On any subject, any subject at all now, there’s a loudmouth simpleton and/or uber-cunt who has inserted themselves into things through nothing other than the shameless confidence and arrogance of their loud, know nothing voice, who hogs all the attention and actually gets their way in terms of framing how the media covers stories, and influences policy, and changes history,
In the pre-INTERNET age it was mostly just Alan Hunter from the one man “Irish Football Supporters Association”.
If Republicans/Nationalists didn’t reply to Jamie Bryson’s tweets, would he get any traction? You’d rarely see some Loyalist from Newtonards tweting in response nodding in agreement with him
That’s how the game works. Worldwide. You say obviously stupid or hateful shit and get a reaction, and then claim you’re being bullied.
98% of Twitter is right wing demagogues and bots shouting stupid, hateful, lying shit, like Ollie Murphy shooting the lights out, and the spectrum of earnest centre right to non-Russiabot left trying to close them down like Peadar Andrews.
The other 2% is the Russiabot left cheering on the far right and shitting on the likes of George Monbiot.
