Radio: Henry McKean’s raw account of ‘really ugly scenes’ in Coolock captures how quickly an anti-immigration protest descends into chaos
, weekdays) makes clear, another kind of heat is rising uncomfortably elsewhere. “There’s no question that the political temperature in the
Not good indeed. Though the Trump shooting and the disturbances in Coolock are incidents of different magnitude, taken together they help create the impression of extremism and division growing ever greater. Certainly, McKean’s raw reportage of what he calls the “really ugly scenes” on Monday captures how quickly things descend into chaos.
It’s a worrying trend that Kenny discusses with Prof Richard Petty, an Ohio State University psychologist, after the Trump shooting, with the host noting that 20 per cent of Americans now think violence is sometimes necessary to support their cause. “Hate, unfortunately, is much stronger than love in terms of motivating action,” is Petty’s glum assessment of the phenomenon. Kenny draws parallels between recent turmoil in the United States and Ireland, though he spots a key difference.
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