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Aldo
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My dear grandmother used to laugh at the portrayal of old Ireland in the media. "You'd know these people never lived during those times", she would tell me.
The narrative from Rte, the Sunday Independent, idiots on p.ie and boards, politics isle, twatter etc goes something like this:
Pre about 1990 Ireland was a dark, desolate hellhole run by priests and bishops. The population at large were miserable, unhappy prisoners and incapable of excercising free will. Everything was awful and depressing. Nobody ever smiled or laughed. Every child bar none was sexually abused by a priest. It wasn't until the population at large embraced divorce, antidepressants, single mothers, drugs, stds, pornhub, mass immigration, smart phones, Panti Bliss and lgbtianity did we finally escape the rotten past and enter a world of technicolour and picnics and teddy bears.
Why do the trendy lefties never acknowledge a lot of good that the Church has done? Let us not forget that the Church largely carried the burden of educating young people for most of the state's existence. And given the general literacy that can be observed in those over 50 compared to the illerate smartphone generation - perhaps they didn't do such a bad job?
Then there's the admirable charity work that the Church engages in. Wonderful people like brother Kevin on Church Street or Sr Consilia in Cuan Mhuire; great people who selflessly devote their lives to the poor and destitute.
What about the priests who visit the sick and dying and give comfort to families?
What about the important role the Church plays in communities up and down the country?
Are the twitter trendies with their pride flags really much better?
The narrative from Rte, the Sunday Independent, idiots on p.ie and boards, politics isle, twatter etc goes something like this:
Pre about 1990 Ireland was a dark, desolate hellhole run by priests and bishops. The population at large were miserable, unhappy prisoners and incapable of excercising free will. Everything was awful and depressing. Nobody ever smiled or laughed. Every child bar none was sexually abused by a priest. It wasn't until the population at large embraced divorce, antidepressants, single mothers, drugs, stds, pornhub, mass immigration, smart phones, Panti Bliss and lgbtianity did we finally escape the rotten past and enter a world of technicolour and picnics and teddy bears.
Why do the trendy lefties never acknowledge a lot of good that the Church has done? Let us not forget that the Church largely carried the burden of educating young people for most of the state's existence. And given the general literacy that can be observed in those over 50 compared to the illerate smartphone generation - perhaps they didn't do such a bad job?
Then there's the admirable charity work that the Church engages in. Wonderful people like brother Kevin on Church Street or Sr Consilia in Cuan Mhuire; great people who selflessly devote their lives to the poor and destitute.
What about the priests who visit the sick and dying and give comfort to families?
What about the important role the Church plays in communities up and down the country?
Are the twitter trendies with their pride flags really much better?
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