Even ‘smug liberals’ should learn to be toleran

Victoria White’s (Opinion, Sept 19) is a typical response to a politician concerned about his constituents. If the matter relates to race or religion, dismiss the politician or his constituents as bigots.

Anybody who disagrees with the ‘fascist’ liberal is unworthy of debate. If only we were all as enlightened as Ms White.

What she fails to acknowledge is that Ireland has undergone the most radical demographic change up of any country in the western world in a short period. With all this change have come few racist incidents, but much carping and hectoring from the hard left.