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Pat Martin: Twitter Goes Crazy After NDP MP Gets Profane, Again

The Huffington Post Canada  |  By Posted: 03/17/2012 10:50 am Updated: 03/17/2012 11:35 am

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NDP MP Pat Martin took to Twitter Friday and sent a nearly-profane tweet at economist Stephen Gordon that got the social network all worked up. (CP)

Pat Martin has got himself into trouble on Twitter. Again.

The outspoken NDP MP took to the social network Friday evening and, inspired by an Andrew Coyne column on how Canada is poised to become the freest-trading nation on earth, launched a series of anti-globalization posts.

Pat Martin sparring with Andrew Coyne on Twitter about free trade is hardly worth a headline -- it's a weekly feature -- but then the NDP firebrand's infamous temper started heating up.

After tweeting that globalization "has been a destructive nightmare for working people," Laval University economist Stephen Gordon responded, "Someday the NDP will realise that know-nothing populism is incompatible with social democracy. Yes, I'm talking to you, @PatMartinMP."

Pat Martin didn't like that. Not one bit.

"@stephenfgordon the good new is I wrote "F**k You Stephen Gordon' then erased it. But I reserve the right to call you a pompous dickhead."

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the good new is I wrote "F**k You Stephen Gordon' then erased it. But I reserve the right to call you a pompous dickhead

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Predictably, Twitter went crazy.

Martin admitted he didn't know who Gordon is (he's widely quoted in the Canadian media), which set off a string of rebukes. Before long, iPolitics posted a story on the rant, which was tweeted by political trendsetter National Newswatch.

This isn't the first time Martin has got himself into trouble on Twitter. Last year, the MP dropped several F-bombs on the social network after the Conservative government voted to end debate on a budget-related bill. Some said it was the final bullet for any hope of parliamentary decorum.

Martin hasn't said sorry to Gordon yet, but that doesn't mean he won't. Earlier this week, the MP issued a written apology to the Tory voter-outreach company Responsive Marketing Group over comments he made linking the firm to the robocalls scandal. Martin is also being sued by RackNine Inc., the Edmonton telemarketing firm used by the now infamous Pierre Poutine to make misleading robocalls in at least one riding.

Love him or hate him, you have to admit he's keeping the House of Commons interesting.

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firstcircle12
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12:39 PM on 03/18/2012
It's always in better taste to use a euphemism.
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Rockend86
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09:28 AM on 03/18/2012
My advice to Pat Martin- get some anger management help. Address the route causes of your anger, it will help both you and your party. As it stands, you come across as an uneducated but intelligent individual expressed in your totally inappropriate language. I guess you are fortunate that your constituents support you, however, if I lived in your riding -you would not get my vote.
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therainisgone
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07:47 AM on 03/18/2012
FREE TRADE is great if you are a corporation --------it could be VERY BAD if you are a country

china is collecting billions of US dollars ---the US is landfilling billions in cheap chinese goods

china is getting rich -----the US is giving away their wealth

TRADE has to be BALANCED -----from all perspectives -----
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HarleyOpenRoad
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08:31 AM on 03/18/2012
Free trade is great for the consumer.

Canada is still very protectionist in some areas. For example, because of provincial marketing boards, milk, eggs, and poultry are roughly double the price in Canada as just across the line.
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island cynic
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09:04 AM on 03/18/2012
Free trade brings in reduced wages along with reduced pricing. How is that a win?

In fact along with price hikes in the basics, winning is not what the average Canadian is doing and hasn't been doing for about 3 decades now. Quit shilling for the corporation.
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wisdom4you
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10:38 AM on 03/18/2012
harley ... you have contradicted yourself again, and, as usual .. you are neutralized .. again.
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butchcliff
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06:15 AM on 03/18/2012
Crude remarks, name calling & cursing, shows his debating skills, tact & lack of diplomacy
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SamEasy
You really don`t want to know.
458 Fans
04:31 AM on 03/18/2012
This only confrims why Hier Harper wants is WHOLE TEAM to disclose only such information that has been previously approved. Unfortunately, Harper was not able to be with Vic when his scrouples went astray.
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Jack Hope
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01:59 AM on 03/18/2012
Okay Pat, maybe you should take a bit of a time out.

You're not helping the cause with these outbursts. I think the whole country knows that your angry and that your not going to take it anymore.

But lashing out in anger isn't doing a damn thing to fix the problem. It's starting to become a part of the problem.
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Simple E Anonymous
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11:37 PM on 03/17/2012
This story makes a point that Pat Martin should somehow be embarrassed for not knowing who Stephen Gordon is. Well, guess what, Pat Martin has been an MP for 15 years. Stephen Gordon is the one who should have known that when he dissed Martin the guy was not going to take it sitting down. And if he was deliberately trying to provoke Martin then he deserved as much as he got.
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island cynic
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10:52 PM on 03/17/2012
I love Pat Martin, he is always angry and so should all of us at the class war. We are all losing BTW. Don't listen to economists as most of them believe in a warped theory.
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ToxicSludge
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10:24 PM on 03/17/2012
Pat... Gordon is both an academic and an economist. It's obvious he may well be a first-class whatever it is you called him Pat.
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haddanuff
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10:15 PM on 03/17/2012
The cons only understand Orwellian newspeak or their PMO scripted truthiness.

Pat on the back, Pat.
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09:48 PM on 03/17/2012
Twitter should be banned for use by politicians.
And children.
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brianmouland
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06:57 PM on 03/18/2012
Pat represents both groups real well
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Tom Ewasiuk
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09:21 PM on 03/17/2012
Stay Classy Pat.
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A Tired Canadian
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09:16 PM on 03/17/2012
Seems as if Mr. Martin cannot argue the statements in a reasoanable fashion and must resort to the use of profanity much like a lot of other MP`s from all sides of the house. Does not bode well for the intelligence of the members we elect or for the intelligence of the voters who elect them.
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09:06 PM on 03/17/2012
Harper can destroy a whole way of life without swearing. That's what we really need. No swearing.
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HarleyOpenRoad
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09:09 PM on 03/17/2012
Govt cheque late?
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09:54 PM on 03/17/2012
Bibles and guns stocked up?
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dclintn648
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10:13 PM on 03/17/2012
Everyone knows that the REAL problem in society is a lack of decorum, not political corruption, corporate malfeasance and the loss of middle class jobs! The Conservatives expect us to take the destruction of our way of life by whimpering and bowing to their superiority.
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All Seeing Guy
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08:56 PM on 03/17/2012
Let fly Pat, let fly.
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