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WHEN SENATOR DAVID Norris announced he was to end his presidential campaign, one Dublin man was so disappointed he came up with a novel way to show Norris he was wanted as leader.
Abban Dunne, a Dublin-based web designer and developer, set up the We Want Norris for President petition site on Wednesday, which has already gained 2875 supporters
“It was kind of upsetting – we had no voice in it,” said Dunne of Norris’s decision.
He built the website in a few hours, with help from writer Lisa McInerney in putting together the mission statement, tweeted the link to it and it took off from there.
Dunne said he has received many comments and emails.
“There is a message service on the site – I haven’t made that public but loads of people have been leaving supportive messages which are all aimed at David.”
“But there are a lot of people saying the opposite as well. I’ve had emails, people tweeting at me,” he said.
“The abuse I’m getting for just putting up a site – I can only imagine what is happening with him.”
Was he surprised at the level of abuse?
I was more surprised by the level of people signing it. I was prepared for abuse but I didn’t expect in the first day that 2000 people would sign it.
Dunne said he has been a long-time fan of Norris’s political work. “He’s smart. It’s amazing seeing a politician who is so different, and he’s so genuine.”
He hopes to show Senator Norris the website, WeWantNorris.com, to show him how many people supported his campaign, though he does not hold out hope that it will encourage the politician to change his mind.
Meanwhile, people have continued to guess online about who may put themselves forward as presidential candidates.
Miriam O’Callaghan took to Twitter to once again say she wouldn’t be running for president, telling one follower:
Thanks…but won’t be standing. Youngest child only 5 so not right for me at this time in my life.
Ryan Tubridy said he had spoken to Gay Byrne, who “certainly did not rule out a run for [the presidency]“.
Other names put forward by Twitter users include Christy Moore, Mickey Harte and Martin Sheen.
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You’re late sharing this clip – it’s been doing the rounds for a while – but it is rather wonderful!
Re the definitions of “sexism” & “misogyny,” I think she is absolutely right to keep the focus on behaviour rather than intention.
No one can know another’s intentions or subjective feelings, but words and actions are clearly visible & verifiable & therefore subject to fair judgment.
It is usually the ugly women that complain about sexism. You would not hear this sort of nonsense from Cheryl Cole or Rihanna – two stunners.
What modelling agency employs you Patrick?
He also called her a witch and a man’s bitch. Don’t get so offended on behalf of men while making another sexist side swipe at women. Sometimes it’s sexism.
I dunno, saw the pictures of rihanna a while ago, she looks bet down , must have been why crhis brown dumpe her
Ok Stephen we can ditch Rihanna as well and use Alessandra Ambrosio instead. Now I hope everybody is happy.
Plenty of overt sexists on the journal, i see
On that point Patrick why are all misogynistic men usually unattractive, bald and sexually frustrated?
sexist – Australian in the same sentence,im shocked and appalled,now tell that Sheila to put some more shrimps on the Barbie
Patrick’s a trolling misogynist, with the mental age of seventeen-year-old. Ignore him.
Correct.
Don’t feed the troll.
Oh dear where is all this going? Could ‘dear’ be termed sexist? It might not have been when I started the sentence but it might be now, or now, or now, or now.
Referring to a female colleague as ‘dear’ can be construed as sexist as well as patronising and overly familiar.
Mad, crazy idea – call the person by their name! Or just say “hello”, don’t add in the dears, birds, dahlings, loves, chicks, stags, foxes, badgers, leave the wildlife references at the door!
Patrick are you skeptical that sexism exists? i refer also to your comment below. If you are, you demonstrate either a worrying lack of ability to disseminate media output and general societal patterns, not to mention contact with articulate, self-aware women- or an equally worrying ignorance that these things exist.
Next time a female friend calls me “hon” I shall stand up to her for her blatant sexism!
I just can’t stand women who accuse us men of misogyny…
She looks a bit like and definitely sounds like an Aussie version of Clare Daly.
Ditch the witch!!
Sure she cant even put one foot in front of the other without falling over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUUt2QpacU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It looks as if she was trying to walk like a man. Those guys should have linked her to prevent her falling. It is well known that men are better walkers than women. We are built to hunt and protect. Women are built to feed and tend. Nature takes care of its own.
It’s an old tradition to make fun of MS Gillard’s English. They also say she mispronounces the word Negotiate…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zF8m7ys24
shoot the messenger if you dont agree with the misoginist..oops mysogenist…or messagenist.
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