The balaclava slips

Colonel Claptrap

https://twitter.com/GaryinDublin/status/1119170406722744320?s=19

Well that's embarrassing.

kneemos

Wasn't us this time.

McMurphy

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GaryinDublin/status/1119170406722744320?s=19

Well that's embarrassing.

I'm confused here, Gerry Adams makes a tweet condemning the death of a young blameless victim, and you say the balaclava slipped



Edit. Oh I see now, Gerry Adams replying to Gerry Adams. Doh....

Reminds me of a certain individual thanking his own scatological posts.

Edgware

"The IRA is gone" but still one of those who bombed Birmingham stated at the recent inquest that IRA leadership in Dublin gave him permission to name the bombers.
Do they think we are complete fools?

JohnnyFlash

Gerry Adams has forgotten a huge amount over the years, so forgetting to switch accounts on Twitter is but a minor example of his forgetfulness.

eviltwin

"the ira embraced peace" 🀔

tuxy

Does any well known person who has a high volume of tweets own their account exclusively?
Where would they find the time?

HappyAsLarE

sugarman wrote: »

To be fair it's probably just someone employed to manage Sinn Feins social media accounts that made the blunder.

...at least they didn't accidentally login to McGuiness's Twitter :PAC:

To be fair? It’s highly dishonest.

Del2005

HappyAsLarE wrote: »

To be fair? It’s highly dishonest.

As said earlier a lot of people have others operating their social media presence. Sure even before social media people other than the recipient used to reply to letters etc

begbysback

HappyAsLarE wrote: »

To be fair? It’s highly dishonest.

It’s politics, what were you expecting?

begbysback

begbysback wrote: »

It’s politics, what were you expecting?

Excellent point there begby!!

riffmongous

If it wasn't for the serious nature of the topic it could well be Gerry replying to himself, the man has form on twitter for bizarre, irreverent, stream of consciousness tweets. More like the pr guy screwed in this case though

Guy:Incognito

Del2005 wrote: »

As said earlier a lot of people have others operating their social media presence. Sure even before social media people other than the recipient used to reply to letters etc

Did he not big up his account as being operated by himself in the past? His rubber duck posts and whatnot?

Franz Von Peppercorn

No provo here but I do find the title a pinch misleading.

greencap

Just Mi5 logging in and making use of the account for all we know.

something tells me they might know his password.

(semtex1)

tayto lover

Talking to yourself is not that serious.
Answering yourself is a big problem.

Look behind you Gerry ........

Church on Tuesday

riffmongous wrote: »

If it wasn't for the serious nature of the topic it could well be Gerry replying to himself, the man has form on twitter for bizarre, irreverent, stream of consciousness tweets. More like the pr guy screwed in this case though

I highly doubt Adams runs his own Twitter account.

Nothing doing here.

the beer revolu

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

No provo here but I do find the title a pinch misleading.

Most misleading thread title in quite a while!

The Rape of Lucretia

I dont know. Even on boards we all have multiple accounts and we have made similar slips a times. Its just the nature of modern social media profiles.
Let he that is without sin etc.

Whoever is writing his tweets has just shown how staged they are.

“I’ll write the first tweet this way so that I can reply to it under another name this way”

Just makes the first tweet insincere.

the beer revolu

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

I dont know. Even on boards we all have multiple accounts and we have made similar slips a times. Its just the nature of modern social media profiles.
Let he that is without sin etc.

Eh, no we don't.

The Rape of Lucretia

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

I dont know. Even on boards we all have multiple accounts and we have made similar slips a times. Its just the nature of modern social media profiles.
Let he that is without sin etc.

I don't. Is this usual behaviour nowadays? It should be a site ban to have multiple accounts imo.

padd b1975

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

I dont know. Even on boards we all have multiple accounts and we have made similar slips a times. Its just the nature of modern social media profiles.
Let he that is without sin etc.

Do we now??

Dial Hard

The Rape of Lucretia wrote:

I dont know. Even on boards we all have multiple accounts and we have made similar slips a times. Its just the nature of modern social media profiles. Let he that is without sin etc.

Speak for yourself.

Also, aren't multiple accounts a breach of the Boards terms of use???

Force Carrier

Gerry looking foolish here what a mistake to make.

Force Carrier

Force Carrier wrote: »

Gerry looking foolish here what a mistake to make.

Completely agree good point. Well said.

Edgware

riffmongous wrote: »

If it wasn't for the serious nature of the topic it could well be Gerry replying to himself, the man has form on twitter for bizarre, irreverent, stream of consciousness tweets. More like the pr guy screwed in this case though

Well he has a bit of form on that front. When he used say that "I spoke to the IRA" he meant he was talking to the bathroom mirror

TheValeyard

Gerry Adams has never been a member of Twitter

Gerry Adams has never heard of Twitter

Gerry Adams has no connection to Twitter

trashcan

The Balaclava Slips sounds like a great name for a band.

