It all started off innocently enough…
There was a nice kernel of an idea at the beginning here, when the FF frontbench spokesperson for Children & Youth Affairs sent this out on Saturday afternoon:
In Waterford for @OgraFiannaFail @fiannafailparty Summer School 2017 with oireachtas colleagues. Here for you to #AskFiannaFail any ??’s pic.twitter.com/xvH4RIyzPo
— Anne Rabbitte TD (@AnneRabbitte) July 29, 2017
The internet being the internet, and hashtags being hashtags, and people being people, it didn’t take long for the whole thing to kick off in a direction we’re sure Rabbitte had no idea it might go in.
But we did. And we weren’t the only ones…
The #AskFiannaFail hashtag is one fine comedic case study in how not to do social media. Really, what did they expect?
— Anne-Marie Flynn (@thecailinrua) July 29, 2017
Yep, the reaction to the request took a turn that once again proved that the road to your own personal hell is often paved with your own personal good intentions…
How does it feel being in the youth wing of a party who has been content with controlling women’s bodies?#AskFiannaFail #Repealthe8th
— Kevin Higgins ?? (@KevinHigginsIrl) July 29, 2017
Have you considered rebranding as Boaty McBoatface? #AskFiannaFail
— Sen. Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) July 29, 2017
Was Cowen drunk some of the time or all of the time when the country lost It’s sovereignty #askfiannafail pic.twitter.com/QNv3Ex4Gao
— AshbourneAnnie (@AshbourneAnnie) July 29, 2017
Do you think politicians are best placed to deal with abortion or doctors? #AskFiannaFáil pic.twitter.com/hpnq8AVicy
— Daithi (@daithigorman) July 29, 2017
Crash the economy √
Destroy housing market √
Austerity √
U turn on water charges √
What’s next?#AskFiannaFail pic.twitter.com/IzJJ8my2Qz— Kevin Higgins ?? (@KevinHigginsIrl) July 29, 2017
Have you answered any of these questions yet?#AskFiannaFail
— Paul (@PaulEyezOnMe) July 29, 2017
Why does toast always end up butter side down on the floor?? #AskFiannaFail
— Daniel Burke (@DanielBurke2) July 29, 2017
#AskFiannaFail ?. I don’t have a question, just generally ?this hashtag.
— Kathy D’Arcy (@KathyDArcyCork) July 29, 2017
However, we have to agree with Tom below when it comes to our particular favourite:
Give it up folks, we found a winner #AskFiannaFáil pic.twitter.com/W8gwjOCMhd
— Tom Cahill (@TomCattle1) July 29, 2017
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