Irish, Writer, Gen X. Death to blackpillers. Tomorrow will be better

Dublin City, Ireland
I wrote about the Irish government’s hugging video thing, article is called “micromanaging voters’ personal lives is a way for politicians to pretend they’re governing”, that’s about it open.substack.com/pub/fitzfr…
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Conor Fitzgerald retweeted
Replying to @Mullins77David
“How were we able to drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the whole horizon? What did we do when we loosened this earth from its sun? Whither does it now move? Whither do we move? Away from all suns?”
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Conor Fitzgerald retweeted
When did Irish grandparents start hugging instead of saying " I will be dead soon " Or next year " I will be dead"
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A long thread of extracts of Peter Mair's book Ruling the Void, which I referenced in a tweet a few days ago
Current reading. A bit academic looking but every book on the decline of liberalism and democracy I’ve read in the last few years has referenced it in some form so here goes
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A classic of the genre
The video produced by the DRCC involving grandparents does not represent the views of the Government. It was both inappropriate and demeaning to grandparents and has been removed by DRCC following my officials engagement with them.
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.@michaelbd said this is a monster from from why liberalism failed, I’ll go him one better- it’s straight out of Peter Mair’s Ruling the Void, a state trying to pass micromanagement of private behaviour off as governance because it’s all they’ve got left
🇮🇪 The Irish state has published an advert discouraging grandparents from hugging their grandchildren, as part of a campaign designed to promote "consent".
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New one from me. I wrote about how the use of social media/ the internet as a tool for controlling consensus makes people who willing to be seen as disreputable more useful, important and powerful open.substack.com/pub/fitzfr…
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I’ve heard that s*bstack links aren’t suppressed as much as they used to so this is a test I guess
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If you were investigating murder and came across Hannibal Lecter you would be like wow this guy 100% did it, I’ve literally never met someone more like a serial killer than this weird bitchy creep
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Searing insight from Irelands top political commentator there
Leo Varadkar "There are immigrants here that make a huge contribution and there are some that make no contribution at all" Matt Cooper "That's humanity isn't it"
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Conor Fitzgerald retweeted
From Richard Murphy’s memoir. Vintage Patrick Kavanagh.
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Isn’t it so mad that DeNiro is the greatest actor ever, and yet
The family group chat just got bigger. Focker In-Law in theaters Thanksgiving.
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What he says is less interesting than the context, which is as soon as the guest raises the popularity of immigration restriction Matt starts babbling frantically with the air of parachutist flailing to find his ripcord
"We're going to be getting an awful lot more immigrants, 57,000 new workers is expected in the economy next year, which is a surprising amount" says Matt Cooper on Path to Power podcast
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The necessary flip side of “there are no perfect victims” is “there are no perfect villains”, you either believe both or neither
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Drumcree is actually about Cable Street. Drumcree is about Gaza. Drumcree is about the Spanish Civil War. It’s about anything and everything except the actual issue of the Orange Order marching down a nationalist street where they are not wanted.
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As an antidote to the curated 9 albums bullshit please screen cap what you’re listening to RIGHT NOW, no cheating, I’ll know. Expose yourself!
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Imagine the catastrophic aura loss if gandolfini had gone the modern shaved head and/ or beard route
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Every time I see these polls it reminds me how arbitrary the distinction between issues is. At the very least you could argue the top three are all essentially the same thing.
Today's SI/IT poll shows usual pattern regarding voter concerns.
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Conor Fitzgerald retweeted
I’ve written an essay about why 1950s Ireland had some of the highest institutionalisation rates in the world. Hopefully you find it interesting. (Link in reply.)
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