It's not very often that I agree with Beeno, but he is absolutely spot on with this statement here.
Oh look another dodge. Guess you never said anything on your own accord nice about Biden.
But lets break down what Beeno said, that I have no concerns about Ireland becoming an Islamic caliphate, which is true I don't. Muslims as of the last census in Ireland back in 2022, make up just 1.67% of the population.
Where is this caliphate going to magically emerge from? I assume you just mindlessly agreed with him without actually checking the numbers right?
I never mention protests in Ireland.?
Well firstly I have, but is Beeno implying these protests are in relation to protesting against a potential Islamic caliphate because the recent protests in Ireland are about Asylum seekers are not anti-Islamic in nature. Now their is probably overlap between some of the protesters who happen to be far right racists who are also anti Islamic but the protests would never be presented as an anti Islam protest as it would put off the more genuine protesters from attending.
But yes I'm well aware of the anti asylum protests in Ireland, there has been a lot of them across the country. Usually small scale there have been larger ones in Dublin but claims of 100,000 strong protests are dubious with more credible sources having the numbers somewhere between 5.000 to 10,000. There was also smaller counter protests at the event in Dublin as well.
So yes I'm aware of rising anti-asylum sentiment in Ireland and while I mostly don't agree with it, there is genuine concerns that many have that are not driven by racism the government need to address and be open about. But a lot of it is being driven by misinformation by far right wing lunatics and racists who want an excuse to go out and commit mayhem and violence.
But of course Beeno and his like will never comment about right wing acts of violence in Ireland. Did you guys miss the recent arson attack on hotel housing asylum seekers here. 5 people including a baby were almost killed. Thankfully the two suspects were arrested later, if found guilty I hope they get very long sentence for 5 counts of attempted murder. But in case you missed that, members of another far right group was arrested here the other day for planning to bomb a mosque and other targets in Ireland.
Maybe Ireland is small fry, what about the recent training stabbings in the UK, where the usual lot were screaming it's an Islamic attack by a dark skinned foreigner. Oh wait he turned out to be British and what's that?...a rail worker who saved several lives and sustained serious injury when shielding people from being stabbed turned out to be a Muslim originally from Algeria...funny how that doesn't capture the headlines in quite the same way.
Does this news ever reach Beeno and the likes. Of course it doesn't and even if it did he wouldn't care or just make up excuses.
As for patriotism. I don't tend to think about it or frame debates as matter of patriotism, typically its the far right that do that. Like most people I want my country to do well, my country like pretty much every other country has issues, I have certain views on what the most important issues are and how these issues should be addressed and am willing to debate the other side in good faith. However when people argue that one position is the patriotic position and imply the other side is not or hates their country, you can always tell your not going get a good faith argument from these people. These fucking flag shaggers who undermine people with genuine concerns, offer nothing but hatred, division and violence are the ones who disgrace both flag and country.
It really says it all that you can find yourself agreeing Beeno, who lets be frank is a far right lunatic who posts nothing but nonsense and vile conspiracy theories.