It’s their right in a free society to protest peacefully.
That being said, if you’re looking for actual systematic change then what good is walking down a street in Ballymena going to do in isolation?
I’ve worked with groups that encourage community safety along all genders and backgrounds. Not seeing a big uptake in numbers though. Not seeing calls to ministers for better education around the issue, street light extensions, neighbourhood watch etc.
racists on parade
That hashtag is doing a lot of work here. #takingballymenaback?
Considering the mindset of most of these knuckledraggers is from the 1600s, how far back are they planning on taking Ballymena to?
How many of these tossers are domestic abusers? I’ll go with 50%.
They spelt reactionary wrong
They’ll protect them from the brown folk, but white lads can have a field day…
Even if we took this in good faith (which it isn’t, so we won’t), this sort of thing does not address the number one cause of violence against women here, which is domestic abuse. Patrolling the streets doesn’t fix what’s going on behind closed doors. Sit your sons, your brothers, your mates down, and have a proper earnest chat about these things, pull them on their attitude when you spot it, steer them away from bellends like Tate or McGregor or Peterson as role models, make sure they catch themselves on when you see red flags. Trawling the town for brown people is never going to solve anything.
There’s been 2 or 3 murders recently that’s not seemed to trigger any protests?
How many protests did these people have for the man who “allegedly” murdered his wife and kids last week?
Was it a Roma man who raped and murdered Chloe Mitchell? The monstrous cruelty of the crime doesn’t need embellishment. What must be said—without flinching—is that violence against women is a plague, and the worst outbreaks often come from close to home. The most prolific offenders are not outsiders, but men raised within the local culture—our own.
I’m reading Andrea Dworkin’s Right-Wing Women, and it’s impossible not to see echoes everywhere. She argues that right-wing ideology demands women submit to male authority in exchange for supposed protection—a grim pact that often leaves them more exposed to harm, not less. As Dworkin writes, “The right promises to protect women from male sexual aggression by denying them autonomy.” But this ‘protection’ is a sleight of hand—paternalism that keeps women in a state of dependency while enabling male dominance to flourish unchecked.
And when men within that paternalist structure commit atrocities, the reflex isn’t to confront the culture that bred them—but to point elsewhere. Women’s suffering is twisted into a diversionary tactic, a political talking point, rather than evidence of deep, domestic rot.
So yes—gender-based violence is wrong no matter who commits it. But let’s not be so quick to externalise blame when, as Dworkin saw clearly, the call is so often coming from inside the house.
these women are being used as pawns to scapegoat and pull focus from a broader issue, tragic.
They are at it in East Belfast also and roaming the streets in vigilante mobs. Being organised by that moron who is all over FB with long hair.
I live in Ballymena , since the turds ran riot recently I havent seen any Roma people whatsoever and all the houses remain boarded up. So this is just an excuse to cause shenigans
The women doth protest too much, methinks
Their protest is against Roma people moving into the area. The protecting women is their attempt at a justification. Racism in its simplest form.
> There seems to be more and more Roma moving into houses in this area
Barely concealed dogwhistle calling for ethnic cleansing. Which, I suppose, shouldn’t be a surprise from these scum.
Sammy Wilson will be along soon to call it common sense.
what u reckon the chance is that at least 60% of the group have a previous criminal offence
It’ll the 20 that always show up, a complete nothingburger if you will
“Thankfully there was plenty of males present to ensure their safety” is a bonkers statement considering the level of femicide in this country by white men
Going from experience of these cunts, I’d say that post was written by a man who has a history of inappropriately contacting children.
Yer protest’s a scrapper m8
are they organizing a protest bout yer man who murdered his wife n kids and topped himself? Admittedly it didn’t happen in Balkymena….
I’d put my pension on it that a loser loyalist man wrote that post
What about the woman shot dead along with her two kids 2 weeks ago. Where were her protests?
“Thankfully there was plenty of males present to ensure their safety.”
Fucking cringe.
Stick a PIP investigator up there in a clearly marked van, problem solved
Oxygen thieves
With over 90 domestic abuse cases reported to the PSNI every single day in Northern Ireland maybe they should look a little closer to home first
“Ladies and Males”
🤮
I didn’t realise this shite was still happening, i saw about ten or 15 people with placards at entrance to ballykeel on my way to tesco a few weeks back but nothing since.
These potential house burners should be banned from what theyre doing, zero fucking trust in them to not act like savages.
This what happens when groups get together and reinforce ideas, they then create an enemy to attack and ignore facts
Someone should start up their own group to counter these “concerned citizens”. I’m sure most women would be more afraid of the creepy white guys recording them for tiktok views rather than the homeless foreigner who’s just minding his own business.
