It is an electoral campaign and everything is magnified, for better or for worse. In social networks you live like this 365 days; black or white, there is hardly a middle ground. On Twitter it is difficult to survive these days so intense to the siege of each other. But it is possible. In almost all conflicts there are also greys.
The Government is throwing it away with the social Tuesdays of the Council of Ministers. Nothing, by the way, that no executive in office has not done. Some tweeter remembered when Rajoy promised in 2016 that the working day would end at six in the afternoon and he continues to come home at night.
The contest began with one of the structural problems of the Spanish population, housing. In social networks there was an intense, and healthy, debate. They spoke of the frustrated projects of the young, and of the not so young, to find a vital horizon, of segregation in the cities, of a right abandoned by the rulers for decades and, of course, of the occupation. Then came the Interrail for generation Z, the cinema for two euros for retirees and, about time, the regulation of the right to be forgotten oncology.
But in the last few hours EH Bildu burst in with a decision that any democrat should find disgusting: seven convicted of blood crimes included in electoral lists. It was gasoline for the right. ETA, the recurring theme of almost all the campaigns, re-emerged.
It was difficult for the PSOE to react. He arrived late and did not do so until Pedro Sánchez established doctrine from the White House. In the PP, once again, double discourse was verified. Ayuso was quick to ask to outlaw Bildu, while Feijóo was much more restrained and stated that the reaction of sanchismo is “saddened and unworthy”.
Bildu announced yesterday that the seven exetarras will not take their act as councilor. The government celebrated it. In the PP, two speeches again. Feijóo's: “We have taken the first step. Let's go for the next ones." And that of Ayuso: “They are not going to resign because they are also on the list. And of course they will take possession. What word does a murderer have? 600 likes from Galician compared to 5,000 from Madrid. Ayuso is viral and it doesn't matter what he says.
Who deserves deep respect and who should focus the debate on terrorism, Francoism or any exercise of violence at all times are the victims. They are the ones who put sanity. This is how Consuelo Ordóñez expressed herself: "Some putting themselves in profile, others taking advantage of the political mud." But Gregorio's sister was not viral.
