tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post2691223478567994283..comments2024-03-04T03:11:29.223-08:00Comments on ciarantierney: Are all Tribes welcome here?Ciaranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13020007990416558279noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-37668815945612876212016-04-17T09:02:14.510-07:002016-04-17T09:02:14.510-07:00Thanks for taking the trouble to come onto my blog...Thanks for taking the trouble to come onto my blog to insult me as a journalist.<br /><br />Amazing how it's always the Zionists who resort to personalised insults. It's as though, deep down, you realise that you are defending the indefensible when it comes to Palestine. As though, in your heart of hearts, you recognise that a monstrous injustice has been inflicted on the Palestinian people, through land-grabbing, colonisation, and occupation.<br /><br />As for Joe Loughnane, I have seen the video from two years ago and I agree that his treatment of the pro-Israeli speaker at NUIG was appalling. I don't have any "cozy relationship" with him and it's not my job to defend his actions.<br /><br />His "thuggish" behaviour two years ago, as you put it, should not take away from a very successful launch last Thursday. If I thought he was, or any of the organisers were, anti-Semitic I would not have attended the launch.Ciaran Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358133866582736480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-91781476778813790992016-04-16T10:38:40.300-07:002016-04-16T10:38:40.300-07:00I think it's quite clear that you've got a...I think it's quite clear that you've got a cozy relationship with Joe Loughnane. This was a puff piece designed to massage his over-inflated ego. Probably why you could never cut it as a real journalist. It's laughable that a guy who openly spews bile against Israelis is pretending to run an anti-racism network. There is nothing more to be said. Loughnane's cowardly, thuggish reputation will follow him for the rest of his life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771310318253610661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-9980768700229454982016-04-15T10:10:27.990-07:002016-04-15T10:10:27.990-07:00"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be..."From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is a common refrain from Loughnane. Once again, where does that leave room for the Israeli state? Where will the generations of Jews born on that land live? He doesn't support the two state solution and is therefore a hardliner.<br /><br />Regarding "abuse by Zionists" received by Loughnane, I haven't seen any evidence of this. Something tells me that Loughnane would construe a civil disagreement in opinion as "abuse". He doesn't know how to listen or debate as documented in the NUIG video. If he has evidence of said abuse, I will gladly change my views.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771310318253610661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-89382374502446908012016-04-15T08:24:13.537-07:002016-04-15T08:24:13.537-07:00The issue of Joe Loughnane's alleged "ant...The issue of Joe Loughnane's alleged "anti-Semitism" was raised on the national radio station, RTE Radio One, two weeks ago. Joe confirmed that he had abused a guest speaker in the run-up to the NUI Galway referendum and admitted that he made a mistake. He also alleged that he had been racially abused by Zionists in the lead-up to the vote. As far as I'm aware, Joe has consistently campaigned against the (illegal) occupation of Palestine by Israel. He is anti-Zionist, anti-occupation (which is an emotive issue for Irish people, given our own history), but certainly not anti-Semitic.Ciaran Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358133866582736480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-50358800314753341782016-04-15T01:50:12.395-07:002016-04-15T01:50:12.395-07:00Checked your YT channel. You're a bit 'sin...Checked your YT channel. You're a bit 'single issue'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632204782858876219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-41003964537833675442016-04-14T09:57:27.908-07:002016-04-14T09:57:27.908-07:00Nobody will mention the elephant in the room - tha...Nobody will mention the elephant in the room - that Joe Loughnane is an anti-Semitic bigot who brought shame upon NUIG when he roared abuse at a guest speaker and denied him the right to speak. I still haven't heard an apology from Loughnane, 2 years later. "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free". Where does that leave room for Israel? Or maybe you don't think Israel should exist?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771310318253610661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705221283279406802.post-3817750147174987052016-04-13T13:19:19.110-07:002016-04-13T13:19:19.110-07:00Well done to you all. Galway seems to be the vangu...Well done to you all. Galway seems to be the vanguard of a new anti racism grass roots movement, much like Harmony in Dublin was in the 90s.An Sapphire Gaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824731090542418273noreply@blogger.com