One of the fallacies of
the internet is that social media is able to beat main stream media at its own
game. The Western Mail, the Daily Post, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror etc
can publish shit, but we have this free on-line media that can counteract their lies, but this
is a very partial truth.
The fact is that
Social Media gives us a rose tinted glass that we see our own world through. I
follow people I agree with on Twitter I friend people I agree with on Facebook.
I block and unfriend people, and
create my own little bubble of social media followers who agree 100% with me!
The racists have also created
their own little internet spaces that convince them that they are the voice of
the people.
My social media profile
tells me that there are lots and lots of people that agree with me that the
best answer to Brexit is Welsh Independence, they are correct. But to make that
point on Social media we have to un block and re friend our opponents in order
to persuade them to support our cause, because nationalist internet incest
isn't going to move the cause forward at all!
We have to confront the trolls, not ignore them, we have to make the case for independence to those who currently oppose it, not just revel in those who support it!
