Far Left activist Gino Kenny, who works as a TD in the Dail, has launched an unhinged attack aimed at the Catholic Church after the defeat of his barely literate Dignity for Dying Bill.
Kenny, from extreme far left party People Before Profit, was laughed out of the Dail last year for his poorly written bill and is now trying to drum up support for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.
How does anyone drum up support for anything in Irish public discourse?
By blaming the church of course.
A bitter Kenny lashed out at the church, with the comically uninformed TD genuinely shocked that the church would speak out on the issue and link it to abuse of the elderly:
"There's nothing kind of surprising in relation to the Catholic Church - i.e. bishops against assisted dying.
"They're quite consistent in relation to their opposition to it.
What I have an issue with is that it's spreading fear in relation to those of advanced age in Ireland.
And I just want to be very pacific [sic] about what voluntary assisted dying is about.
It's not somebody of advanced age: somebody of advanced age could never avail of assisted dying - so that's ruled that out.
It's those that have a terminal illness, coming to the end of their life, and in that situation they should have a choice.
They've used fear for many, many issues over the last number of decades - it hasn't worked.
The Catholic Church used fear for other things to, I suppose, get people in line in relation to their ideology".
What has assisted dying, the issue of assisted dying, got to do with those in our society that are of advanced age?
I don't see the link at all - I just don't - if somebody can show me the link I'll be happy to articulate why voluntary assisted dying, the debate around it, has got to do with somebody that's of an older age.
I just don't get it".
As ‘pacific’ as he was, Kenny seems to genuinely not know anything about Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia and the effects of its legalisation in other countries.
Assisted Suicide legalisation not only leads to increased pressure on those who are sick to kill themselves, but studies have shown that overall suicide rates increase in countries where assisted suicide is legalised also, especially amongst women.
Kenny's anti Catholic screed is a desperate last effort to reclaim his lost credibility. Last year, he lashed out at Catholic Arena as criticism of the barely literate bill appeared to get to him.
With a cold winter on the way and after the cruelty of the lockdowns, Irish doctors have been clear that they do not support these cruel plans, which will inevitably damage the country's palliative care system if passed.
Thankfully, Kenny was incapable of writing a respectable bill, but we should be on guard lest a more competent politician try the same feat soon.