It seems incredible that people, particularly politicians, still make mistakes where the Internet and Facebook is concerned – believing that their comments will go largely unnoticed. The sort of comments that no right minded politician would utter on national television, or in an interview with a journalist, seems to frequent the online domain as though no one will ever see them – which couldn’t be further from the truth.
Thanks to the power of Facebook, and the fact that its profiles and fan pages are now fully indexible, making them ideal for SEO, Wirral councillor Denis Knowles made a monumental gaff this last week when he posted a homophobic comment on his Facebook page. Believing his comments would be seen by just his nearest and dearest, and despite removing them within an hour, they had already been copied and distributed via the medium of the viral.
The comments were posted three days ago and concerned some leaflets that were being handed out in his area by ‘limp wristed’ boys. The Tory councillor commented:
“…an unusual group of boys leafleting in Seacombe this weekend, of the limp wristed variety and definitely NOT local.”
The MP for Wallasey, Angela Eagle, has jumped on the chance to attack the Wirral councillor for his comments. She write to David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, stating:
This statement by Cllr Knowles was nasty, deeply offensive and (more…)