Glad to see he’s ok. Can’t imagine what it’s like to be at the centre of that level of “everyone having an opinion”. We seem to sometimes forget that we’re entitled to have an opinion and allowed to discuss that with people.
I didn’t agree with everything he said and how he said it – however, there are people out there with far worse agendas that effort should be used on. I’m sure some will only see burned bridges in the wake of it all, but hopefully he can get back on with things.
Distancing himself from the far right, fair play.
I honestly hope his headspace is OK after all that
Glad he’s back, he is a decent person and an great comedian.
Return of the king
Hope the lad’s feeling alright, he’s a good person
It was wishy washy, he stands by his statement that things “feel less safe”. The whole video comes across as “I’m sorry you’re upset about what I said”.
Mick Foley retirement.
Evidently a smart guy, he seems to just be saying most of this off-the-cuff as well, doesn’t look like he’s even looking at many notes.
The speculation train went way too far on this one. People should be ashamed of themselves, but I know the types like McGregor and his goons won’t be apologetic for claiming Garron was with them all along when he isn’t. Nor will the crazy lefties who listen too much to the far right, then demonise each other and others after jumping to a conclusion, apologies.
You’re not a leftist if you spend your time looking at what the far right do and then demonise people they claim as allies with zero evidence outside of ” the far right said this”. You act as if character assassination isn’t a far right tactic for killing dissent. Now, this might anger some lefties who will then call me “a lib” or some shit. Good, stay mad. You do nothing to help actual leftist ideals, you only gatekeep and sow devision.
As for the far right. Get fucked the lot of you. You aren’t reasonable people. You don’t have reasonable ideals. You’re too deep in the American far right culture war shit, which will never apply to Ireland no matter how much you want it to. You don’t get to claim people like Garron just to grant yourselves some clout.
Glad to see him back, he’s delicious!
Seriously who is this guy and why is he suddenly everywhere?
A lesson learned in the responsibility of having a large platform.
A lesson learned for others how to not be a gigantic fucking cunt when you have a moment of humbling (whether you’re right or wrong). I’m sure there’s plenty of people out there who would have just doubled down.
He’s always seemed like a lovely guy, this just further proves that.
Honestly people need to get a life. Imagine getting annoyed at this fella for not perfectly aligning with your views.
I don’t think this video will have the effect he hopes it will.
I’m still confused honestly, he said that he didn’t assert that immigrants were causing crime and then says crime is on the rise. Like, what’s his point? If crime is on the rise and you don’t think the fault is immigration then why was he mentioning them in the same breath last time?
I don’t think he’s a bad guy but this is super vague again.
Was kinda hoping he would call Katie Hopkins a horse-faced nazi cuntrag, but what can you do.
I think when Kaite Hopkins and Andrew Tate come to your defense and champion you, you need to really take a step back and look at how you are phrasing stuff. Because unless those kind of people didn’t see something they fully agree with they wouldn’t be “backing him up”.
Now their actions are not his responsibility, but something resonated with those types.
Gonna say here what I said elsewhere:
I think it’s weird how much people infantilised him, to be honest. I know I’ll get loads of downvotes but this is a grown man who (accidentally) spread a dangerous rhetoric and as soon as he realised the far right got hold of it, he legged it.
He wasn’t cancelled.
He wasn’t bullied off any apps.
He got something wrong. It happens. But people practically went into mourning and it was odd. All he needed to do was distance himself from harmful groups online and clarify what he meant/apologise for what he got wrong.
Glad he’s back, he’s delicious
He said what he said and has tried to clarify it and largely done a decent job. I am a big fan of his so I’m biased hut he’s entitled to an opinion as is everyone as long as that opinion is promoting or glorifying hate. The far left lost the plot on this and really went overboard whilst the far right thought it was Xmas day and tried to claim him. Both are fuckin idiots.
Welcome back, careful with the sensitive stuff and best of luck Garron.
Fair play, I still have my criticism of his initial comments.