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Wonder when they’ll protest about Jeffery
It’s their right in a free society to protest peacefully.
That being said, if you’re looking for actual systematic change then what good is walking down a street in Ballymena going to do in isolation?
I’ve worked with groups that encourage community safety along all genders and backgrounds. Not seeing a big uptake in numbers though. Not seeing calls to ministers for better education around the issue, street light extensions, neighbourhood watch etc.
racists on parade
That hashtag is doing a lot of work here. #takingballymenaback?
Considering the mindset of most of these knuckledraggers is from the 1600s, how far back are they planning on taking Ballymena to?
How many of these tossers are domestic abusers? I’ll go with 50%.
They spelt reactionary wrong
They’ll protect them from the brown folk, but white lads can have a field day…
Even if we took this in good faith (which it isn’t, so we won’t), this sort of thing does not address the number one cause of violence against women here, which is domestic abuse. Patrolling the streets doesn’t fix what’s going on behind closed doors. Sit your sons, your brothers, your mates down, and have a proper earnest chat about these things, pull them on their attitude when you spot it, steer them away from bellends like Tate or McGregor or Peterson as role models, make sure they catch themselves on when you see red flags. Trawling the town for brown people is never going to solve anything.
There’s been 2 or 3 murders recently that’s not seemed to trigger any protests?
How many protests did these people have for the man who “allegedly” murdered his wife and kids last week?
Was it a Roma man who raped and murdered Chloe Mitchell? The monstrous cruelty of the crime doesn’t need embellishment. What must be said—without flinching—is that violence against women is a plague, and the worst outbreaks often come from close to home. The most prolific offenders are not outsiders, but men raised within the local culture—our own.
I’m reading Andrea Dworkin’s Right-Wing Women, and it’s impossible not to see echoes everywhere. She argues that right-wing ideology demands women submit to male authority in exchange for supposed protection—a grim pact that often leaves them more exposed to harm, not less. As Dworkin writes, “The right promises to protect women from male sexual aggression by denying them autonomy.” But this ‘protection’ is a sleight of hand—paternalism that keeps women in a state of dependency while enabling male dominance to flourish unchecked.
And when men within that paternalist structure commit atrocities, the reflex isn’t to confront the culture that bred them—but to point elsewhere. Women’s suffering is twisted into a diversionary tactic, a political talking point, rather than evidence of deep, domestic rot.
So yes—gender-based violence is wrong no matter who commits it. But let’s not be so quick to externalise blame when, as Dworkin saw clearly, the call is so often coming from inside the house.
these women are being used as pawns to scapegoat and pull focus from a broader issue, tragic.
They are at it in East Belfast also and roaming the streets in vigilante mobs. Being organised by that moron who is all over FB with long hair.
I live in Ballymena , since the turds ran riot recently I havent seen any Roma people whatsoever and all the houses remain boarded up. So this is just an excuse to cause shenigans
The women doth protest too much, methinks
Their protest is against Roma people moving into the area. The protecting women is their attempt at a justification. Racism in its simplest form.
> There seems to be more and more Roma moving into houses in this area
Barely concealed dogwhistle calling for ethnic cleansing. Which, I suppose, shouldn’t be a surprise from these scum.
Sammy Wilson will be along soon to call it common sense.
what u reckon the chance is that at least 60% of the group have a previous criminal offence
It’ll the 20 that always show up, a complete nothingburger if you will
“Thankfully there was plenty of males present to ensure their safety” is a bonkers statement considering the level of femicide in this country by white men
Going from experience of these cunts, I’d say that post was written by a man who has a history of inappropriately contacting children.
Yer protest’s a scrapper m8
are they organizing a protest bout yer man who murdered his wife n kids and topped himself? Admittedly it didn’t happen in Balkymena….
I’d put my pension on it that a loser loyalist man wrote that post
What about the woman shot dead along with her two kids 2 weeks ago. Where were her protests?
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“Thankfully there was plenty of males present to ensure their safety.”
Fucking cringe.
Stick a PIP investigator up there in a clearly marked van, problem solved
Oxygen thieves
With over 90 domestic abuse cases reported to the PSNI every single day in Northern Ireland maybe they should look a little closer to home first
“Ladies and Males”
🤮
I didn’t realise this shite was still happening, i saw about ten or 15 people with placards at entrance to ballykeel on my way to tesco a few weeks back but nothing since.
These potential house burners should be banned from what theyre doing, zero fucking trust in them to not act like savages.
This what happens when groups get together and reinforce ideas, they then create an enemy to attack and ignore facts
Someone should start up their own group to counter these “concerned citizens”. I’m sure most women would be more afraid of the creepy white guys recording them for tiktok views rather than the homeless foreigner who’s just minding his own business.
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