Post #2359261

2026-04-13 11:05 UTC

@kevinteljeur@mastodon.online I've yet to see convincing evidence that the whole thing was initiated by the far right or the people who ended up as figureheads. It was certainly hijacked but farmers in particular have mobilised in their hundreds on numerous occasions without the guidance of the IFA et al. The central concern is a real thing, it's not made up. Much as certain gobshites have got in front of the microphone, none of the actual demands are far right demands.

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@davey_cakes@mastodon.ie 2026-04-13 11:08

@kevinteljeur@mastodon.online If everyone decides it was a huge victory for the far right, the far right will happily claim it was. They say everything that happens proves that people support them. But people didn't go out because they're a bunch of dupes and their networks didn't form out of nowhere or on the back of a Facebook ad, these are people who know each other. That's not to say it's a good protest and O Connell St in particular was an embarrassment to all concerned.

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@kevinteljeur@mastodon.online 2026-04-13 17:19

@davey_cakes@mastodon.ie He did address that in the piece, that there were actors who initiated some of this with histories of bad faith claims, but not the far right itself, and that the far right in general got involved after it took off. The core claims are not of the far right, but they certainly got involved and attached their grievances to it. I think the histories of the spokespeople is worth paying attention to.

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