Daily Mail takes its ‘crush the saboteurs’ to a whole new level – our favourite 14 responses
Earlier this week a Tory MP was forced into a humiliating climbdown after his request to universities to give him names of people lecturing about Brexit was dismissed as ‘McCarthyite’ and ‘idiotic Leninism’.
Except some people feared that wouldn’t be the end of it and – wouldn’t you know – it wasn’t. Step forward the Daily ‘Crush the Saboteurs’ Mail.
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TOMORROW: We attack universities for teaching facts which are incompatible with our opinions. Purge the elite; destroy the academics. pic.twitter.com/fvCR0hQw16
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) October 25, 2017
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First they came for the judges but I did not speak out, for I was not a judge.
Then they came for the lecturers… pic.twitter.com/wUr7iAlyYy— David Schneider (@davidschneider) October 26, 2017
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Alternative headline: "THINKING FOR YOURSELF IS NOW TREASON YOU LEFT WING FUCKS" pic.twitter.com/koAudVaPvv
— TechnicallyRaarrrghh (@TechnicallyRon) October 26, 2017
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Yesterday: "He is only asking for information".
Today: a full on witch hunt. pic.twitter.com/QNdTNkIGrv— Matthew Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) October 26, 2017
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"Totalitarian governments manipulate and apply anti-intellectualism to repress political dissent." pic.twitter.com/KRvSKcTTzm
— It's Pipes, Mum! (@Scriblit) October 25, 2017
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"Have you or any of your friend been taught facts or economics? REPORT THE TRAITORS WHO TURNED YOU AGAINST BREXIT" pic.twitter.com/0pZKwL0WbL
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 26, 2017
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'Have you – or do you know anyone who has – experienced anti-Brexit bias at university?' pic.twitter.com/u7LzzlVrcM
— It's Pipes, Mum! (@Scriblit) October 26, 2017
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Have you heard anyone say anything disrespectful about the Party, or the Fuhrer? Email us at… pic.twitter.com/g76R6wh9FR
— Here Lies Rod McKie (@rodmckie) October 26, 2017
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Can't be too far away now – Report an Enemy of #Brexit #EnemyOfBrexit pic.twitter.com/X7sgH9UhNH
— Hopeless Surfer (@HopelessSurfer) October 26, 2017
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“Dear Daily Mail. University taught me to assess facts. Facts are pro remain. Therefore ALL MY UNIVERSITY TUTORS WERE BIASED REMAINER SCUM” pic.twitter.com/uypHUmTavK
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 26, 2017
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I see the Daily Mail is still banking on Britain becoming the children's pantomime version of a totalitarian dystopia. pic.twitter.com/7AZGZaxUNW
— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) October 26, 2017
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The Daily Mail’s achievement in representing 'both sides of the argument' in World War Two is a shining example to all us lecturers today.
— Will Davies (@davies_will) October 26, 2017
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I said Tory minister’s request for info on Brexit leanings of profs was clumsy and odd, but not a serious attack on academic freedom of expression. As usual, Daily Mail working hard to prove me wrong pic.twitter.com/hgEJ00LNhy
— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 26, 2017
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Still, there’s always one way you can make your voice heard and show your support for the Daily Mail. Why not send them an email?
There’s no way that sticking this email address on Twitter could go wrong. https://t.co/UIzCz58yeo
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) October 26, 2017
BONUS
Daily Mail has noticed that the vast majority of people who have spent their lives studying economics and politics think Brexit a bad idea. pic.twitter.com/qKRE3dTzpd
— Michael Merrifield (@ProfMike_M) October 26, 2017
So the Daily Mail has gone after intellectuals? Strikes me as the beginning of slippery slope… pic.twitter.com/Q2m7SvrOh3
— James William Jacobs (@jameswjacobs) October 26, 2017
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