It begins

[Flick of the Elbow]

It's a pejorative term coined by Lord Foulkes and adopted by the unionist media; I would view anyone who was an online campaigner who countered the mainstream unionist establishment position, as contributing greatly to the debate. The cowards in the mainstream media and their unionist bedfellows would see them differently of course.

If you are referring to online abuse during the referendum campaign, the post-referendum period saw a poll which indicated that 11% on no supporters had experienced online abuse and 20% of YES supporters had encountered online abuse - this will, of course, all be lies in your head.

That would be why Sturgeon had to issue the following request on Twitter

@NicolaSturgeon: Note to my fellow independence supporters. People who disagree are not anti Scottish. Does our cause no good to hurl abuse (& it's wrong)

If I recall, that was prompted by all the abuse that was being dished out to certain well known Union supporters for supporting Scotland at the Rugby WC.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

So Sturgeon reined it in from one side. Who did so from the other?

No need - that was posted by Sturgeon in October last year, over a year after the referendum. The No campaign had long since stood down but the cybernats were still (in fact, are still) as aggressive as ever.
http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides...er-warning-to-nationalists-over-online-abuse/

 

[Drago]

Shame the cycbernats didn't put as much energy into actually voting!

 

[AndyRM]

The only place I've heard about any EU referendum stuff is on this forum.

I gather there's some kind of vote?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

So Sturgeon reined it in from one side. Who did so from the other?

Nobody from either side reined it in during the referendum. A typical SNP supporter depicted.

 

[classic33]

The only place I've heard about any EU referendum stuff is on this forum.

I gather there's some kind of vote?

Better than any news network and nearly as bad.

 

[GaryA]

The EU referendum is producing some strange bedfellows...clowns like Boris Johnson and George Galloway lining up alongside has-been Labour and Tory ministers
The Greens and most of the left lining up alongside Goldman Sachs, big business and the landed gentry