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| Nicola Sturgeon fires warning to 'Yes' backers over online abuse | Nicola Sturgeon fires warning to 'Yes' backers over online abuse |
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| Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned supporters of independence to stop abusing their opponents online. | Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned supporters of independence to stop abusing their opponents online. |
| Posting on her @NicolaSturgeon Twitter handle, she said "people who disagree are not anti-Scottish". | Posting on her @NicolaSturgeon Twitter handle, she said "people who disagree are not anti-Scottish". |
| Her intervention appeared to have been prompted by unpleasant exchanges on social media following Scotland's defeat in the rugby World Cup. | Her intervention appeared to have been prompted by unpleasant exchanges on social media following Scotland's defeat in the rugby World Cup. |
| Ms Sturgeon has previously tweeted her support for those attacked online. | Ms Sturgeon has previously tweeted her support for those attacked online. |
| The SNP leader's late-night message was posted after Australia narrowly beat Scotland with a controversial late penalty in their quarter-final head-to-head. | The SNP leader's late-night message was posted after Australia narrowly beat Scotland with a controversial late penalty in their quarter-final head-to-head. |
| Ms Sturgeon did not make reference to any one tweet or tweeter. | Ms Sturgeon did not make reference to any one tweet or tweeter. |
| However, in one strand the independence-supporting Wings Over Scotland writer, Stuart Campbell, published a tweet questioning the right of the author JK Rowling to support the Scotland team because she had helped fund the pro-Union Better Together campaign. | |
| He in turn received abusive social media messages. | |
| Ms Sturgeon's full tweet read: "Note to my fellow independence supporters. People who disagree are not anti Scottish. Does our cause no good to hurl abuse (& it's wrong)." | Ms Sturgeon's full tweet read: "Note to my fellow independence supporters. People who disagree are not anti Scottish. Does our cause no good to hurl abuse (& it's wrong)." |
| She also re-tweeted Scottish crime writer Val McDermid who said in one of her postings: "I for one am proud to call @jk_rowling and @ArtyBagger [Muriel Gray] my fellow countrywomen." | She also re-tweeted Scottish crime writer Val McDermid who said in one of her postings: "I for one am proud to call @jk_rowling and @ArtyBagger [Muriel Gray] my fellow countrywomen." |
| At the weekend, in her speech to the SNP conference in Aberdeen, Ms Sturgeon said her party "will respect those whose opinion differs from ours". | At the weekend, in her speech to the SNP conference in Aberdeen, Ms Sturgeon said her party "will respect those whose opinion differs from ours". |