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22 | Philosophy student at TCD | Pro-Life, interested in History, Politics, Guitar, Cooking. Be civil, be kind.
Aug 3, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
This week, the Irish Independent’s @ellenmcoyne wrote a story about how “homophobes” and “trolls” had dug up unsavory photos of a SF Senator who was then subjected to abuse online. She seems to think that those who published the photo are to blame for this abuse.
1/8 This struck me as hypocritical because in 2018, Ellen shared a photo of me on twitter which had been dug up by trolls who trawled my personal social media accounts. The reason the photo had been dug up was because I was campaigning for a ‘No’ vote in the #Repeal referendum. 2/8