AIBU to be shocked by the Irish referendum?

[Yetmorebeanstocount]

I'm not from the Irish Republic. I just read what the ballot was about. I am shocked at what their constitution contained:

Article 41.2.1° “In particular, the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved.”
Article 41.2.2° “The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home.”

I'm even more shocked that early results suggest the Irish have voted to KEEP this dire crap in their constitution.

Am I missing something?

No. The protests were against the government really. For not doing their job , eg background checks on the lone immigrant who stabbed three children and their teacher outside a school.

It morphed into a riot / looting situation. Rather as the protests against the shooting of Mark Duggan by police in London soon became a violent free for all. But I'm sure you already know all this.

I won't be called ignorant by anyone. I'm going to start reporting some of your most disgusting posts.

C'mon, there are more important things afoot here. Like why have I been paying for doctors all my life when I should have been using the NHS! I feel cheated.

What? Like what are you even talking about.

The protests were about immigrants.

Did you not see the videos online of people shouting "get immigrants out"

I mean sure some of us watch the BBC but we pay our TV service provider who pay the BBC for broadcast rights. Occasionally people with certain illnesses access the NHS but the HSE pays for that. And you sure as shit don't randomly give us money. Ireland is a republic, independent of the UK in the same way France is. Seriously, don't mouth off about shite you have no clue about.

Ah here, let them off, it's most entertaining!

Ok so...

The Normans 1171 (or 1172?) has already conquered us in 1066, then went for Wales and Scotland. Built the Pale.

That's not the English. And who was it that I voted the Normans in to sort out a King's dispute? Strongbow, wasn't his name?

Not related to any of us now, except maybe slightly to our Royal Family, who in fact were Scottish, as the English line ended with Edward the Confessor.

Maybe not conflate English with British. Maybe if you knew a bit of our own history

I can't quote the post as its been deleted.

But how do we access the NHS? I've never used the NHS in my life.

Republic of ireland have its own health care system

How do you know that Brexit is an unmitigated disaster? For whom? And if British are meant to "not interfere or comment on Irish politics" then not should the Irish of British politics.

When you say 'our own history ' do you mean the British? As in the UK and NI? Cos if you do, you're in the wrong place.

There must be a secret code or something 😂

@Redpencil99 what are you on about? I for one have never watched the BBC or used the NHS, we do have our own Health care system you know...🙄

Yes and the Irish middle class took their share of it too and lined their pockets

I presume that poster was talking about Northern Ireland

To that poster: the referendum this thread is talking about was held in the Republic of Ireland

This is turning into the bleedin twilight zone!

She was talking about northern Ireland i think

Thanks for gracing us with your presence and superior knowledge. I'm off to find my nearest NHS facility (might take a while, and a change of jurisdiction).

Exactly

@Redpencil99 you said that we can access the nhs.

We can't. No one in the Republic of Ireland can, we have our own health care system

Perhaps we should turn the tables and invite you to write it for us? Can't be any worse than the fuckwits and fudges we put up with now.

I could argue that probably most people that were middle class in ireland then, were British.

They took the land off the irish. Some upper class irish probably benefitted from the system too of course

Is that allowed where you vote? In the UK it isn't, if it's your vote, legally you should put it in. And I do know, both my parents did elections, one was a returning officer several times.

@Redpencil99 can you clarify your point where you said that irish people use the NHS.

As I've pointed out to you, ireland has its own healthcare system, which is the HSE. We don't use the NHS at all.

The HSE occasionally pays the NHS to refer patients with specific conditions, especially paediatric, to NHS hospitals.

Controversial.