NotThePars Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 It's a bit of both. Parts of the media will jump on anything they can but he shouldn't have readily given so much ammunition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 The biggest mistake Neil made was that he never deleted his Twitter account on the 19th. Whatever was said during the referendum should have been left there, and that is for both sides. As I said, the guy is pure vanilla. Church man, nice family, he is Mr Boring himself. The tweet was blown out of all proportion and it's not even in the ball park when it comes to offensive tweets. I also think how it was handled was wrong, HQ lent on him to be very apologetic, it was the wrong course of action. We should have went on the attack, Murray was on the ropes when it came out, it took the wind out of the campaign's sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 The biggest mistake Neil made was that he never deleted his Twitter account on the 19th. Whatever was said during the referendum should have been left there, and that is for both sides. As I said, the guy is pure vanilla. Church man, nice family, he is Mr Boring himself. The tweet was blown out of all proportion and it's not even in the ball park when it comes to offensive tweets. I also think how it was handled was wrong, HQ lent on him to be very apologetic, it was the wrong course of action. We should have went on the attack, Murray was on the ropes when it came out, it took the wind out of the campaign's sails. The biggest mistake was signing up for a twitter account. Same goes for facebook, if you want to stay pure vanilla then stay off social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Correct. You have to give your online history and accounts during vetting now, this should eliminate stuff like this. Edited - I saw what happened to Neil. He was doorstepped by the mail, his wife was followed by a cameraman when she was picking up the kids from school and they were harassed all the way back home. He was thrown to the wolves by the party who basically washed their hands of him. He never deserved that. For a link to a satirical website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fide Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Correct. You have to give your online history and accounts during vetting now, this should eliminate stuff like this. Edited - I saw what happened to Neil. He was doorstepped by the mail, his wife was followed by a cameraman when she was picking up the kids from school and they were harassed all the way back home. He was thrown to the wolves by the party who basically washed their hands of him. He never deserved that. For a link to a satirical website. That's typical of the union-friendly media. They demand far higher morals from "nationalists" and the reporting is unbelievably imbalanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Don't get me wrong, Neil was a legitimate target, I get that, it's just part of the game, but his kids getting picked up from primary school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Don't get me wrong, Neil was a legitimate target, I get that, it's just part of the game, but his kids getting picked up from primary school? Given what our country excuses as collateral damage, I think your protestations may fall on deaf ears. I do agree with you BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loondave1 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Fair point. As harmless as his tweets actually were, as a prospective parliamentary candidate he shouldn't have been involved in anything that could have been blown out of proportion by a hideously one sided media.. Absolutely correct Fide.Elements of politics are a game and he left himself wide open humour or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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