RE: ACTUAL OIL NEWS6 Apr 2020 12:04
Manyana, they have had lots of opportunities to vote for candidates who are outright or dog-whistle racists and they have chosen not to.
Compared to many countries, they are few.
Notwithstanding their murderous sectarian past, this is at least in part attributable to the presence and campaigning of Sinn Fein who have provided a voice for the “left behind” constituency and prevented their absorption into the xenophobic/racist constituency as has been the case with Le Pen, Salvini, Trump etc.
So, if you are the xenophobe/racist that you present as on this board (and perhaps you’re not), it is probable that you are as common as in other countries but your views have been denied the “snowball” effect that others have capitalised on. The irony (?) is that they are probably the “public” school-educated, City type like Farage who would purport to represent the interests of the dispossessed and most likely would not s**t on them if it was to their real benefit.
So, while we Irish have shown in the US that we are as racist as the next, at least for now I am proud that we have repelled any such politicians - regardless of the underlying reasons.