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Tweets for 2022-04-29

I am seeing murmurings of "Sarath Fonseka is the right man to take on the Rajapaksas…"
Have you people learnt nothing?

Turning off your brain and handing over the ruling of the country to some "strong man" and going on with your lives does not work!/1 06:12:54

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Tweets for 2022-04-27

If he runs out of office this fast, I'm sure he'd get a gold medal .. oh wait, he's got all the gold already …
So maybe a standing ovation?

#GoHomeRajapaksas #GoHomeGota https://t.co/qLCI8cC8D4 06:39:11
What is the point of these walks by political parties except to “show” the people that they are doing something?
Shouldn’t they really be in parliament and trying to find a resolution through parliamentary process?

But what do I know? https://t.co/RVN0AmXoCY 08:14:43
Right … and who gave you that mandate? And who’s asking you to step down now?
Totally different people, I guess … 😜 https://t.co/krt14Ifo67 08:23:20
Help out if/where you can! Be a part of the struggle! https://t.co/2PsM76It32 11:40:44

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Tweets for 2022-04-26

First, there was #GotaGoGama. Then there was #MynahGoGama. How soon before we have #KaputaGoGama? 😜 https://t.co/sUzIY9Fm3E 09:36:15
The stuff of nightmares — nobody will be panic buying soap (or even doing any non-panic buying) if they had these wrappers 😛
#GoHomeGota #GoHomeRajapaksas https://t.co/G6GTJakkpy 10:20:27

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Tweets for 2022-04-25

Hey @PresRajapaksa and @GotabayaR, in #SriLanka where the people are starving and don't have the money to keep the lights on, how come you have money for spiked barriers, gas masks, and bullets to shoot #ChamindaLakshan with?
What leadership!

#GotaGoHome #GoHomeRajapaksas https://t.co/VUkQju6fn9 06:49:21
ඕය් @PresRajapaksa & @GotabayaR, මිනිස්සු බඩගින්නේ ඉන්න, ලයිට් දාන්න සල්ලි නැති #SriLanka වේ, උල් තියෙන බාධක, ගෑස් වෙස් මුහුණු, සහ #ChamindaLakshan ට වෙඩි තියන්න උණ්ඩ වලට සල්ලි කොහෙන්ද?
අම්මගේ බුදලේද?

#GoHomeGota #GoHomeRajapaksas https://t.co/9lJguND2nF 07:17:42
“Going naked rather than wearing that uniform is more respectable. Your clothes are paid for with our taxes.”, the protestors say.
Duty or listening to your conscience? What do you choose?

When the fate of the country is at stake, can you claim duty compels you?

#GoHomeGota https://t.co/rAfVV3cPjh 07:45:18
Solar power plant – I assume at #GotaGoGama?
Second sign says (and I paraphrase): “Even if you can’t do it, we provide power the whole day, Nandasena!”

#GoHomeGota #GoHomeRajapaksas https://t.co/17V1dEgNxf 07:56:44
The banner behind him reads: “If we’d done it right, you wouldn’t have to fight like this now. Please forgive us sons and daughters!”
This should strike a chord within all of us Sri Lankans — if we’d nipped corruption and nepotism in the bud, we wouldn’t be in this situation now https://t.co/CRXuPhyLjS 11:20:50
Hey @CassilingamG might want to show this to @PresRajapaksa while you’re reading out stuff to him … https://t.co/kZH9tHGcxT 19:16:53
I am dying 🤣 https://t.co/GJWdMOlYkj 19:44:10

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Tweets for 2022-04-24

https://t.co/sVHuwVnRkK 10:08:31
People who (probably) didn't even know about @helakuru previously have suddenly become so concerned about its ownership and shareholders. All based on FB and WhatsApp messages from people purporting to be from Anonymous.
Why are people so gullible and other questions … 13:20:32
I am so impressed by all that the university students are doing in this protest — first, there was the throwing back of tear gas canisters, then running off with barricades, now dismantling the barricades blocking their path 😃
More strength to the youth protest!

#GotaGoHome https://t.co/fVVNplMdtZ 18:24:15
It looks as if @PresRajapaksa is going to have to live surrounded by slogans against him 😝 Or is this wall going to be white-washed overnight?
And if yes, at whose expense?

#GotaGoHome https://t.co/9WNrFrCOUB 18:26:52
Barriers of metal and spikes on one side and barriers of flesh and blood on the other side — who will prevail?
#GotaGoHome https://t.co/f0dncdZ9z5 19:53:35

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Tweets for 2022-04-22

There's a saying that a butterfly flapping its wings can create a storm halfway around the world… or something to that effect.
When somebody dies (or is murdered) it creates a massive tornado whose effect can be felt not just in the present, but way into the future. /1 08:10:32

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Tweets for 2022-04-18

I feel that this PTerry quote applies to a whole lot of things going on at the moment … https://t.co/5hpTHgN684 06:42:00
Maybe it's an atavistic memory from when prehistoric cavemen ran with other cavemen trying to get away from a t-Rex thinking, "I just have to be faster than the other guy!", but humanity habitually reverts to "me vs. you" (or, by extension, "us vs. them"). /1 07:46:50

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Tweets for 2022-04-17

An admirable sentiment — the whole thread is worth reading.
The trouble for most people would be differentiating between the trappings of patriotism and Sinhala supremacism given that those things have been conflated for so long. Hopefully, we do get there … https://t.co/v7KI07ejJt 17:59:57

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Tweets for 2022-04-16

Yesterday @ChayuDamsinghe tweeted a 🧵 that's well worth reading – first tweet in thread below.
On reading his thread, what occurred to me was that the #GoHomeGota protest at #GotaGoGama could very well be seen as elitist — it certainly will be portrayed as such by some… /1 https://t.co/BSCk5VCgs1 08:35:31
Not sure that I'm in agreement with the letter to Limini that I've seen online and talked about elsewhere. I don't know if there are multiple letters, but the one I saw seemed a bit too personal and vitriolic. Is Limini the person you want to concentrate on at this point? 08:38:00

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Tweets for 2022-04-15

I'm seeing "they are weakening the protest", or, "singing/book reading is not going to help the cause" etc. on Twitter here and there …
There's a bit to unpack here 🙂 /1 10:24:19

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