Comments on: Gays and lesbians banned from marching openly in New York St Patick's Day Parade

By: SteveMD2

SteveMD2 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:06:08 +0000

And I missed something – it sounds like Ireland will have civil unions this year. Not perfect, but not bad, especially as it will be national, vs the mess we have in the states.

The real answer to their Pope.

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By: SteveMD2

SteveMD2 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:03:46 +0000

Ok So let them have their parade. And at the end of their parade group, have a second parade of gay Irish etc. Show them up. They don't own streets, and a properly organized gay pride parade should be allowed.

Just be sure there is no attempt to interfer with the hibernians. BTW, wouldn't it be nice, though if they would go into hibernation – for a long long time.

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By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:54:05 +0000

Talk about all you Bitches shapening your claws! Now, one of the facts of Bitching each other, is the desire of any very intensified emotion to be relieved by some emotion that is it's opposite. Natures example of dramatic effect is the laghter of hysteria on the tears of joy.

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By: Mihangel apYrs

Mihangel apYrs — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:35:12 +0000

@Morgan
who rattled your cage? The speed with which we turn on our own is breathtaking!! Sitting in judgement is all fine and dandy, right up to the moment our true enemies kick the door down. One thing quite clear about EIre is that the RC church retains a powerbase that could turn the tide, especially in a financial downturn.

Victim stated an opinion; a totally wrong opinion, and one that would have been better to ignore. Instead people turned on him with a venom that would have been better spent against the instigators of hatred against gays reported on tis site.

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By: Will

Will — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:39:20 +0000

Why, you're right Simon! That happened to a friend of mine once before… come to think of it, gay bars in Ireland must be full of homophobia!

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By: Morgan

Morgan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:58:58 +0000

Er, Mihangel apYrs, cut victim some slack? Why? Did his meds run out? The man needs a bitch slap, and a hard one at that, what a f*cking whine bag. Regardless of his nationality, to paint an entire nation as homophobes is bigoted and quite frankly stupid, regardless of your patronising bullet point wikipedia definitions.

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By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:25:02 +0000

Ireland is homophobic. I tell you! I've just come back from a visit home to Limerick. I was in a gay bar having some bevvies. I saw this really hot guy and went to chat him up. he told me he had a boyfriend. How dare he? I thought I was going to score? Poor, poor me.

Victim – are you on medication? Are you seeing a counsellor?

Irish Fags in the St Patrick's Day Parade in New York – hurrah – bring it on!!!

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By: Mihangel apYrs

Mihangel apYrs — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:57:12 +0000

1. you can't be racist about your own nationality

2. commenting on personal experience is acceptable; Victim feels he was fucked over: he extrapolates this to the whole nation, which is simplistic, but some contributors go ballistic. He responds by going thermo-nuclear.

POINT
his opinion is lacking, but it is his take. We ought to note the origin and scenario and react accordingly: I haven't been to Eire for 30 years but have heard good things about it. but personal experience must be appreciated.

Cut Victim some slack, empathise with the pain, and compare to existing reality.

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By: Anders

Anders — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:31:04 +0000

I've been in Ireland an awful lot over the past year due to multiple bereavement. I took the opportunity to catch up on what I'd missed since leaving those shores 24 years ago. And I have to say that I was amazed, astounded, pleased, at what I consider to be progress.
My partner and I were made very welcome in any place we went, and we were comfortably accepted and treated just the same as anybody else no matter whether it was in a city, a town, village or deep in the sticks. And what more than that can we ask for?
So while I might look at the political scene there and wonder what kind of "politicians" they have been voting for and how they can tolerate so much corruption and clerical abuse, I cannot criticise them for their general enhanced openness to diversity.

And anyway, wasn't this originally about Irish folk being banned from St Patricks Day celebrations in New York solely because of their sexuality?

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By: Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:25:29 +0000

Victim, you keep mentioning in you are "sick and weak". Does this somehow make up for your vicious attacks on Ireland and the Irish? Am I supposed to feel sorry for you because you keep attacking gay people like this? This site is open to all, expect those who advocate prejudice like what you are doing. "Sick and weak" is no excuse for your behaviour.

Please stop, and move on.

(Oh, and I'm not Irish, I just have issues with your verbal attacks on a whole nation, and expecting our pity)

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By: Ciaran McMahon

Ciaran McMahon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:20:38 +0000

I couldn't give a damn what you and your muppet friends think, if they hang around with a little racist piece of crap like you, then their opinions won't amount to much.

Now, how's about getting lost, there's a good little freak. Will's right, you're a repetitive bore.

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By: Will

Will — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:10:21 +0000

Still going on and on and on and on, can’t shut the f*ck up, can you?

What part of "I don’t care" did you, and your dim witted mind, miss? Bring a racist is one thing, but being a dull repetitive bigot is beyond redemption.

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By: Victim

Victim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:07:36 +0000

I just got two of my mentally ill friends down here to see this.They happen to be straight.They werent anti-Irish before but are starting to re-assess there attitudes after seeing this. Youll be glad to know that I assured them there are many decent and moderate people in Ireland.But they have yet too see any evidence of this on here. They too are glad Ireland is no loger homophobic. But they certainly arent impressed by the attitudes towards the sick and weak. Maybe they need to experience Ireland to truly appreciate what it is like.Ill sit here and finish my can of Kilkenny and contemplate my alleged "ku klux klan " membership.Its news to my mates as one is catholic and the other south asian. Ireland you do yourself proud.It hurts when it comes from one of your own.You certainly are not my brothers and have seriously offended no non homophobic friends. But I think they understand now how us queers are just as prone to prejudice. I auctally met a loyalist at a gay book reading book who thought all Irish were "scum of the earth". I quickly informed him of Irelands progression and the dignity of all races.I think you would have alot in common with him with your extremism except he's is on the oopsie pole to you.

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By: Victim

Victim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:51:28 +0000

So now you are using Auspergers syndrome as a negative insult. I think what you meant to say was Tourettes.You cannot even hide your thinly veiled bigotry. What an enlightened and progressive individual you are.Attacking the weak in society. It is akin to calling a black person spook or nigger. You now show your true colours of your new found "liberalism".

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By: Victim

Victim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:43:22 +0000

You called me a freak. Isnt the akin to calling an Irish person a teadgh. What a sad pathetic individual you are. I have a good life where I am because it is not populated by sad and appalling scum like you with no respect for difference. What a sad little mind you have.

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By: Victim

Victim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:38:14 +0000

You are a sad clannish people who have county specific bars in New York.So is that reality or mental illness? I pity the English who have to put up with your garbage.

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By: Will

Will — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:37:54 +0000

Oh, god, shut the f*ck up about your sad little life. Please. I've heard enough of your prattling. Yes, we pity you. And now that you've proved Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies, I've heard enough of your nonsense! Enough already.

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By: Victim

Victim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:33:32 +0000

Auctally thats just the name I used to be aggressively called in Dublin before being assaulted and that was just for having a mood disturbance.You are a vicious bigot with no real ability to think.You will not get the last word because you a disgusting bigot who probably abuses the mentally Ill in Dublin. Both Ciaran and Will are a disgrace to the ideals of the rainbow flag. I guess your role model would be Ernst Rohm if you were German.

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By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:29:12 +0000

Er, victim, run along now. Its clear everyone is sick of your Irish-bashing. You're OBVIOUSLY mentally ill, no need to keep telling us.

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By: Will

Will — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:27:55 +0000

What a freak victim is.

A victim of his own sad anger.

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