Solid comeback. In my humble opinion, his most pertinent point is about creating a vacuum which can be filled by gobshites, who hijack the space and fill it with bullshit. A trick as old as time.
Garron is sound. He’s a stellar representation of the everyman.
I feel bad for him. He gave a sensible take on a hard topic and got absolutely lambasted and coopted over it.
As a small island, we absolutely need to be able to discuss topics like immigration with sensitivity and nuance. We need to be able to do that without being polarised or backed into a corner and unable to change our views.
Immigration is an issue. There is a limit to it at any given time, depending on what we want to prioritise as a nation. That doesn’t need to be turned into a racist issue at all.
On a strictly economic view, we need to be able to advocate for workers who are currently here. They should not be undermined by union busters who want to import new scabs who will gladly replace them anytime they organise.
Culturally, Ireland is wonderfully progressive and we should also be selective about bringing voters into the country who may hold regressive views on issues like the equality of women and basic respect toward people who love each other but don’t fit into “traditional” norms.
We fought very hard for the rights of workers and people on the fringes. We have also remained very kind and open to people from diverse backgrounds. Let’s keep that up, and let’s also not fall into American politics of extremism and censorship.
I think Garron showed us how to handle these hard conversations, whether or not me or you agree with any detail. We should be able to work through this sort of thing without becoming extreme, unless we’re dealing with extremists…bash the fash, but not regular people.
He’s so back
You mean the far-left didn’t abduct him and force-change his pronouns!!
Summary: 9 minutes of “sorry, not sorry”. Just stick to reviewing chicken fillet rolls pal.
I’m so fucking glad he just distanced himself real quick. In the words of Tommy Lee Jones. A person is smart. People are dumb panicky animals, and you know it.
Garron, if you’re out there and somehow reading this, I hope you keep at it. Like you just said, too much of a “vacuum” is out there because people *don’t* talk about uncomfortable things.
I work in B2B food waste removal, and let me tell ya any asylum shelter I service and personally audited has enough food waste to feed an army. Not to mention, over half the cars in the car park are newer and nicer than the ones I see in my estate.
You’re a fucking ledgendary ledgend and don’t ever shy away from putting people like McGregor in their place.
I’d be happy for Garron Noone to represent me, and would happily vote for you in anything. You’ve a massive heart a great demeanor and a class act.
Fuck the haters, fuck the deniers, fuck the far right, and fuck the fucking fuckers!
NOONE 4 life.
I’m relieved he’s ok. Couldn’t believe the dogpiling, from both sides. And yeah, how horrifying for a decent lad like Garron to be championed by the far right. He’s got some balls on him to stand up and stand his ground here. I hope he moves on now. I’m very proud of Garron, he’s a great representative of Ireland to ourselves and abroad via the Internetz.
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If you’re going to speak on something that serious you have a responsibility to be informed. Especially if you have a relatively large platform.
Can never justify doxing anyone and I personally find anything said to him on a personal level as irrelevant and not particularly nice. But he spoke on a highly contentious issue and conflated issues that have absolutely no relation to each other. It’s only right he’s called out and challenged on that
I don’t think anyone unintentionally misinterpreted him though. The usual fucking nut jobs who probably didn’t even watch the original video just started jumping up and down because he spoke what they see as forbidden words. You can’t reason with those people because they know they’ll be shown to be utterly devoid of any reason in a reasonable conversation. So they just abuse you and call you names. This isn’t anything new.
Very glad he’s doing OK (and also very glad he posted this because I honestly we were one day away from people do candlelight vigils for him 🙈).
That’s an incredibly classy way of dealing with all of this n his end, from dipping low to let it blow over a bit, to a very open and precise response to not only clear himself but to take accountability for where he went wrong.
No playing the victim, no whingeing and moaning, no dipping into the far right grift circle and the seemingly automatic hardcore loyal audience that brings with it… Just putting it all out there like a man, encouraging disagreement with him, and making clear that most of it just came across wrong for which he is willing to take the blame. The world right now (the social media world especially) could use a lot more folks like that.
