Thread by @GenreResearch

I have seen some remainer on remainer-infighting on twitter these latter weeks. I don´t intend to adjudicate those. I do, however, intend to add a different perspective. 1/

On Twitter I self-identify as "More a cheerleader than a fighter." If a cheerleader is not your picture of wisdom, you are free to ignore this short thread. However, if you are still here, and don´t equate cheerleader with hare-brained, this is what I have to offer: 2/

You aree doing fine! Infighting and all. You are doing just fine. 3/

I have never seen any attempts at a concerted political effort without a significant amount of infighting. As the stakes rise, so do the tempers. And sometimes the flare is unbearable. 4/

But think about what you have been through. A fraudulent referendum. All those days @InLimboBrexit, all that anxiety, the deafness of the two major parties, the staggering partisanship of the BBC, the dramatic rise of the radical right, a road to totalitarianism. 5/

And it's gone on forever, and I haven´t even mentioned all the bile and hatred from trolls and bots, the threat of Trump, or the influence of Putin yet. This is much to bear and stay sane, stay civil, stay the course. 6/

But you are hanging in there, and you are moving forward.

GO YOU!! 7/

You may end up in conflict, you may disagree on strategy, or tactics for that matter, and you may even get angry and depressed. 8/

But - on an overall, strategic level - it's working!

And seen as a political grassroots movement in a very difficult and stressful, high-stakes situation you look positively graceful. 9/

So here is me doing a mental split and waving the pom-poms for y'all.

GoooooOOOOOOOO - YOU! 10/10