Pádraigín Bingham

Gaeilgeoir, runner, advocate for autistic people and beginner fiddler. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better”

[JAWAD @thewu36]

This 'hate march' gambit is an age old classic? As if every call for peace is just a thinly veiled fist, itching for a fight. But let's unpack that, shall we?

History is a great teacher, Ms. Braverman, yet you seem to have been playing truant when the lessons on British values were imparted. Decency, a term so beloved by your statement, is the very foundation of these isles – it's about fair play, standing up for the underdog, and, let's not forget, a spot of tea and sympathy for those who need it. The British didn't stand up against the blitz with hate, but with a staunch resolve for peace and justice. Is the request for a ceasefire, a plea for a moment of silence amidst the clamor of bombs, not in keeping with those very traditions?

Twisting narratives is a neat trick, indeed, and one could almost admire the contortionist logic that labels a march for peace as 'extremist'. It begs the question, though: If a call for armistice is 'thuggish intimidation', then what do we call raining down hellfire on a strip of land so beleaguered, its skies are more iron than blue? It's the grand paradox of the age, pleading for peace, yet being painted as a villain.

It's easy to wag a finger at a 'hate march' when the term is as elastic as the truth on a politician's lips. Yet, it takes real courage to stand up and say that maybe, just maybe, the narrative being peddled is as hollow as a drum. Maybe those marching aren't fueled by hate, but by a heart-wrenching empathy for a people who know the price of war all too well.

So, let's ask the real question, when did the cry for peace become a war cry? When did the olive branch of a ceasefire turn into a weapon? And if calling for an end to violence is extremism, then, pray tell, what counts as decency?
#CeasefireNOW

[Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸 @itranslate123]

Impressive: Jewish activists and allies, led by Jewish Voice for Peace, take over the Statue of Liberty.

Activists send a message is to reject genocidal violence against the people of Gaza in the name of the Jews and an immediate ceasefire.

[Joe Brolly @JoeBrolly1993]

Western world leaders have given this the green light. Standing with this Israeli government means standing with genocide.

[Stop the War Coalition @STWuk]

🇵🇸National March For Palestine – Ceasefire Now! ☮️

Saturday 11th November

Assemble: 12pm at Hyde Park – Marching to the US Embassy, Nine Elms, London, SW11

We need to make this demonstration larger than the last when 500,000 came out in solidarity.

[Laila Al-Arian @LailaAlarian]

Beware of any reporting out of Gaza in which news organizations are embedded with the IDF as CNN and ABC just did. They’re not allowed to release or broadcast any of it without the IDF signing off on it which is not journalism. It’s propaganda.

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

Is cuma leis na Toráithe faoin ghnáth-theaghlach atá ag streachailt le bualadh lena mbunriachtanais faoi láthair. Is cuma leis an lucht rachmais faoin lucht oibre 🤬

[Shona Goudie @Shona_Goudie]

Half of households on #UniversalCredit are food insecure according to @Food_Foundation research - Olivier De Schutter, UN’s special rapporteur, says increasing universal credit would be “the single most important step" to reduce poverty levels. https://t.co/9PW6sq6O45

[𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 @SprinterPress]

The whole world stands next to Palestine! ✌️

[Mary Lou McDonald @MaryLouMcDonald]

Settler violence in Occupied West Bank as Israel massacres civilians in Gaza Brazen trashing of international & humanitarian law Tolerated & enabled by those who are reverential about Israel's right to self defence yet utterly indifferent to human rights of Palestinians #Shame

[Ionad Uíbh Eachach Cultúr & Teanga @IonadUibhEach]

Bhailigh scaifte mhór san Ionad inniu do Dhianchúrsa na Samhna. Is mór an spreagadh dúinn tacú le tiomantas an phobal
A big crowd gathered in the Ionad today for our November Irish crash course. The passion in the community inspires us every day
@FisanPhobail

[Seán Fennell @seanfennell4]

5 Samhain agus an ghrian go hard sa spéir ghorm!
Scaifte breá don Chamchuairt Reilige i gcomhair le @IonadUibhEach
GRMA FOXY!
Tuilleadh camchuairteanna le teacht sa bhliain úr.
STAIR FAOIN SPÉIR
@GlorNaMona @FailteFeirste @FeileBelfast @AineEibhlin @FisanPhobail @raidiofailte

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

Scannalach ar fad 🤬 Seo cinedhíothú amach is amach 💔 Cad é mar atá sé seo ag tarlú agus an domhan ag amharc air?

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

@seanfennell4 @IonadUibhEach Go ndéana Dia a mhaith duit a chara 😍

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

Ag cloisteáil leis na scéaltaí stairiúla ó Bhéal Feirste atá bainte le Reilig Bhaile an Mhuileann. Míle buíochas le Seán as a chuid eolais a roinnt agus le hIonad Uíbh Eachach as á eagrú. Bhí an aimsir foirfe dúinn fiú ☀️

[Ionad Uíbh Eachach Cultúr & Teanga @IonadUibhEach]

Buíochas @seanfennell4 as an turas ar reilig Bhaile Mhuilinn inniu. Bhí a lán le foghlaim idir pholaiteoirí,laochra spóirt,laochra pobail agus daoine Móra eile le rá
#Stair #Cultúr #Teanga

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

@seanfennell4 Tá dúil go mór agam leis a chara ☺️

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

Turas thar barr a bhí againn ar maidin le @seanfennell4 timpeall thart Reilig Bhaile an Mhuileann. Muna bhfuil déanta agat go fóill mholaínn go mór é. Grmma a Sheáin as an turas agus as do chuid eolais 🤩 If you haven’t done Seán’s tour yet, I highly recommend it. Fantastic 🤩

[johnny hero @herobelfast]

Jesus wept.

[Pádraigín Bingham @paddy_beag]

@JamieBrysonCPNI Don’t know what program you were watching but it clearly wasn’t the program the rest of us were watching. Sorcha had Jeffrey’s backside well whipped…he knows it and you know. Have never seen him look so uncomfortable.

[Ionad Uíbh Eachach Cultúr & Teanga @IonadUibhEach]

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