Storm in a teacup stuff. People are far too easily offended and led by troll farm baiting. Glad he’s back online and back to his usual shtick.
Wait a sec… if he’s saying that the (perceived) rise in crime rates have nothing to do with immigration, why did he a make a video about it and mention both issues? Why even conflate the two things if there is no connection?
I think he’s a good lad, and I don’t know if maybe he’s struggling to get his point across, but this still doesn’t sit right with me.
I don’t know much about this guys work. I gather he’s sort of this generations ‘I didn’t do it boy’. I hope he’s ok after being defenestrated through the Overton window a few days ago. All that aside, it still feels like he’s talking about crime and immigration in the same breath, so here’s what I’ll say about that…people aren’t crossing the road to avoid immigrants to stay safe in towns and cities in this country. It’s the grey trackie wearing, scooter wheelying, bike thieving, emotionally explosive, utterly fearless natives with a screwdriver in their pocket. Sort that social dilemma out and you’re most of the way there on safer neighbourhoods.
This is the most weaksauce I’m sorry if you misinterpreted my video and were offended non-apology. If the two points in your video were there are a lot more immigrants and there’s an increase in crime you can’t say the audience were being obtuse by thinking he was trying to link the two things and we should have been paying more attention. Come on now.
That was an impressive well put together video. Fair play to the lad. He acknowledged mistakes, stood by the message he wanted to make, distanced himself from the far right, thanked those who respectably disagreed. An absolute class act all the way. Noone for president?
Nice guy Irish comedian when talking about immigrants: ⚡️🙋🏻♂️💂🏻⚡️
Maybe stick to reviewing Sunday roasts next time bud.
I hope he’s ok. This lad is an absolute treasure.
Thank god for that. I was finding it hard to keep up because the farm takes up most of the day and at night I just like a cup of tea.
About time someone is saying what we all think … Fuck the French!! /s
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Glad to see he’s ok. Can’t imagine what it’s like to be at the centre of that level of “everyone having an opinion”. We seem to sometimes forget that we’re entitled to have an opinion and allowed to discuss that with people.
I didn’t agree with everything he said and how he said it – however, there are people out there with far worse agendas that effort should be used on. I’m sure some will only see burned bridges in the wake of it all, but hopefully he can get back on with things.
Distancing himself from the far right, fair play.
I honestly hope his headspace is OK after all that
Glad he’s back, he is a decent person and an great comedian.
Return of the king
Hope the lad’s feeling alright, he’s a good person
It was wishy washy, he stands by his statement that things “feel less safe”. The whole video comes across as “I’m sorry you’re upset about what I said”.
Mick Foley retirement.
Evidently a smart guy, he seems to just be saying most of this off-the-cuff as well, doesn’t look like he’s even looking at many notes.
The speculation train went way too far on this one. People should be ashamed of themselves, but I know the types like McGregor and his goons won’t be apologetic for claiming Garron was with them all along when he isn’t. Nor will the crazy lefties who listen too much to the far right, then demonise each other and others after jumping to a conclusion, apologies.
You’re not a leftist if you spend your time looking at what the far right do and then demonise people they claim as allies with zero evidence outside of ” the far right said this”. You act as if character assassination isn’t a far right tactic for killing dissent. Now, this might anger some lefties who will then call me “a lib” or some shit. Good, stay mad. You do nothing to help actual leftist ideals, you only gatekeep and sow devision.
As for the far right. Get fucked the lot of you. You aren’t reasonable people. You don’t have reasonable ideals. You’re too deep in the American far right culture war shit, which will never apply to Ireland no matter how much you want it to. You don’t get to claim people like Garron just to grant yourselves some clout.
Glad to see him back, he’s delicious!
Seriously who is this guy and why is he suddenly everywhere?
A lesson learned in the responsibility of having a large platform.
