Read on Twitter
A friend asked me the other day if I knew when Twitter became a JLP garrison. I told her it wasn’t, it was just smoke and mirrors. It really is just a vocal minority that made it appear so. I told her that if she looked deeper she will see this.
In reality it’s always the same few accounts acting in tandem which the. set narratives and amplifies the JLP’s talking points, often under the guise of neutrality.
Their M.O. is simple. Disruption, propaganda & discrediting. Let’s look at some tactics.
Their M.O. is simple. Disruption, propaganda & discrediting. Let’s look at some tactics.
Tactic 1 - “The PNP did it too” - A means of deflecting from present issue with reference to past incidents, told with a filtered history of course in favour of JLP. They totally ignore the fact that JLP got the in 2016 nod on a platform of transformation.
In fact, Holness’ support was built on the promise of being transformational. For example when an everyday user makes reference to the billions of dollars misappropriated by JLP in their 4 years, the general answer will be something like, “what about XYZ scandal?”.
Tactic 2 - “The PNP would have done worse” - Of course, a non-statement. There’s no way to prove or disprove it, so boom, no room for real discourse. Coupled with tactic 1, this often proves successful in quieting “dissent”.
Tactic 3 - Another prime tactic is obfuscation. They do this along with quoting things out of context. Example, someone questions the constitutional legality of a JLP action (and there have been a few JLP constitutional missteps), they reply with something like
“PJ said the law isn’t a shackle”. BTW, the full quote is “the law is not a shackle to enslave but must be seen as a tool of social engineering." PJ even had to warn such man about misquoting him in 2011, so it’s not surprising that the rangers do it too.
Tactic 4 - Aligning “Dunce” with anti-government sentiment. This sets up GOJ as a perfect body made up of emotionally intelligent geniuses who can never make mistakes. Anyone who questions this is ridiculed (we are seeing that happening on the TL right now!)
Tactic 5 - Multiple burner accounts - Some of these operatives manage multiple accounts including public officials so they can... well u get the point. Suddenly, 12 persons become 48 all saying the same thing which has 2 effects. 1) Ppl looking on will question their own opinion.
2) Tweeters with contrary opinions just hush because they don’t want to suffer the wrath of the rangers which then leaves only one narrative on TL. I mean, you can’t knock the playbook. It mek sense in a way.
Checking myself here - I don’t want to mix up JLP’s twitter cabal with every day JLP supporters who genuinely see the party as the better vehicle for JA. I would never knock a man over his politics. I respect those who take a stance; he who nuh stand fi supn, fall fi anything.
What I have an issue with is the JLP’s bully team. They’re like puffer fish trying to seem bigger than they are (which is fine) but the fact that they employ hyena tactics is disturbing. Pree the TL right now with the vilifying of the doc who spoke abt covid being out of control.
Whether or not he did anything questionable does not negate the information. It’s the kill the message by attacking the messenger tactic. Sadly it often works.
