Ireland’s descent into authoritarianism continues.
This is Irish Green Party Senator Pauline O'Reilly weaponising the concept of “safety” to justify censorship and other encroachments on freedom of speech.
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This is a group that promotes a dangerous form of gender identity ideology to children, claims puberty blockers are harmless and reversible, & encourages breast binding for young girls without parental consent.
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Even now, when it is revealed that one of Mermaids’s trustees is an apologist for paedophilia, many of its supporters are doubling down.
This is what is known as “belief perseverance”.
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“Belief perseverance” is when people are presented with evidence that disproves their views but, instead of revising their views accordingly, they hold fast.
It explains a good deal of what is happening here.