McMurphy wrote: » If a shinner TD is a member of a local tennis club, do Sinn Fein then have "an unofficial tennis club"? From reading your own link, the Shinners have requested social media platforms to remove any pages or groups using their name. Quick question bish, if I set up a group called "FG supporters group" on Facebook this morning, and stuff it full of anti SF/FF comments from troll accounts, are FG responsible for that too?
FrancieBrady wrote: » Ask SF. Group has been there for a while and somebody in the media has decided to try and make a link.
Bishop of hope wrote: » No Mc, but if FG TD's or members, are in the group and stay there then they are implicated in the group surely, as in this case with the individual TD's involved. I'm not blaming SF for the group at all, but I'm wondering about the TD's in it is all.
Bishop of hope wrote: » Very careless lads, check your social media contacts is my advice, who knows what you're liking unknown to yourselves;)
smurgen wrote: » Another non story,scraping the barrel.... clutching at straws....zzzz
Bishop of hope wrote: » Kenny and Wynne are the link. They suddenly left when SF was contacted. Two more TD's from SF advised on their social media by hq.
FrancieBrady wrote: » I'm in about 10 - 15 groups on Facebook...am I responsible for the content? No:) Do I even read everything posted to them? No. The Phantom FG Dirt Trawler earned another weeks wages I see.
hatrickpatrick wrote: » I can 100% guarantee that those who have flocked to SF due to the ongoing cost of living issue won't give two sh!tes about these stories - and that the relentless focus on this type of crap by the media is fuelling a very real sentiment that there's a concerted effort to delegitimise SF by "official Ireland". I don't know how many times this is going to have to be repeated, but the cost of living situation for young people is so unbelievably dire that literally no amount of deflection whatsoever is going to make the slightest bit of difference. The only thing that can stem the flow of young voters to SF is the emergence of another viable leftist party. Nothing else is going to work. I don't even think a change in policy or ideology by FF or FG would work at this stage, there's too much bad blood by now and nobody would believe such a policy or ideological change was sincere. People who are paying upwards of €2,000 for a one bedroom flat couldn't give two sh!tes about who said what on Facebook or Twitter. It's absolutely ridiculous that so many people simply don't seem to understand this. If that's the reality of your living situation, that putting a roof over your head is costing you €24,000 a year, it's absolutely ludicrous to suggest that some nasty comments about those directly responsible for putting you in that situation to begin with is going to endear you to them or cause you to forgive them. The entire debate is idiotic. Nobody voting for SF isn't already alienated and disenfranchised by FFG's celebration of the soaring cost of living as some kind of macroeconomic success. To those voters who could find their lives going backwards at a moment's notice - or who already have been experiencing that - SF is something of a last stand. It's worth trying because everything else has failed. I've said this many times over the years, but if a credible leftist party without SF's baggage were to emerge, many young people would abandon SF. It's not about party, it's about ideology. And no amount of personal crap can change the fact that neoliberalism as an ideology is actively destroying young peoples' lives, ergo regardless of how low SF or its online supporters stoop, they are still seen as a better option than the others.
Bishop of hope wrote: » Sinn Féin is trying to distance itself from some of the terrible social media posts created around it. It is pretty obvious that on social media there is some terrible stuff put up about politicians and a lot of it is hate and near violent encouraging vitriol. Some tds and party members are involved in this social media bashing, particularly about FG and its ministers imo. Time to clean up the act they reckon. Trying to close down a Facebook secret group. There is some fact it seems to the SF linked social media hate campaign. Could it be some people on here are involved maybe?https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sinn-f%C3%A9in-asked-facebook-to-remove-secret-party-supporter-group-1.4440850?mode=amp
blanch152 wrote: » I would not be surprised if some of those on here were members of that group.
blanch152 wrote: » Anyone paying over €2,000 a month for a one-bed apartment and complaining about it is a fool easily parted from his money. Only high-quality, high-luxury one-beds fall into that category. The anti-government hyperbole reaches a new hysterical high.
Bowie wrote: » Once again the Irish Times disgraces itself spinning for FG. The backlash over FG's online bile called for a solid off the Irish Times. Desperate. As annoying and childish as this all is FG are now known as the bratty online troll party that won't pay student nurses and hands out crony favours. As long as parties tackle social issues adults actually care about, leave Leo and YFG to lower the bar.
blanch152 wrote: » As far as I can see, there is not a single untruth in the Irish Times article. I am fairly sure that as a Social Democrats supporter, you weren’t a member of a Sinn Fein group on Facebook either, so I really don’t understand how you can attack the Irish Times article. Either you produce evidence that it is untrue, or keep demonstrating a lack of credibility.
Bubbaclaus wrote: » What does Leo and YFG have to do with a group of 16,000 Sinn Fein supporters on Facebook?
Bowie wrote: » The article ignored them completely thats what. It was one sided and plays to the only FG trick left in their bag, trolling.
Bubbaclaus wrote: » But of course it ignores them, given it's not about them. It's about a Sinn Fein supporters group of 16,000 on facebook that was seemingly allowing unmoderated abuse and death threats. You could look at any news report ever and go "yeah but what whatabout XYZ".
Billcarson wrote: » Just another sf bashing article. I'm a member of many groups like call for a revolution in Ireland, rebel telly,traitor republic etc, and if fg and ff think it's only sf pages that show hatred towards the Gov they are diluded.
Bowie wrote: » Not defending it. Pointing out the article is a one sided hatchet job. The talk the last while has been FG trolling and using online attacks, so IT does a job on the rivals.
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