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The plebs who voted by a 80% majority are racist and awful, and the political elite are therefore working to overturn their wishes.
Footballer James McClean raised eyebrows this week when he highlighted what he sees as a double-standard in how society addresses racism. Does he have a point? Ben Scallan comments. #gript
The new minister for children welcomed an alleged child-sex apologist to a Pride march in 2018. Are parents homophobic for being concerned about this? Ben Scallan comments. #gript
On Wednesday, the Dáil is due to hear Statements on ‘Supporting Inclusion and Combatting Racism in Ireland.’ There can be little doubt that much of the scheduled 105 minute debate will be taken up by TD’s seeking to outdo each other as they breathlessly scale the peaks of The High Moral Ground and hurl vitriol […]
Some of you will be familiar with Dr. Ebun Joseph – perhaps for her brave exposure of the ‘racist’ practises of the Galway hotel which served her with Ribena blackcurrant instead of red wine. She described the unfortunate serving staff who made what anyone could see was a simple error as ‘sick’ and ‘racist’. She […]
Over the past week, we’ve heard a lot about what a racist country Ireland is and how we must atone for our “white privilege”. Ben Scallan comments. #gript
Charles Moore notes that actor Laurence Fox, ‘who shot to fame in political debate last week after neatly repelling claims on the BBC’s Question Time that criticisms of the Duchess of Sussex are racist, has identified this as the central false doctrine. Don’t automatically believe, he says. Instead you should “listen to the victim”, and […]
Several stories in recent weeks have brought a new focus on what equality activists call ‘covert racism’. The opposite of overt racism. Meghan Markle was certainly subjected to overt, racial slurs on social media but according to some of her defenders it was the covert racism from mainline media and broadcasting that made life impossible […]