An EU law professor has responded to threats and insults with an exemplary out-of-office message.
Prof Michael Dougan lectures on EU law at the University of Liverpool law school and specialises in EU constitutional law, the Single Market and EU welfare law. Earlier this month a video of a speech Dougan delivered backing Remain clocked up 6.7 million views on Facebook. It also earned Dougan a target on his back. In the 24 minute speech, Professor Dougan, who has advised government departments on EU law, accused Leave campaigners of "dishonesty, really, on an industrial scale".
Swivel-eyed loons and chest-thumping xenophobes deluged his inbox with offensive suggestions. So he set up a permanent out-of-office message, asking correspondents who “have sent me an abusive message... that I have my snout in the EU trough” not to be offended “if I do not treat replying to your message as a priority”.
Dougan, who is from Northern Ireland, told Legal Cheek that since the vote, "racist messages have starting coming in larger numbers", mostly "along the lines of 'fuck off back to paddyland you fucking IRA c**t'”. Which isn't very nice. Undeterred, he's now creating a follow-up video on the consequences of the Brexit vote.
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Prof Michael Dougan lectures on EU law at the University of Liverpool law school and specialises in EU constitutional law, the Single Market and EU welfare law. Earlier this month a video of a speech Dougan delivered backing Remain clocked up 6.7 million views on Facebook. It also earned Dougan a target on his back. In the 24 minute speech, Professor Dougan, who has advised government departments on EU law, accused Leave campaigners of "dishonesty, really, on an industrial scale".
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Prof Dougan, throwing word tomatoes at the battle bus |
Swivel-eyed loons and chest-thumping xenophobes deluged his inbox with offensive suggestions. So he set up a permanent out-of-office message, asking correspondents who “have sent me an abusive message... that I have my snout in the EU trough” not to be offended “if I do not treat replying to your message as a priority”.
Dougan, who is from Northern Ireland, told Legal Cheek that since the vote, "racist messages have starting coming in larger numbers", mostly "along the lines of 'fuck off back to paddyland you fucking IRA c**t'”. Which isn't very nice. Undeterred, he's now creating a follow-up video on the consequences of the Brexit vote.
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Evenso out of curiosity I watched the video that Dougan produced. The content was thin, repetitive, self congratulatory and full of holes. It did not deserve the large number of views which it received.
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"The News
The entire country is now going to hell in a handcart. But at least, as the RoF discussion board points out, some snaggle-toothed, workshy, web-footed half wits get to stick two fingers up to the continent. So that's all right then."
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