Mick Clifford: Eoin Hayes and the Social Democrats' self-induced trauma
A photograph of Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes in blackface from 16 years ago has surfaced, and his party has reacted as if a deep, dark secret from his past had been uncovered
Eoin Hayes' gesture was silly, if not stupid, but there is absolutely no suggestion that he was attempting to mock Barack Obama, or the man’s ethnicity. Picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie
On one level, there is a great giggle to be had in observing the Social Democrats being traumatised as they cling for dear life to the high moral ground to be found in the upper echelons of identity politics.
On another, the silliness reflects one of the central problems infecting social democracy in various countries where once it thrived.
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