In a recent speech, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed his commitment to "modernize laws addressing hatred" following the arrest of several dozen individuals involved in the Dublin riots, which ensued after an Algerian-born man stabbed five people, including three children, outside the Gaelscoil Colaiste Mhuire primary school in Dublin.
Every time I post something, or write an article, I wonder when I will be approached for "questioning" by the FBI or other government agency. I look at some of the books on my shelf and wonder, when will these become illegal. I wonder when saying "Good Morning" will be classified as hate speech if I say it to someone who's not having a good morning. We can no longer speak freely, unless our speech lines up with that of the ruling class. And the rules concerning speech change everyday.
I read the book "Lost Rights" by James Bovard referencing the multitude of rights Americans had lost by the mid-90s. He references a tariff on glass from Japan that was then used in laptops and computers. This disruption led to Apple and others going off shore, Ireland being one locale. Reading that passage, I wondered was this the start of Ireland having its history re-written by tech fools from the US who knew nothing of Ireland's history? It is as if Ireland has put on metaverse goggles and is seeing a history of a dominant colonizer instead of the colonizee. I am very embarrassed for this sick export from the US. Of course, the philosophy was exported from Germany and France. The US just refined it.
Every time I post something, or write an article, I wonder when I will be approached for "questioning" by the FBI or other government agency. I look at some of the books on my shelf and wonder, when will these become illegal. I wonder when saying "Good Morning" will be classified as hate speech if I say it to someone who's not having a good morning. We can no longer speak freely, unless our speech lines up with that of the ruling class. And the rules concerning speech change everyday.
I read the book "Lost Rights" by James Bovard referencing the multitude of rights Americans had lost by the mid-90s. He references a tariff on glass from Japan that was then used in laptops and computers. This disruption led to Apple and others going off shore, Ireland being one locale. Reading that passage, I wondered was this the start of Ireland having its history re-written by tech fools from the US who knew nothing of Ireland's history? It is as if Ireland has put on metaverse goggles and is seeing a history of a dominant colonizer instead of the colonizee. I am very embarrassed for this sick export from the US. Of course, the philosophy was exported from Germany and France. The US just refined it.