Just had another scary Twitter follower appear

[blamebrampton]

wemyss  and shezan , you in particular will laugh at this.

I have a Twitter account, which I rarely use and is under a different name. One of the people who is on my flist and on my Twitter list posted a link to my Aus politics in Harry Potter terms post of last month using my Twitter name – which was perfectly fine! A very small number of people put two and two together and followed my Twitter after reading the post. Very briefly in most cases, for reasons that I will outline.

Every single one of them has been a Conservative. A really, really conservative Conservative, not an I find Boris Johnson strangely appealing and do believe in free trade but not in a wholly unregulated market, dipping my little toe in the waters of conservatism but really a Bleeding-Heart Leftie type, like me.

In fact, most have been so scarily conservative that I have not been able to Follow them on Twitter because I would froth too much, and I prefer to use it as a medium to discuss hairstyles, local cafes, meet-ups and Bob Katter on Q&A.

Intrigued, I vanity-googled my post to see if they were all coming from somewhere, and discovered that there are people who read that post who are convinced I am a card-carrying socially wet, economically dry Liberal. Which for Americans would equate to a Reagan-era Republican before they turned all gung-ho and Rambo-esque, and for Brits equates to, er, Boris Johnson.

I am counting this as a win on the not trumpeting bias front. Alas, we have a government again now, though, as both sides have appointed the previous leaders to high ranking positions in a bid to 'get past all this messy leadership coup business', things are still entertaining.

And in related internet matters, thanks, fourth_rose !

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I doubt I'll be home before 8, maybe by 10 -- SMS me when you're out of Monica and I'll see if I have the go to come up and catch up? Otherwise, we'll still be up in all likelihood and I could make you a post-show cuppa!

[mayela-delarue.livejournal.com]

Will certainly let you know :D