There are a lot of things that 2018 will be remembered for. For us, it'll be the year that self-awareness finally perished.
JK Rowling nipped on to Twitter last night take a kick at the EU Leave campaign (who hasn't, if we're being honest?) but managed to make a point that was met with unbelieving stares from Yes campaigners whose memories perhaps are not so short.
Rowling stated “[A campaign of disinformation] is being coordinated across national borders by very wealthy people in a way we haven’t really seen before.” which in turn was a quote from a Guardian article she was sharing.
“[A campaign of disinformation] is being coordinated across national borders by very wealthy people in a way we haven’t really seen before.” https://t.co/Dfkt4NSl2C
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 25, 2018
Except... we HAVE seen this before. Not even that long ago.
The Jouker stands firmly in the camp that you don't get to complain about wealthy people across borders funding a campaign of disinformation when you donated £1 million to the No campaign in Scotland...
Let's not forget that during Scotland's 2014 independence referendum, it was the No campaign that branded itself as Project Fear.
It turns out that plenty of people on Twitter are on the same page as the Jouker.
Imagine donating £1 million to a campaign in 2014 that called itself Project Fear then tweeting this without any self-awareness... https://t.co/J0kc6zwKN3
— Stephen Paton 🍂 (@stephenpaton134) November 26, 2018
Was That not you a few years ago, JK...
— Olive Sneddon (@OliveSneddon) November 25, 2018
Picture the scene, it’s 2014 and an excruciatingly wealthy person (let’s say a writer) gives £1 million to an organisation which was part of a larger group that propagated lies and resulted in the coining of the term “Project Fear”
— SPACE JESUS™️ (@Grumpybaws) November 25, 2018
Aye, I remember vividly when one of them threatened me with legal action in 2013. https://t.co/GiPvBpAUsi
— Ross Colquhoun (@rosscolquhoun) November 25, 2018
Except for viewers in Scotland, who are only too aware of the effects of misinformation, and how wealthy people like to use their money to influence things to suit themselves.
— KarenC (@karencotter10) November 25, 2018
Hmmm, like someone chucking a million quid at an organisation that was churning out lies and disinformation during a certain referendum in 2014?
— Stuart McBarclaybot (@SbBarclay) November 25, 2018
We saw it in full tilt during 2014 indyref!
— Ross Matheson (@Joxxter67) November 26, 2018
Banks/business fleeing/closing, shipyard job losses, loss of pensions, out of the EU, etc
Not just lies these actually came to fruition by staying!
Voters duped thanks to the campaign of disinformation from BT which u were part of!
OMG. I'm not often speechless at lack of self awareness, but this has me completely stunned. https://t.co/Qc3jXPf2Kz
— Melissa Iacone 🇪🇺 (@meljomur) November 25, 2018
It looks like JK Rowling is still the least self-aware rich person in Scotland.
— joe kane🏴🇵🇸 (@joe90kane) November 25, 2018
Harry had to sleep in a cupboard, survive on scraps and endure cruelty at the hands of relations who were hiding his inheritance. Then he escaped, found his real identity and made his own way. You told Scotland to stay in the cupboard https://t.co/ybHIBlGmLW
— Professor Yaffle (@endlessyaffle) November 26, 2018
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