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Related: About this forumAn Oldie But A Goodie & Still Relevant Today... "A wanker whipping up fear"
Yes. This is the President of Ireland calling out the far right for fear mongering.
Try and be a decent human being rather than a wanker whipping up fear INDEED
We need this right now... Trump, Boris et al right at ya'
(P.S. The President used the word wanker! Tee Hee)
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An Oldie But A Goodie & Still Relevant Today... "A wanker whipping up fear" (Original Post)
Soph0571
Sep 2019
OP
Thanks. I was thinking about this just the other day but thought remembered a bit longer version.
yonder
Sep 2019
#1
I know we have some politicians like him inside the US but we really could use more to put the
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#4
yonder
(9,654 posts)1. Thanks. I was thinking about this just the other day but thought remembered a bit longer version.
This is a righteous rant showcasing the skilled Irish way with language, both their own and English. It was/is a fine hoisting of those who would leverage, through fear, their often ill-gotten power over those without.
Thank you Michael Higgins, then and now.
yonder
(9,654 posts)3. Yes, that's the one, an object of beauty and a delight to behold.
I'm halfway between laughing and tears when the title of a composition attributed to the blind Irish harper, O'Carolan, pops into my head. I'll offer it in exchange:
Thank you again, Soph.
cstanleytech
(26,224 posts)4. I know we have some politicians like him inside the US but we really could use more to put the
smack down like that on the assholes here especially those that are in the House and Senate like Moscow Mitch.