The Irish Abortion Referendum

I’d agree with that. Though I’ve been surprised by the number of people I know in favour - and even more so by the numbers vocally in favour. Especially as doing so will earn you the full attention of YD and the rest.

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we may or may not have yd in the office I'll be damned if i poke the bear if she doesnt

google noel pattern, noel patrun, nollaig o patrun for more of this malarkey

this is gonna be ugly stupid close

the tactics and behaviour and contempt for decency of the large no fringe is ... maddening, shocking, idk

LG's first post in this thread reveals a family connection

update your former ilxor .xls accordingly

It’s vmic for anti choice campaigning the world over. I’m not surprised by them. I was surprised by, for example, Farmers for Yes and “It upsets me to think of somebody’s daughter afraid, alone, unsafe, taking medication that they smuggled into the country. Afraid of breaking the law. Afraid to seek help. We can do better. We need to do better. We need to care for our women at home in Ireland.”

I’ve been desperately trying not to follow the coverage* too closely because it is important to me that it pass and I don’t want to get too involved. I’m still on the register and get a polling card delivered to my parents’ house, but of course I can’t use it.

Today was the first time I looked at the polling and yeah it’s close but it’s going to depend on turnout.

I am sure you’ve seen the thread by Paula on @ireland last week but for anyone who hasn’t, this is desperately sad and honest and is exactly why this amendment needs to go:

Ok I’m going to share a story with you regarding a crisis pregnancy I had many years ago, I have previously shared this story on my own account but think it might be good to revisit it. I was 15 when I became pregnant, 15 when I gave birth too. My eldest is now 27 #togetherforyes

— Ireland / REFCOM (@ireland) May 18, 2018

*except In Her Shoes - Women of the Eighth. I can’t get over how brave those people are for telling their stories.

otm to the stories and otm to avoid most coverage

fb have an "abroad for yes" page where theyre matching donors to people who cant afford to get home to vote under their own resources

#hometovote is worth following

feeling hopeful

high turnout reported

which is good, very good indeed

good luck eire

was just coming here to post that exact phrase

ugh

good luck ugh

friend who can vote is stuck in canada and friends that can't are in dublin trying to get the vote out. the yes campaign has been very impressive and makes me hopeful

good luck the free state

acceptable

Good luck , Ireland.

correct

I want it to pass; anything besides that is a bonus. But it would be incredible if it passed with a decent margin just to fuck all the No side off even more. No doubt they’ll be claiming #hometovote were flouting electoral law or immigrants were voting or...

I hope and think it will pass and high turnout is good but I remember the Brexit referendum as well because a lot of the high turnout was people who never normally voted coming out.

I hope we don’t have that happening here!

Exit poll at 11.20, bizarrely on the Late Late, will be drinking heavily beforehand.

Hope all the American No grotesques learn something fro this.

On a lighter note, this nuns@polls thread is incredible.

So we're all no doubt used to seeing pictures of nuns at polling stations.

In many ways, it's the cute Irish parallel of perfidious Albion's #dogsatpollingstations

— Pidge (Vote Yes pls) (@Pidge) May 24, 2018

The Catholic Church still has its loyal supporters though...

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/orange-order-abortion-no

Oh well that changes everything! Saw Nick Griffin weighing in as well.

if ever there was an argument for abortion, it's nick griffin

good luck foeti

Re: Americans campaigning for No - https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/europe/ireland-abortion-referendum-american-campaigners-intl/index.html

it's not like Americans to interfere in other nations's politics

Anti-choice people are the worst. Keep that madness locked up in your own home.

Sorry about the douchey Americans. I really don't understand how were allowed to continue to do that.

I was reading this piece by Sarah Jones in The New Replublic yesterday. Not so much Americans (as in the US government backing the military to overthrow someone already elected in a foreign country) as the US-based Christian Right (a weird coalition) that have spent their own time to knock on doors elsewhere:

https://newrepublic.com/article/148518/american-christians-swaying-irelands-abortion-referendum

xp ye werent! its explicitly against visa rules, but the organs of the state have turned a blind eye to all of the despicable behaviours throughout.

i gave fifty pounds, fuckin queens pounds mind you, so that two ppl could fly home from the uk solely to calm my blood after reading that article

also got into an irl argument in the street against a yank with a microphone. twas the mic really sent me over the edge.

anyway....fuckin nerves

on a plane to sf for the actual result

that nun thread is extraordinary

Yeah, I was asking about the visas and them doing volunteer work that has monetary value. It's not like they are just standing on the street willing to engage in conversation.

hey if they can send lads from Utah to knock on my front door in Hull so i can politely tell them i'm not buying it then they can go anywhere

gyac, how dare you americanize this thread.

Those Utah boys likely had the correct visas. I was in line behind a bunch of them a couple of months ago for visas.

https://img.discogs.com/3u1jEqJRvbpWXpH_tCTE-5rpssE=/fit-in/600x457/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-87049-1276436264.jpeg.jpg

i often wonder if being sent to Hull is the Mormon equivalent of the Russian front

or to connacht?

Housemartin wasn't startin'

They were telling me that they don't have internet so had no clue what was going on in the world, they were given the most basic phones and they were only allowed to watch Disney and Star Wars dvds. I was like "cool". But I thought it was nice that they were learning Haitian Creole in additionl to Spanish because we have so many haitian refugees.

Not so much Americans (as in the US government backing the military to overthrow someone already elected in a foreign country) as the US-based Christian Right (a weird coalition)

― xyzzzz__

the phrase "christian right" always brings to mind what voltaire said about the holy roman empire

Not so much Americans (as in the US government backing the military to overthrow someone already elected in a foreign country) as the US-based Christian Right (a weird coalition) that have spent their own time to knock on doors elsewhere:

Lol that’s quite the hair you’re splitting...

Darragh - <3

Exit poll at 11.20, bizarrely on the Late Late, will be drinking heavily beforehand.

I liked Damien Owens's tweet about this: it's like someone stuck your exam results up a cow's arse.

also

that nun thread is extraordinary

Isn’t it though? I’ve already seen “brisk turnout”, so we’re only waiting on “teatime rush” for full polling day bingo.

Btw there are so many variations of this classic today and I’m dying.

Just took my 93-year old mum to vote; she's registered blind. She asked "which box do I tick to get John Waters to fuck off to Torremolinos?" A cheer went up from waiting voters.#together4yes

— Elvis M👾l👾ney (@oceanclub) May 25, 2018

xp as someone who was dragged out of bed at dawn to get my results, i loved it

we're all friends here itt so if any of you ever let slip that i went into a cubicle to blow my nose after one too many abroadforyes or hometovotes it will be a severe let down

ill be composed again in a minute

id rather go up a cows arse for something than put up with the awful jfk/ff whippet developer irish tubbers

I’m there to offer a conciliatory “ah lads”.

Can we take a moment to laugh at Leo please?

"I always get a little buzz from voting, it just feels like it is democracy in action," Mr Varadkar said after emerging from the polling station at Castleknock.

alright for him he presumably has access to pills

apologies to darragh for the amplified yanks. and best of luck with the vote, lads