Comments on: Be Careful What you Retweet

By: Paidi

Paidi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:10:59 +0000

Imagine if it was a retweet by a Bishop then O’Gorman wouldn’t be long getting on his high horse..

Amnesty – do what we say and not what we do.

By: Colm O'Gorman

Colm O'Gorman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:39 +0000

Agree Suzie. On both counts.

Especially re the 140 characters point.

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:03:22 +0000

Sure just the other day when I heard a taxi driver make racist remarks about Nigerians, I quickly texted my friends the comments. You know, so they’d know I was appalled at the racist remarks. I then shouted them out the window of the taxi, again to let people on the street know I was appalled. Take that racist taxi driver! I’m sure he got the context of those racist remarks.

By: Maman Poulet

Maman Poulet — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:16 +0000

Thanks for your comment Colm. I do feel the media circus around x factor and indeed the way in which people with disabilities and other issues are exploited on the programme needs discussion. It will take a lot more than 140 characters to do this and the rights of people to perform and take part also needs to be celebrated and protected.

By: Colm O'Gorman

Colm O'Gorman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:54:58 +0000

On Sunday night I re-tweeted a comment about the X-Factor. I am genuinely saddened that this comment has clearly caused hurt and offence. I posted it because I thought it spoke to the media circus that the X-Factor has become, and concerns about how many peoples’ vulnerabilities are put on show in the name of mass entertainment. It wasn’t a comment on any of the artists or their own personal health. To be honest, I was appalled when I re-read it and understood how and why it was taken as such.

As someone who has both professional, but more significantly personal, experience of mental health difficulties I am very aware of how sensitive an issue this is.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:38:35 +0000

The ease with which so many people, private and public figures, make jokes about Susan’s disabilities, appearance etc. is really shocking. If it were a matter of race would it happen with such ease? Not that there should be a competition but I was wondering as I read comments online and indeed heard Newstalk radio this morning on the Breakfast show.

Has Colm acknowledged your comment yet Suzy? Surely he knows this is very insensitive?

By: click here

click here — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:50 +0000

Yeah, I saw that (although not as re-Tweeted by O’Gorman), as well as a re-Tweeted comment made (this time about the X Factor twins) that seemed to find it funny to laugh at the Special Olympics.

Not impressed.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:08:37 +0000

I actually saw that(and other assorted swipes at Susan Boyle) on my girlfriend’s twitter feed and thought that it was mean spitited – Susan Boyle has clearly gone through a lot in her life (not to mention in the last year)and deserves better in my opinion.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:59:32 +0000

Just see this as another public pronouncement from the director of Amnesty which sacrifices his own organisation’s campaigns on the altar of his own self promotion.

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:34:57 +0000

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