Well I’m only delighted!!!!

[DamoEI]

Gardai are only too happy to puck the heads off peaceful protesters whenever they get a chance, so I don't give a toss about what happened to them. But the looting disgusted me alright, and the idea that it was the "far-right" that was doing the looting is just risible. It was opportunist scumbags grabbing runners and iPhones, as always, and I'm sure this cap and balaclava wearing specimen was one of them.

[JennyIrish]

Gardai are only too happy to puck the heads off peaceful protesters whenever they get a chance, so I don't give a toss about what happened to them. But the looting disgusted me alright, and the idea that it was the "far-right" that was doing the looting is just risible. It was opportunist scumbags grabbing runners and iPhones, as always, and I'm sure this cap and balaclava wearing specimen was one of them.

They are damned if they do and damned if they don’t, and the so-called peaceful protesters are usually screaming abuse at them with a phone in their face, Causing them and then screaming abuse assault blah blah blah, it has got to be the most tankless job ever, you would want to be made of steel amount of abuse they are getting at is Paultext it’s not as if it’s the guards who are bringing in all these refugees.

There were protests in my hometown over in a hotel being used for Afghan man I had intended to go down to the hotel but then I saw on social media it was all the long-term unemployed wasters of the town screaming abuse at the guard screaming abuse at our lovely local councillor Who has done so so much for the town and was actually Mayor when Biden visited and did the most brilliant job of representing the town on the world stage and I just thought no way do I want to be associated with them even though I agreed with the protest

[oddball]

Gardaí are like many police forces the world over, the bad ones are wankers to the public and abuse their power giving the whole force a bad reputation and as a result the good ones get demoralized, with many quitting, meaning the scales tip ever more in favour of the bad eggs.
Unfortunately "the thin blue line" and the need to depend on one another means that too often even the good ones turn a blind eye to the behaviour of the bad ones rather than getting them hauled up on disciplinary charges or drummed out entirely if they can't keep to being honest and professional.

But yes media labelled "peaceful protesters" are often anything but, just depends on whether the journalists happen to agree with the protesters' politics, otherwise they are "far right, and although no one managed to get a photo of it we all saw them waving nazi flags and trying to resurrect Hitler with the blood of babies!".
Sadly the days of impartial reporting are long dead.
Violent protest by either side is not protest IMO it's just thuggery, if you cannot persuade others by words then resorting to terrorism, even low level stuff, really makes me doubt the virtue of your cause.

[Scrumhalf9]

They are damned if they do and damned if they don’t, and the so-called peaceful protesters are usually screaming abuse at them with a phone in their face, Causing them and then screaming abuse assault blah blah blah, it has got to be the most tankless job ever, you would want to be made of steel amount of abuse they are getting at is Paultext it’s not as if it’s the guards who are bringing in all these refugees.

There were protests in my hometown over in a hotel being used for Afghan man I had intended to go down to the hotel but then I saw on social media it was all the long-term unemployed wasters of the town screaming abuse at the guard screaming abuse at our lovely local councillor Who has done so so much for the town and was actually Mayor when Biden visited and did the most brilliant job of representing the town on the world stage and I just thought no way do I want to be associated with them even though I agreed with the protest

That element you describe really make my blood boil. And the stupid media are describing them as “far/hard right?”