When faced directly with a choice between a politician in Cheney who told the truth, and a politician in her opponent, Harriet Hageman, who persisted in telling Trumps lies, voters on the right deliberately and actively chose the liar.
If it is the fate of the Irish Church to die, then it will die. But it should die with its head held high for the things it believes to be eternally true. Not crawling on its belly before the whims of the moment.
The absence of violence was supposed to bring them together. If anything, it appears to have driven them further apart.
The people who assaulted Mr. Sheehan have no fear of getting caught. If they do get caught, they have no fear of prison. If the Gardai bring them all the way to court, chances are they may get suspended sentences.
And this is the bigger problem with modern society: For all we talk about “diversity”, every single difference amongst us must be pathologised.
If you want to spend money and point to the spending of money, giving it to Universities is almost the ideal political wheeze.
When everything is a crisis, something needs to change.
One common error that organisations make, in the twenty first century, is to try to become what their critics say they should be. The reason that this is an error is that their critics are usually lying.
It’s a tradition which, I think, were someone to try and start today, would be almost universally opposed.
We know that twitter’s moderation teams tend to be young graduates, few if any of them with journalism training. It is abundantly clear that many of them make decisions based on vibes, not evidence.
Just because political realities demand something, that does not make the “something” a good or wise idea.
The ESRI reports that the share of young Irish people who own their homes has fallen by more than half, from 60% to 27%.