A lesson learned for others how to not be a gigantic fucking cunt when you have a moment of humbling (whether you’re right or wrong). I’m sure there’s plenty of people out there who would have just doubled down.
He’s always seemed like a lovely guy, this just further proves that.
Honestly people need to get a life. Imagine getting annoyed at this fella for not perfectly aligning with your views.
I don’t think this video will have the effect he hopes it will.
I’m still confused honestly, he said that he didn’t assert that immigrants were causing crime and then says crime is on the rise. Like, what’s his point? If crime is on the rise and you don’t think the fault is immigration then why was he mentioning them in the same breath last time?
I don’t think he’s a bad guy but this is super vague again.
Was kinda hoping he would call Katie Hopkins a horse-faced nazi cuntrag, but what can you do.
I think when Kaite Hopkins and Andrew Tate come to your defense and champion you, you need to really take a step back and look at how you are phrasing stuff. Because unless those kind of people didn’t see something they fully agree with they wouldn’t be “backing him up”.
Now their actions are not his responsibility, but something resonated with those types.
Gonna say here what I said elsewhere:
I think it’s weird how much people infantilised him, to be honest. I know I’ll get loads of downvotes but this is a grown man who (accidentally) spread a dangerous rhetoric and as soon as he realised the far right got hold of it, he legged it.
He wasn’t cancelled.
He wasn’t bullied off any apps.
He got something wrong. It happens. But people practically went into mourning and it was odd. All he needed to do was distance himself from harmful groups online and clarify what he meant/apologise for what he got wrong.
Glad he’s back, he’s delicious
He said what he said and has tried to clarify it and largely done a decent job. I am a big fan of his so I’m biased hut he’s entitled to an opinion as is everyone as long as that opinion is promoting or glorifying hate. The far left lost the plot on this and really went overboard whilst the far right thought it was Xmas day and tried to claim him. Both are fuckin idiots.
Welcome back, careful with the sensitive stuff and best of luck Garron.
Fair play, I still have my criticism of his initial comments.
Solid comeback. In my humble opinion, his most pertinent point is about creating a vacuum which can be filled by gobshites, who hijack the space and fill it with bullshit. A trick as old as time.
Garron is sound. He’s a stellar representation of the everyman.
I feel bad for him. He gave a sensible take on a hard topic and got absolutely lambasted and coopted over it.
As a small island, we absolutely need to be able to discuss topics like immigration with sensitivity and nuance. We need to be able to do that without being polarised or backed into a corner and unable to change our views.
Immigration is an issue. There is a limit to it at any given time, depending on what we want to prioritise as a nation. That doesn’t need to be turned into a racist issue at all.
On a strictly economic view, we need to be able to advocate for workers who are currently here. They should not be undermined by union busters who want to import new scabs who will gladly replace them anytime they organise.
Culturally, Ireland is wonderfully progressive and we should also be selective about bringing voters into the country who may hold regressive views on issues like the equality of women and basic respect toward people who love each other but don’t fit into “traditional” norms.
We fought very hard for the rights of workers and people on the fringes. We have also remained very kind and open to people from diverse backgrounds. Let’s keep that up, and let’s also not fall into American politics of extremism and censorship.
I think Garron showed us how to handle these hard conversations, whether or not me or you agree with any detail. We should be able to work through this sort of thing without becoming extreme, unless we’re dealing with extremists…bash the fash, but not regular people.
He’s so back
You mean the far-left didn’t abduct him and force-change his pronouns!!
Summary: 9 minutes of “sorry, not sorry”. Just stick to reviewing chicken fillet rolls pal.
I’m so fucking glad he just distanced himself real quick. In the words of Tommy Lee Jones. A person is smart. People are dumb panicky animals, and you know it.
Garron, if you’re out there and somehow reading this, I hope you keep at it. Like you just said, too much of a “vacuum” is out there because people *don’t* talk about uncomfortable things.
