the media were much tougher on the government during the noughties.
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Certain elements. TV 3 via Vincent Browne used to grill politicians, so much so that some refused to go back on.
RTĂ has always been a soft touch
Rte have been throughing out moral soundbites throw out the pandemic
Christ !! The Spellcheker himself.
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Youâre correct
Oh look. Itâs the spellchecker police
But the politicians of that era were of a different calibre that the current bunch of head-nodding soft-cocks. Look, take a random example from the parties, Jack Fucking Chambers, Eoghan Gimme the shovel Murphy, Up the Ra Cullinane and Ged the head Nash.
These need to be measured against Bertie, McCreevey, Big Phil, Noonan and Brother Rabbitte all of whom were well able to get down and brawl.
The current incumbents of DĂĄil Ăireann are basically Intermediate or Junior A standard, some sliding into oblivion and a few other scramblers who think if they put in the hard yards (RTE cameos) theyâll get the nod eventually. Doesnât bear thinking about.
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In two rooms of 160 people you handpick 4 from each to prove your point?
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