This is a blog post in defence of a tweet I wrote this morning which read as follows: “In honour of Jo Cox & in opposition to the haters & racists, Brits must vote remain on 23/6″
In an excellent article in The Guardian, Polly Toynbee wrote of the “corrosive” anger aroused by the forthcoming referendum on whether Britain remains or leaves the EU.The venomous reaction to my tweet could be construed as evidence of this. Here are a sample of the numerous comments I received:
- You really are despicable – exploiting her death for political gain
- Your comment is absolutely disgraceful and shames the Remain campaign
- You are a heartless, opportunistic ghoul.
- Shit for brains.
I stand by what I wrote but feel motivated to explain / defend myself beyond the 140 character limit. Continue reading