I work in B2B food waste removal, and let me tell ya any asylum shelter I service and personally audited has enough food waste to feed an army. Not to mention, over half the cars in the car park are newer and nicer than the ones I see in my estate.
You’re a fucking ledgendary ledgend and don’t ever shy away from putting people like McGregor in their place.
I’d be happy for Garron Noone to represent me, and would happily vote for you in anything. You’ve a massive heart a great demeanor and a class act.
Fuck the haters, fuck the deniers, fuck the far right, and fuck the fucking fuckers!
NOONE 4 life.
I’m relieved he’s ok. Couldn’t believe the dogpiling, from both sides. And yeah, how horrifying for a decent lad like Garron to be championed by the far right. He’s got some balls on him to stand up and stand his ground here. I hope he moves on now. I’m very proud of Garron, he’s a great representative of Ireland to ourselves and abroad via the Internetz.
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If you’re going to speak on something that serious you have a responsibility to be informed. Especially if you have a relatively large platform.
Can never justify doxing anyone and I personally find anything said to him on a personal level as irrelevant and not particularly nice. But he spoke on a highly contentious issue and conflated issues that have absolutely no relation to each other. It’s only right he’s called out and challenged on that
I don’t think anyone unintentionally misinterpreted him though. The usual fucking nut jobs who probably didn’t even watch the original video just started jumping up and down because he spoke what they see as forbidden words. You can’t reason with those people because they know they’ll be shown to be utterly devoid of any reason in a reasonable conversation. So they just abuse you and call you names. This isn’t anything new.
Very glad he’s doing OK (and also very glad he posted this because I honestly we were one day away from people do candlelight vigils for him 🙈).
That’s an incredibly classy way of dealing with all of this n his end, from dipping low to let it blow over a bit, to a very open and precise response to not only clear himself but to take accountability for where he went wrong.
No playing the victim, no whingeing and moaning, no dipping into the far right grift circle and the seemingly automatic hardcore loyal audience that brings with it… Just putting it all out there like a man, encouraging disagreement with him, and making clear that most of it just came across wrong for which he is willing to take the blame. The world right now (the social media world especially) could use a lot more folks like that.
Storm in a teacup stuff. People are far too easily offended and led by troll farm baiting. Glad he’s back online and back to his usual shtick.
Wait a sec… if he’s saying that the (perceived) rise in crime rates have nothing to do with immigration, why did he a make a video about it and mention both issues? Why even conflate the two things if there is no connection?
I think he’s a good lad, and I don’t know if maybe he’s struggling to get his point across, but this still doesn’t sit right with me.
I don’t know much about this guys work. I gather he’s sort of this generations ‘I didn’t do it boy’. I hope he’s ok after being defenestrated through the Overton window a few days ago. All that aside, it still feels like he’s talking about crime and immigration in the same breath, so here’s what I’ll say about that…people aren’t crossing the road to avoid immigrants to stay safe in towns and cities in this country. It’s the grey trackie wearing, scooter wheelying, bike thieving, emotionally explosive, utterly fearless natives with a screwdriver in their pocket. Sort that social dilemma out and you’re most of the way there on safer neighbourhoods.
This is the most weaksauce I’m sorry if you misinterpreted my video and were offended non-apology. If the two points in your video were there are a lot more immigrants and there’s an increase in crime you can’t say the audience were being obtuse by thinking he was trying to link the two things and we should have been paying more attention. Come on now.
That was an impressive well put together video. Fair play to the lad. He acknowledged mistakes, stood by the message he wanted to make, distanced himself from the far right, thanked those who respectably disagreed. An absolute class act all the way. Noone for president?
Nice guy Irish comedian when talking about immigrants: ⚡️🙋🏻♂️💂🏻⚡️
Maybe stick to reviewing Sunday roasts next time bud.
I hope he’s ok. This lad is an absolute treasure.
Thank god for that. I was finding it hard to keep up because the farm takes up most of the day and at night I just like a cup of tea.
About time someone is saying what we all think … Fuck the French!! /s
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