My exchange with Ruth Coppinger has now surpassed 1.1 million views on X alone and the response has been overwhelmingly negative towards her conduct.
I just find it amusing to think that in an alternate timeline, where she simply answered the question in a polite and reasonable manner, it would have received meagre views and nobody would be talking about it now.
I recently asked Gary Gannon of the Social Democrats a similar question, and he answered it calmly and civilly like a gentleman. Consequently, that video got just under 30k views and did not feature on anyone’s radar, because nothing sensational or mad happened in it. I asked, he answered, and we all went home.
By contrast, Coppinger created a viral moment for herself by being unreasonable. It’s almost like comporting yourself in an unprofessional and dismissive way when people ask you a fair question has a tendency to backfire.
Who knew?