Sinn Fein - Populism and Partionism

[Massey]

He’s windmilling all round him,dragging up tweets from 2013 and not a word about Leo’s recent shenanigans from him.People dying on the streets,leaking confidential documents to his friends,the children’s hospital just to name a few.But LOOK OVER THERE ITS SINN FEIN.

[Juhniallio]

You’re having a marvellous morning on tinternet all the same Tim. Fair play to you. I’d love someone to go through the FFG tds similarly. Being stupid on the internet seems to be the key mistake of shinners.
It hardly stacks up against the likes of Cowan leggings it from garda checkpoints over the limit or Regina operating her business illegally and shafting her suppliers.

[Tim_Riggins]

@Juhniallio

You’re having a marvellous morning on tinternet all the same Tim. Fair play to you. I’d love someone to go through the FFG tds similarly. Being stupid on the internet seems to be the key mistake of shinners.
It hardly stacks up against the likes of Cowan leggings it from garda checkpoints over the limit or Regina operating her business illegally and shafting her suppliers.

I think the point is Juhniallio that one side are claiming to be a breath of fresh air for politics. If that is your starting point, comparing to “FFG” is rather moot.

It’s probably fairer to compare Sinn Féin against other political parties who have not been in power - PbP, the Social Democrats etc.

[Bandage]

Certainly some Sinn Fein headbangers but yer man’s dossier is a bit much.

“Attended funeral…stood beside Gerry Adams” etc etc.

He’s a FF weirdo that crops up on my timeline now and again live-tweeting and praising FF member media appearances.

In other news, is Brian Stanley on the floor of the Dáil today after his week off?

[Juhniallio]

Really? Why should that be your comparison? It’s
SFFG that are the biggest parties. Its SFFG that are playing the politics of attack. There are numerous tds from FFG and SF attacking each other non stop on Twitter. Plenty of examples of Labour and Soc dems refusing to play this game.

[glasagusban]

Would it be fair to say that the three biggest parties each have decent, probably comparable, complement of talentless gobshite cunts or amadáns in their ranks?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@Tim_Riggins

Your cough might be softened when the Fact Check you requested from me on the All Ireland Stickfighting final comes through.

[the_man_himself]

Probably but a fair share of SF’s seem to be dangerous anti-vaxx/9/11 conspiracy lunatics rather than just general gombeens

[Special_Olympiakos]

That’s a serious statement. I doubt it’s more than one or two but I’ll take your word for it.

[the_man_himself]

I’m just going off the above linked Twitter thread. 5 in trouble because of endorsing conspiracy theories and 1 for anti-vax.

I think the Bobby Storey funeral is irrelevant really but the fact that they all seem ok with turning up at people’s front doors because they wrote something on social media isn’t great either.

[Bandage]

It’s odd though, there was a week given to that calling to the door story when the lady herself said it wasn’t a big deal. In the midst of it, The Times reported that Jennifer Carroll McNeill summoned some young FG head to a beach recently to warn him off standing for election. The story didn’t get any traction though. There doesn’t seem to be editorial equivalence.

[glasagusban]

FG have the racists and insurance fraudsters. FF have the backward catholic devalera values psycho types. They all have a niche.

[myboyblue]

Due to give a statement alright. Took the week to perfect it

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@the_man_himself wouldn’t be one for impartiality. Very clear agenda at play there.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

SF are not mired in widespread corruption and fraud like FFG.

[artfoley]

@Tim_Riggins

I didn’t want to harp on about this, but given Mary Lou McDonald’s hypocritical stance that her TD’s should not face questions into their recently revealed conduct/public utterances, it’s time for people to look behind the varnished veneer of SF towards the rest of their PP (1/n)

Going alphabetically.
Chris Andrews (TD - DBS) had been an FF Cllr on DCC, until he was exposed for running a highly misogynistic & defamatory Twitter account. He jumped from FF to SF as he was facing expulsion. Mary Lou has never asked him to explain his behaviour. (2/n)

John Brady (TD - Wicklow).
SF’s foreign affairs spokesman faces calls to explain sharing social media posts defending the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, in the wake of his use of chemical weapons, and even claiming it was a false flag attack. (3/n)

Martin Browne (TD - Tipp)
Browne got himself in hot water recently for comments on the PIRA campaign, saying SF should stop apologizing for the death and destruction caused. He is in further bother relating to a link he posted on Facebook to false 9/11 conspiracy theories. (4/n)

Réada Cronin (TD - Kildare N)
Cronin was embroiled in controversy earlier this year when antisemitic social media posts were brought to light where she actively promoted an odd conspiracy theory that Mossad had intervened in the UK general election against Jeremy Corbyn. (5/n)

David Cullinane (TD - Waterford)
On his re-election last February, Cullinane courted controversy when video of his victory speech apparently glorifying the PIRA campaign emerged. (6/n)

