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fuck's sake
yeah, fuck this guy
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fuck's sake
Well done for having the strength and courage to go out and do something in spite of your experiences. We need voices like yours but I’m completely mindful of those who cannot cope with the anxiety, the memories, and the horrendous Love Boats. My friends were interviewed by Sky News yesterday and I know the publicity is so tough on them but they are putting themselves through hell because they want change. I simultaneously feel sorry that they have to go through all this and I am also so, so proud to see them eloquently and coherently crushing the No side’s arguments. The Yes side has consistently had humanity and dignity throughout the campaign, it deserves to go through. I really hope that this is a turning point for Ireland.Gearing up for 4 days in a row of canvassing and leafleting this week, I might actually die of exhaustion but sure whats 4 days. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is starting to feel physically and emotionally exhausted this last month, after months (YEARS??) of campaigning at this stage. This morning when waiting for my shuttle to work at Heuston all of the Nos were out in their bus, I didn't even have the energy to be angry, I just burst into tears.
I was talking to a room of my female friends over the weekend, and we're all GETTING TO THAT AGE (pre and post 30 give or take, I'll actually be 30 in two weeks) where kids are on the horizon for those of us who want that. And it kind of just struck me that if this referendum doesn't pass, I don't ever want to have a child in this country. That's been weighing on my mind a lot over the last few days since. I wasn't the only one in that discussion who was putting some plans in place to leave Ireland if the referendum doesn't pass. I know that's not the most productive way to deal with these things, walking away from a bush fire instead of picking up a bucket of water, but it was the reality. Anyway, its something I hadn't really thought of before, and I wonder how many other women my age are feeling this way.
THAT SAID, I'm also trying to not eat the shit sandwich and have the most positive week of the campaign. I hope everyone else is looking after themselves. As a women who has had both an abortion and a miscarriage, and as a woman with a womb who is thinking a lot about what Ireland actually has to offer me right now, I know that this campaign has been a re-traumatizing experience and I hope everyone gets some much needed support when Friday passes, however it goes.
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I am surprised that Brexit hasn’t really come into the arguments. It’s one factor that is really troubling me should it fail to be repealed.It might not be them.
Remember we are in brexit times and this mechanism involving hospitals in another country has no guarantees if the border control gets messy.
Well done for having the strength and courage to go out and do something in spite of your experiences. We need voices like yours but I’m completely mindful of those who cannot cope with the anxiety, the memories, and the horrendous Love Boats. My friends were interviewed by Sky News yesterday and I know the publicity is so tough on them but they are putting themselves through hell because they want change. I simultaneously feel sorry that they have to go through all this and I am also so, so proud to see them eloquently and coherently crushing the No side’s arguments. The Yes side has consistently had humanity and dignity throughout the campaign, it deserves to go through. I really hope that this is a turning point for Ireland.
I am surprised that Brexit hasn’t really come into the arguments. It’s one factor that is really troubling me should it fail to be repealed.
Excuse my ignorance on this @ann post but I'm not clear on the "mechanism involving hospitals in another country"?It might not be them.
Remember we are in brexit times and this mechanism involving hospitals in another country has no guarantees if the border control gets messy.
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I'd imagine that in the event the referendum is defeated, and after Brexit, Irish women will need to go to a country within the EU?Excuse my ignorance on this @ann post but I'm not clear on the "mechanism involving hospitals in another country"?
Do you mean accessing terminations abroad being put in potential jeopardy if repeal fails?
Excuse my ignorance on this @ann post but I'm not clear on the "mechanism involving hospitals in another country"?
Do you mean accessing terminations abroad being put in potential jeopardy if repeal fails?
Fair enough, thanks for the clarification and it's a good point; I hadn't thought of that before.Yes i do. The NHS has been under pressure a lot for the last few years and if brexit causes a recession there is no guaranteeing any reaction from the brexits on people travelling to brexit to access any form of healthcare. I haven't seen anything so far that says that they might stop providing healthcare to people who travel, but I don't see it as a secure long term option considering the level of conflict on how borders might form in the coming years.
True enough; good pointI'd imagine that in the event the referendum is defeated, and after Brexit, Irish women will need to go to a country within the EU?
I'll be out leafleting now in 40 minutes around the city centre, come say hi to this human piece of spamDoes the moratorium on Thursday afternoon mean the human leaflet spamming in Dublin city centre will stop?
Does the moratorium on Thursday afternoon mean the human leaflet spamming in Dublin city centre will stop?
where abouts?I'll be out leafleting now in 40 minutes around the city centre, come say hi to this human piece of spam
I’m out as part of the Trinity Academics for Repeal so yesterday I went up Grafton St and across to Baggot St. Want to see if we can do north side instead today so we can hopefully reach lots of people we wouldn’t have gotten to yesterday.where abouts?
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