BattleCorp

Slow news day. 70 year old pensioner makes mistake on twitter (if it was him).

In other news, rain is wet.

riffmongous

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

I highly doubt Adams runs his own Twitter account.

Nothing doing here.

He definitely does or did at least, there is no one else out there posting tweets like his

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I don't. Is this usual behaviour nowadays? It should be a site ban to have multiple accounts imo.

Just do an ip ban on the earlier alluded to scatological poster, who has graced this very thread with at least one of his usernames so far, and half the usernames on this website are gone. It has got much worse in recent months.

Force Carrier

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Gerry Adams has never been a member of Twitter

Gerry Adams has never heard of Twitter

Gerry Adams has no connection to Twitter

But Gerry Adams understands why twitter has come about.
We need to change the environment that gives rise to Twitter and the
need for Twitter. Responsible people on the other side need to take leadership
and change the environment and situation that has given rise to Twitter.

greenspurs

Deleted User wrote: »

Just do an ip ban on the earlier alluded to scatological poster, who has graced this very thread with at least one of his usernames so far, and half the usernames on this website are gone. It has got much worse in recent months.

How do you do that ?

And if its so widespread , why aren't the Mods doing something about it.??

Force Carrier

greenspurs wrote: »

How do you do that ?

And if its so widespread , why aren't the Mods doing something about it.??

This is probably not a growing site. Lack of appetite to ban users if there was a harmless type of multi-accounts that doesn't cause trouble. Trolling re regs would be different. But then they are probably using vpns with changing ip addresses and dns servers.

Colonel Claptrap

BattleCorp wrote: »

Slow news day. 70 year old pensioner makes mistake on twitter (if it was him).

In other news, rain is wet.

Made a mistake or initentionally tried to mislead?

markodaly

The IRA embraced peace? Yea ****ing right Gerry.

Are you Gerry, going to give the victims of the Birmingham bombings their day in court and hand over key evidence that could help with a conviction?
Well ya ****!

The man is a pathological liar and narcissist.
I hope he dies screaming.

Phoebas

Edgware wrote: »

Well he has a bit of form on that front. When he used say that "I spoke to the IRA" he meant he was talking to the bathroom mirror

Maybe it was just IRA Gerry replying to SF Gerry.

EmmetSpiceland

Some interesting thread derailment being attempted there, can’t imagine it’ll do much to distract from the “Dear Leader’s” embarrassing faux pas though.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

BattleCorp wrote: »

Slow news day. 70 year old pensioner makes mistake on twitter (if it was him).

In other news, rain is wet.

Don't insult the faculties of all over 70's. He messed up, pure and simple.

JohnnyFlash

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Some interesting thread derailment being attempted there, can’t imagine it’ll do much to distract from the “Dear Leader’s” embarrassing faux pas though.

Not as big a faux pas as Mary Lou McDonald strutting in behind that England out of Ireland banner though.

Franz Von Peppercorn

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Some interesting thread derailment being attempted there, can’t imagine it’ll do much to distract from the “Dear Leader’s” embarrassing faux pas though.

Not much happening here except people having a bit of a laugh at Gerry’s expense.

Surely you don’t take this mistake all that seriously.

Franz Von Peppercorn

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Not as big a faux pas as Mary Lou McDonald strutting in behind that England out of Ireland banner though.

Yes that was a disaster for an Irish republican group who believe England should get out of Ireland.

The Tetrarch

"Those involved are not the IRA."
But Gerry Adams was never in the IRA, so would not know. :rolleyes:

Odhinn

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Yes that was a disaster for an Irish republican group who believe England should get out of Ireland.

Yep. I fully supported the armed struggle but that banner was a step too far.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Yes that was a disaster for an Irish republican group who believe England should get out of Ireland.

A pro choice campaigner aligning herself with an ardent anti abortion organisation.

She’s not the brightest.

timthumbni

Odhinn wrote: »

Yep. I fully supported the armed struggle but that banner was a step too far.

To be fair Irish Americans are not known to be the brightest.

Odhinn

timthumbni wrote: »

To be fair Irish Americans are not known to be the brightest.

Not that you have a chip on your shoulder about Irish Americans, republicans, irish nationalists, SF and so on.

timthumbni

Odhinn wrote: »

Not that you have a chip on your shoulder about Irish Americans, republicans, irish nationalists, SF and so on.

Ditto. And by the antics by Irish republicans in Londonderry last night maybe I’ve a point pal.

McMurphy

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Not as big a faux pas as Mary Lou McDonald strutting in behind that England out of Ireland banner though.

I for one fully believed that the whole world had headed to hell in a handcart that fateful day I saw the leader of an Irish republican political party,(and them with a fundamental main policy of a United Ireland) and that wretched banner in the same photo.

On my knees howling I was.

A real "where were you the day that story broke?" moment and no mistake.