Pa Daly (TD - Kerry)
In June, Daly was found to have broken Covid19 restrictions, travelling 60km to attend a SF activist’s funeral. Although many would have sympathy for the reason, many more who could not see off loved ones remain annoyed Daly received no reprimand. (7/n)

Pearse Doherty (TD - Donegal)
Doherty appeared alongside Gerry Adams at the now infamous Storey funeral. Covid regs on both sides of the border prohibited his attendance. Yet he did, and even played a prominent role in the mock paramilitary style burial. Storey was cremated (8/n)

Thomas Gould (TD - Cork NC)

Another one of the Bobby Storey funeral attendees in breach of Covid regulations. Attempted to claim that all regs, including physical distancing were adhered to despite clear evidence to the contrary. (9/n)

Johnny Guirke (TD - Meath West)

Guirke was quick to defend his college Cullinane following the latter’s PIRA glorifying celebration in February. He’s not been as quick to speak about bullying/intimidation allegations within SF in his locality that saw a young woman resign (10/n)

Ruairí Ó Murchú (TD - Louth)

Another of the posse who flaunted Covid-19 travel restrictions and hoped the border to attend the Bobby Storey funeral. (11/n)

Darren O’Rourke (TD - Meath E)

Appeared on local radio recently to defend the practice within SF of sending former IRA convicts to activists houses to tell them to delete social media posts critical of the party or certain individuals. (12/n)

Patricia Ryan (TD - Kildare S)

Ryan came to prominence as a new TD that went on holiday in the last week of the election campaign. It was, this week, discovered that she too had actively spread bizarre 9/11 conspiracy theories on her social media. (13/n).

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD - DSC)

The exact circumstances surrounding the infamous ‘Inkgate’ affair where the Deputy’s Oireachtas office supposedly used €50,000 in ink cartridges between 2007 & 2008 has never been fully explained sufficiently (IMO anyway). (14/n)

Brian Stanely (TD - Laois/Offaly)

The TD’s who’s comments kicked all this off recently. Not only did his comments about PIRA campaign get him in trouble but allegedly homophobic comments and conspiracy theory peddling have also come to light from his social media accounts (15/n)

Violet Anne Wynne (TD - Clare)

Wynne quickly found notoriety post her election following revelations that she had left a housing charity in the whole for €12k in rent arrears. The charity was forced to shut down. She was also discovered to have shared antivaxx sentiment. (16/n)

This is not an exhaustive list but a list including incidents that have been brushed aside by SF’s leadership. These aren’t historic either, most of these happened within the last year. SF isn’t alone in having less than perfect standards by any means, however, the… (17/n)

…sudden portrayal of that party as representing some form of new standard in politics is patently false. Mary Lou’s insistence on her TD’s not facing questions for their bad behaviour, while demanding the opposite of all other shows SF leadership acting in bad faith. (18/n)

By all means, if SF’s supposed policies are in line with yours (despite them enacting many of the opposite policies in Govt in NI) then give them a vote. However, if you’ve voting SF because you think they’re progressive or woke, then review this thread and think again. (19/19)

https://twitter.com/eoinneylon/status/1338542718570606599?s=21

even taking all of the above into account, it doesnt get near the crimes of one FG TD, michael Noonan. care to comment on him or do you need a dossier on all FGers?

[myboyblue]

Laois Offaly Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley will be on his feet this in the Dáil to make a personal statement arising from tweets he sent about IRA attacks and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.

The TD will make the statement in Leinster House during Order of Business which is between 2.34 pm and 3.04 pm. He expects to be on his feet around 3 pm.

[Tim_Riggins]

@Juhniallio

Really? Why should that be your comparison? It’s
SFFG that are the biggest parties. Its SFFG that are playing the politics of attack. There are numerous tds from FFG and SF attacking each other non stop on Twitter. Plenty of examples of Labour and Soc dems refusing to play this game.

Okay, so we start off with the argument that “FFG” are just the same old same old and SF are a breath of fresh air, they have to be compared to the likes of the Soc Dems.

I mean, it’s kind of obvious.

[Tim_Riggins]

@Bandage

It’s odd though, there was a week given to that calling to the door story when the lady herself said it wasn’t a big deal. In the midst of it, The Times reported that Jennifer Carroll McNeill summoned some young FG head to a beach recently to warn him off standing for election. The story didn’t get any traction though. There doesn’t seem to be editorial equivalence.

Key difference here. The Sinn Féin activist had a history of facilitating the bomb makers of the Provisional IRA in the 1980s. The the only association the vivacious Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has with bombs was her husband defusing them at full back for Ireland in the same decade.

[Biff_Egan]

Poor Hugo gets dragged into various NWO conspiracy theories due to his time at Goldman Sachs when as I understand he was some middle manager in the Irish division as opposed to a true illuminati member.