Changing Ireland introduces a new contributor: The Secret Community Development Worker will in time become known as the Banksy of Community Development, the Roy Keane of Social Inclusion. They abhor stereotypes and protect their identity like a Cavanonian protects their communion money.
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Ireland belongs to the Irish – really now!
Hello! I was intrigued by the number of newer parties and candidates in the recent local elections and their interesting posters and messaging as regards equality and diversity. No doubt there will be more of the same in the General Election. Here are my top tips for aspiring candidates:
Ireland belongs to the Irish – To be strictly accurate Ireland belongs to the rich people. i.e. One third of Ireland belongs to 10% of people and of course there are also the Vulture Funds who own half of Dublin. But their slogan was catchy and this campaigning will clearly help to preserve Ireland for the real Irish – the real Irish being descended from Milesians.
It presumably also involves expelling those of English, Norman, Viking and Celtic descent and abolishing St Patrick’s Day as he was an immigrant. It sounds logistically complex, but the best of luck!
Ireland for the Irish
Ireland for the Irish (definite theme emerging here) – There was a poster in my town with a candidate for “Ireland for the Irish” who didn’t look old enough to drive a tractor (which in rural Ireland is about eight) and I thought, what would he know about being forced to leave home, lose everything and having to flee to a foreign country or even about the birds and the bees? (environmental issues like) then I realised I was being ageist, and prejudice is bad right?
However, on mature reflection the more I saw the poster, the more I warmed to the theme and I am currently developing a position paper on ‘Empowering communities through Strengthening localism’ (it’s important to make prejudice sound positive). This will involve promoting independent monocultural entities at county level, Cavan for Cavan people, Cork for Cork people, etc.
There will be a County Citizen test, ideas for the Kerry one are – knowledge of football, ability to not give a straight answer, regular use of “Yerra” in replies.
• Asylum-seekers’ tents on the streets of Dublin earlier this year. Photo: Changing Ireland.
Stop NGOs running the Government!
Stop NGOs running the Government – This is long overdue as anyone who has been working in NGOs campaigning on issues such as poverty, racism, gender inequality, rights and services for people with disability, etc, knows that governments are as malleable as putty in NGOs’ Machiavellian hands, which is why these issues are all solved.
I once was part of a funding application for an anti-poverty event and asked for funding for a pink pony and guess what …the pink came off on my trousers, so the joke was on me.
Migrants taking our jobs
Migrants taking our jobs – Without migrants, the services we have which are already crumbling would collapse so this seems reasonable, that is what they mean right?
No Woke Education
No Woke Education – Now this is one to get behind. I left school knowing little about sex, sexual relations or different sexual preferences. I was naive as to how to go about losing my virginity and a trip to the Virgin Megastore turned out to be an embarrassing disappointment.
Protect our Women and Children from Migrant Men
Protect our Women and Children from Migrant Men – 99% of detected sexual offenses are perpetrated by males and in 83% of cases perpetrators are known to the victim, which suggests that Irish men already have ownership of this issue. However, I am sure these people have been regular campaigners for ending violence against women down through the years and will be at the forefront to develop more progressive male gender roles.
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