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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 21, 2018 17:58:38 GMT
Most memes are stupid, but I really liked this one, courtesy of the Conservative Comeback Ireland Facebook page. I would choose the purple pill without hesitation. Attachments:
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Post by cato on Aug 21, 2018 18:08:48 GMT
Defund the sophists, liars and leeching charlatans subsidised by a compulsory tax called the TV licence!
Sell the staff into slavery in some Arab state and raise Donnybrook to the ground. Then sow salt on the ruins.
Donnybrooko delinda est.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 21, 2018 18:51:44 GMT
A consummation devoutly to be wished...but really better than everybody on the island being able to speak Irish?
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Post by cato on Aug 21, 2018 20:09:04 GMT
A consummation devoutly to be wished...but really better than everybody on the island being able to speak Irish? Yes. I have considered organising a boycott and a campaign involving people deliberately refusing to pay the license on principle and willing to go to jail. But most people I mention this to think I am mad. RTE have been one of the most poisonous cultural institutions in Ireland. I would allow Lyric FM to survive. Without the propaganda from the news section of course. |
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Post by Stephen on Aug 22, 2018 8:05:32 GMT
Most memes are stupid, but I really liked this one, courtesy of the Conservative Comeback Ireland Facebook page. I would choose the purple pill without hesitation. I think having the population speak Irish rather than English would have massive cultural and Catholic benefits. So it would be my choice. |
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Post by cato on Aug 22, 2018 11:18:31 GMT
I have a friend who is a priest from the Gaeltacht who says the idea that Irish speakers are somehow more conservative or catholic is sadly no longer the case. French speaking Canadians once had a similar reputation but are as liberal as the rest now.
The only advantage of an Irish speaking Ireland nowadays would be to make us more distinctive from English speakers and to annoy unionists ( which is why Sinn Fein push it).
The liberal left dominant ideology is the primary problem whether it be expressed in English or Irish .
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Post by servantofthechief on Aug 22, 2018 20:27:10 GMT
The red pill is so bloody attractive it hurts. But having a language wall would honestly be in the long term the best thing for Ireland and Irish identity and would increase the likelihood of a natural Irexit immeasurably.
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Post by cato on Aug 22, 2018 22:23:03 GMT
One thing is certain about the above exercise. There isn't a snowball in hell's chance of any of them ever occuring .
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 23, 2018 5:51:48 GMT
One thing is certain about the above exercise. There isn't a snowball in hell's chance of any of them ever occuring . I think that's what they call a black pill! |
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Post by Antaine on Aug 23, 2018 22:16:20 GMT
Some tough choices, but I would have to go purple for people to speak as Gaeilge.
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Post by cato on Aug 23, 2018 22:47:56 GMT
I seem to be in a distinct minority here but can someone explain why the Swedes , the Danes and Belgians with their distinctive languages are much more sunk in the swamp of liberal leftist global muck than we Bearla speakers are?
I know we are catching up fast but a linguistic shield seems rather fragile protection against the ravages of non stop progressive onward advances.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 24, 2018 9:41:25 GMT
I seem to be in a distinct minority here but can someone explain why the Swedes , the Danes and Belgians with their distinctive languages are much more sunk in the swamp of liberal leftist global muck than we Bearla speakers are? I know we are catching up fast but a linguistic shield seems rather fragile protection against the ravages of non stop progressive onward advances. I think that's a very good point, and one that has often occurred to me, but I think the Irish language is hugely important simply for its own sake. It may not protect us from liberal-globalist-secularism, but in itself it would make us much more distinctive. I do think some of the claims Irish language speakers make for the benefits of Irish are hugely exaggerated. The problem is, everything has to be defended in utilitarian terms these days. |
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