The thing about social media is that it's a young person's playground. It's where most of them interact, where those who can be bothered keep up with the news but hopefully it's not a place that's taken too seriously when it comes to the calibre of our political leaders.
On that one Donald Trump set the Twitter standard, day after day acting like a recalcitrant schoolboy, throwing tantrums at anyone who's in a position to influence public opinion. Woe betide, he's now getting more and more into videos with the latest depicting him knocking a man in a suit and tie, with a CNN logo instead of a head, to the ground and repeatedly punching him outside a wrestling ring.
The years old clip, minus the logo, apparently came from a real life performance from the now President at WrestleMania, but finishing with the logo FNN, depicting Fraud News Network. Incredibly his relaxed Homeland security advisor said it was simply the President genuinely expressing himself and rejecting the notion that it posed any threat to the media.
By comparison our politicians are tame, although Winston Peters has been more aggressively taking to Twitter lately, unusually using the word crap when reacting to a Herald opinion piece.
It seems Peters doesn't need to personalise his messages though, because we all know him well enough. It's the two vying for the Prime Minister's job, although Peters will have an eye on that one too, that are setting out to show us they're one of us.
