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“A matter of urgency.”
Climate Minister Eamon Ryan says that women and gay people suffer more from climate change. Ben Scallan reacts:
When women don’t hold up their end of the “deal”, a lot of “good” progressive men suddenly no longer feel as if they need to hold up theirs, and so it’s okay to joke about women maybe being whores again.
The problem is simply that they do not care, because it neither affects them, nor challenges their position.
Marriage is good.
“All mammals have two sexes, and humans are mammals.”
“Activism: It’s a Girl Thing.”
Genius.
Surprise?
First, it’s not up to the Taoiseach which debates do, or do not, happen in Ireland.
On the face of it, the idea that the local gardai should have the discretion to be able to inform women if their partners have convictions for domestic violence is a good one.
Ireland now has its own class of powerful, favoured nobles, who hold the ability to lobby our rulers while the rest of us are excluded.
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