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To: Olog-hai

Ireland used to be one of the most conservative country in europe, now it’s become another left infested hell hole.

What happened?


4 posted on 03/27/2024 12:06:26 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: aquila48

The EU happened.


6 posted on 03/27/2024 12:08:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: aquila48

Conservatism was targeted by the EU, which is why European conservatism is just another socialist variant.


10 posted on 03/27/2024 12:35:39 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Do you know why I'm always right? It's because I know everything. )
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To: aquila48

“What happened?”

In my opinion, several factors are at play.
(1) Ireland is a very conformist country. In the 1950s, being a conformist in their culture meant being a respectable, law-abiding, church-going person. In the 2020s, being a conformist in their culture means being a woke, LGBT-friendly political leftist.
(2) Ireland has a national inferiority complex. They are ashamed to have been once seen as this kind of church-dominated backwater. As such, they’re always desperately trying to prove that they’re “with it.”
(3) Ireland has no tradition of intellectual conservatism. Bill Buckley may have been Irish, but Ireland has no Bill Buckleys of its own. The talking points of the international left are treated in Ireland as “received wisdom,” with no voices saying, “Hey, this is crap.”


11 posted on 03/27/2024 1:18:18 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: aquila48
What happened?

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No Islam - know peace.

16 posted on 03/27/2024 5:18:18 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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