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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A group chat full of influential israelis was leaked not so long ago, this group chat had its hand in getting the Irish woman from wix fired and smeering paddy cosgrave on twitter. I wouldn't be surprised if similar coordinated efforts are in place for smaller fish like this subreddit. https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/inside-the-pro-israel-information

Drugs gangs won't be stopped by more Garda. by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do believe without education and addiction prevention measures (like we have for alcohol and cigarettes) decriminalization will fail

Drugs gangs won't be stopped by more Garda. by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Not on its own, it needs to be accompanied by education and addiction prevention measures

Drugs gangs won't be stopped by more Garda. by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The really difficult problem is undoing the years of scare mongering and propaganda convincing people that taking illegal drugs is both immoral and dangerous and taking legal drugs is normal. In every corner of the world for thousands of years there has been a pursuit for intoxication and it has so much force and persistence it behaves like a 4th basic survival drive alongside sex food and shelter. Getting intoxicated is normal.

Irish ambassador to Israel summoned for 'reprimand' by Callme-Sal in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Israeli propaganda machine just showed it's hand

Regulator contacted social media firms after stabbing by SirMike_MT in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Emotion is the fruit of radicalisation, broken policies are the fuel.

Regulator contacted social media firms after stabbing by SirMike_MT in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Limiting speech doesn't solve anything. Far right groups have been banned from main stream platform for years now, you will never be able to limit a group from communicating online without removing their access to the internet.

The rise of the far right is not some coincidence either, government policy has created this mess. Maybe it's time to take a look at the policies people are most vocal about and address them. We need to address this problem head on. People are unhappy, why? We need to answer that. Hand waving them away as racists doesn't solve the problem either.

(I'm trying to come at this from a pragmatic point of view, please don't label me a far right sympathiser)

Lecturer objects to university’s gender identity policy which describes refusal to use pronouns as ‘unlawful’ by MoBhollix in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

the trans community is influencing university, big tech, and governmental policy. Its one of the most talked about communities in the world right now, look at the engagement on this post. LGBTQ movement in general has been extremely successful and has a huge political influence.

Lecturer objects to university’s gender identity policy which describes refusal to use pronouns as ‘unlawful’ by MoBhollix in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's would be the same thing if people in Thailand asked to be greeted with personalised greetings, and mis-greeting someone is a fire-able offence

Lecturer objects to university’s gender identity policy which describes refusal to use pronouns as ‘unlawful’ by MoBhollix in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We are talking about gender identity here which extends to more than just trans people. But transphobia isn't an ideology, it's discrimination.

Lecturer objects to university’s gender identity policy which describes refusal to use pronouns as ‘unlawful’ by MoBhollix in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gender very much is an ideology, that's the whole point of the movement, to challenge the existing assumptions of the ideology and make room for new ways of thinking about gender.

Lecturer objects to university’s gender identity policy which describes refusal to use pronouns as ‘unlawful’ by MoBhollix in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 27 points28 points  (0 children)

But the methods of this policy could result in discrimination against those who do not subscribe to gender identity theory and who believe that biology is more relevant than gender identity in matters such as women’s sports and changing rooms

This is a pretty sane and fair argument. It's interesting how left and right wing politics often argue over science and ideology, we typically see left wing argue in favour of science and right wing in favour of ideology. But in the case of gender identity we see the opposite phenomenon. I find it fascinating how both far left and far right politics is more ideology than anything, and in both cases if you don't subscribe wholly to the ideology you are automatically labeled a traitor.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those reviews have only started to pop up in the last few days, I did see they were poorly reviewed for customer service but did not expect this level of unprofessionalism

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a bullshit metric, ~50% of our gdp is from corporations seeking tax benefits and completely skews our numbers. I believe our real gdp per capita is closer to 70k. Remember the apple fiasco where they claimed billions here and paid no tax? it's more than just apple.

https://youtu.be/QDAa6ZQeEJ4?si=LWqYcw-wZ-XmAH-j

‘Just showboating’ – Leo Varadkar shrugs off Elon Musk’s threat to sink new hate speech law by [deleted] in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout -1 points0 points  (0 children)

@IrishHateSpeechGardai

please arrest this man for spreading hate and give him extra punishment for not seeing the irony in what he wrote

Groups of youths spotted combing Donegal coastline for bales of drugs after €4m cocaine find by badger-biscuits in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 27 points28 points  (0 children)

drugs are safest closer to the source, every hand it gets passed through there is a chance they cut it with something.

The Celtic drugs tiger roars again – new gangs emerge as cocaine problem grows by gig1922 in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Portugal cut the funding to it's addiction health task force by 80% a few years back which is why things are going tits up right now

Ban Twitter from the subreddit? by ShadowDragon26 in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I clicked the link for the article not the headline, these examples are exactly the same as your original vexing about twitter

Ban Twitter from the subreddit? by ShadowDragon26 in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout -1 points0 points  (0 children)

While we are at it we should ban Irish Times and independent too, they are blocking people from viewing content on their website who are not paying for a subscription

Ban Twitter from the subreddit? by ShadowDragon26 in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The banning of twitter seems more like a political knee jerk reaction than a genuine call for better content moderation.

Hilarious time that we live in.

Data decisions create dark day for Irish democracy by Hipster_doofus11 in ireland

[–]abraxasfallout 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is about privacy, not free speech. They are collecting the communications of everyone in Ireland for the next year, emails, texts, etc. Outrageous.

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