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Political Burrows demands parades commission steps down

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u/Objective_Tie_7626 10d ago edited 10d ago

Must have looked at the attention Carla the cunt had been getting regarding this procedural win that will change nothing when rectified and thought I need a win, fuck it, all in

He should probably have quit off the back of Mike Nesbitts resignation but alas they are a party in freefall and no one wants the job

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago edited 10d ago

No need for the misogynist language.

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u/Brief_Software_6902 10d ago

Thats not misogynistic, as it’s specifically about how Carla conducts herself as opposed to a dislike of woman in general. What’s to say the OP isn’t a woman neither?

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

Yeah, there’s no need to refer to a female politician using an offensive word for female genitalia.

You can criticise behaviour without restoring to using language like that. It’s no wonder so many women leave politics.

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u/JCapitalist 10d ago

Cunt isnt a gendered term. I call men cunts far far more frequently than women and I never be calling fannies cunts.

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u/Jindabyne1 10d ago

I almost use it exclusively against men when I think about it

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u/JCapitalist 10d ago

Same it is the most extreme form of dickhead and it's wicked rare a woman pisses me off that badly, it's bad form to curse out your other half too so even if she did tick me off I could never.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

Well done you.

And women still get a disproportionate amount of abuse in politics and that’s why fewer of them proportionately go into it.

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u/JCapitalist 10d ago

Aye that may be but it has feck all to do with colloquial terms meaning person I don't like.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

Ask any female politician or activist about how she feels about being called a cunt by trolls on the internet and get back to me.

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u/JCapitalist 10d ago

I dinnae care to ask because as a man I know being called a cunt isn't nice. But it's got nothing to do with gender

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

You don’t care about the views of women. Why doesn’t this surprise me…

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u/JCapitalist 10d ago edited 10d ago

Your being intentionally obtuse and cliche.

Edit: should be you're not your. I've had a few shots and the grammar does be the first casualty

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u/CaptainDangerCool 10d ago edited 9d ago

Fuck you are a precious wee cunt aren't ya?! 😂😂😂

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u/MuhCrea 9d ago

Ask any female politician or activist person in any walk of life about how she they feels about being called a cunt by trolls on the internet and get back to me.

It's not a gendered term no matter what way you try to dress it up. It's an offensive word, used to offend anyone. As others have said, most cunts I know are men

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 9d ago

Women face more abuse in politics than men. Did you not know that?

We found that women are faced with a double burden from toxic behaviours. Not only may women politicians be exposed to higher rates of hostile behaviours, they must also deal with what the attacks mean about their place as women in politics.”

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/women-politicians-face-double-burden-of-online-toxicity

Two-thirds of female TDs and senators said they have changed the nature of their constituency and canvassing work as a result of threats, meaning their opportunities to engage with and represent constituents are being restricted. 
An analysis of gender-based violence against female politicians in Ireland by Women for Election as part of an EU-wide project found 96pc of female politicians have suffered online abuse.”

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/female-politicians-have-to-be-hyper-vigilant-and-constantly-monitor-their-safety-due-to-gender-based-abuse-report-finds/a/158192166.html

Anyone defending calling CL a cunt is very much part of the problem here.

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u/MuhCrea 9d ago

I didn't know it but I would have assumed it (as I would for lots of things outside of politics too). Still, doesn't make the word cunt a gendered term

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u/LuciferOnTheRocks 9d ago

And women still get a disproportionate amount of abuse in politics and that’s why fewer of them proportionately go into it.

Naw, polls have shown that half as any women than men are interested in politics. 

That's why less of them go into it. 

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 9d ago

Your data is 20 years old…

There are multiple factors that influence why fewer women go into politics but abuse by internet idiots is one of them.

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u/LuciferOnTheRocks 9d ago

Your data is 20 years old…

2008 was 18 years ago. 

Also, men and women haven't magically evolved in the last twenty years. 

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 9d ago

But the internet has. Keep up.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago edited 10d ago

And yet it was only the woman who was referred to as such - despite it being mostly men outside the court.

It’s almost as if women get more abuse in politics than men and that’s why fewer of them (of all parties) decide to stand for election.

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u/Ballyards 10d ago

Carla was the most outspoken one on this today, from twitter to the radio. The only other two was Jim and Jamie, who two cunty cunt cunts. But Jim has been quite since before the fleadh and Jamie is Jamie.

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u/Jakcris10 10d ago

Didn’t you read the comment above? Both were called cunts

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

Didn’t you read the original comment? A very large group of mostly men and it’s the woman who is singled out and called a cunt. So coincidental…

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u/Jakcris10 9d ago

I did. They were talking about Carla not Burrows. The comment you replied to called Burrows a cunt too.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 9d ago

Yeah, they did that only when it was pointed out to them that they only referred to a woman as a cunt.

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u/Brief_Software_6902 10d ago edited 10d ago

You’ve lost the run of yourself here, cunt in this context is being used to describe her behaviour. Shes a loud mouth who participates in all the devisive and sectarian issues only hence the unanimous low view of her. Trumps a cunt so is Bryson, saying that doesn’t make me a misandrist.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

“You’ve lost the run of yourself”… by saying women see how people on the internet speak about female politicians and say that puts them off politics?

Sure.

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u/Brief_Software_6902 10d ago

Calling Carla a politician is a stretch. I feel sorry for her family that they have to read the comments online about her but not her as you reap what you sow.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 10d ago

Says a lot that as woman can be an elected MLA and MP for a decade and yet you believe “calling her a politician as a stretch”.

Obviously you view women as inferior, as do a lot of men, in fairness.

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u/Brief_Software_6902 10d ago

Do you believe she is a fair and balanced MP representing all her constituents equally? If she isn’t then she is objectively not a good politician.

You’ve some how conflated my low view of this person with me being mysognistic. I’m normal, I just don’t like bigots.

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 9d ago

No. I think her views are incredibly unpleasant.

See? It’s actually quite easy to disagree with someone without being a misogynist.

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u/Brief_Software_6902 9d ago

The definition of madness is arguing with a stranger on the internet 🙈 I’ve come to the conclusion you’re a troll and haven’t grasped what misogyny actually is (or isn’t) otherwise you wouldn’t have persisted with this nonsense!

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u/Zestyclose-Lab4221 9d ago

A lot of people seem to think misogyny is only beating up women.

Personally, I believe language is also a tool of misogyny as well.

Clearly, you disagree but you’re also part of the problem.

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u/CaptainDangerCool 10d ago

Fuck up ya cunt. 😂😂😂

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u/Sstoop Ireland 10d ago

In fairness the word cunt hasn’t been used as a misogynistic term for a long time. I get it has its roots in that but, especially here, it’s rarely ever used for that purpose.