Dear Editor,
The Jamaica Labour Party’s sycophant army of the Internet were out in force and were as savage and vulgar as ever during Jamaica’s recent brush with Hurricane Matthew.
The victim of their coarse vulgarity was, this time, People’s National Party former minister for information and gender, Sandrea Falconer. She ‘dared’ — no, was brave enough — to point out that Prime Minister Andrew Holness wore green — his party’s colour — on every opportunity he could when doing the strange and tiresome public relations exercise that was his apparent contribution to the hurricane preparation effort.
Of course, the point was made that the green colour of Holness’s hat and shirt, in at least one PR stance for the cameras, was also the green of the Jamaican flag. This was amid the sycophantic cheering and howls about what a great leader he was for doing the photo ops.
If you believe the “but the flag is green too” story, then you will believe that Hurricane Matthew was turned away by Obeah. The colours of the Jamaican flag are also gold and black. Holness could have chosen gold to represent the sunshine that he felt would be breaking through after the hurricane or black to symbolise the rebirth of agriculture in the wake of the disaster. Hats with Jamaica on the front are available in those colours also. No, he chose green, which is the known colour of his political tribe. In doing so, he marked himself as a tribalist opportunist who used the prospect of a natural disaster to behave in a Messiah-like way and try to fool Jamaicans into believing he and his cabal were the only people who could save the country from the monster.
Thank you, Sandrea Falconer, for turning over the rock and letting the golden sun shine on that trick.
Philip Mascoll
Canada
pmascoll1948@gmail.com
The Jamaica Labour Party’s sycophant army of the Internet were out in force and were as savage and vulgar as ever during Jamaica’s recent brush with Hurricane Matthew.
The victim of their coarse vulgarity was, this time, People’s National Party former minister for information and gender, Sandrea Falconer. She ‘dared’ — no, was brave enough — to point out that Prime Minister Andrew Holness wore green — his party’s colour — on every opportunity he could when doing the strange and tiresome public relations exercise that was his apparent contribution to the hurricane preparation effort.
Of course, the point was made that the green colour of Holness’s hat and shirt, in at least one PR stance for the cameras, was also the green of the Jamaican flag. This was amid the sycophantic cheering and howls about what a great leader he was for doing the photo ops.
If you believe the “but the flag is green too” story, then you will believe that Hurricane Matthew was turned away by Obeah. The colours of the Jamaican flag are also gold and black. Holness could have chosen gold to represent the sunshine that he felt would be breaking through after the hurricane or black to symbolise the rebirth of agriculture in the wake of the disaster. Hats with Jamaica on the front are available in those colours also. No, he chose green, which is the known colour of his political tribe. In doing so, he marked himself as a tribalist opportunist who used the prospect of a natural disaster to behave in a Messiah-like way and try to fool Jamaicans into believing he and his cabal were the only people who could save the country from the monster.
Thank you, Sandrea Falconer, for turning over the rock and letting the golden sun shine on that trick.
Philip Mascoll
Canada
pmascoll1948@gmail.com