Gerry Adams defends his use of the N-word in recent bizarre tweet

When Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, takes to Twitter these days, people generally sit up and take notice mostly because you never know WHAT he might tweet.

In keeping with some of his more bizarre musings since he first signed up to the social media site in 2013, Gerry last night decided it would be a good idea to drop the N-word while getting his flake on to Django Unchained.

After tweeting "Watching Django Unchained – A Ballymurphy N****r!", the politician understandably came in for severe criticism from Twitter users who were aghast that a politician might use that word without realising the repercussions.

Having been slammed for the ill-advised posting, Gerry soon deleted the tweet, but insisted his post was misunderstood by the hundreds who complained.

Any1 who saw Django would know my tweets&N-word were ironic.Nationalists in Nth were treated like African Americans.

— Gerry Adams (@GerryAdamsSF) May 2, 2016

 
Obviously concerned that his follow-up tweet hadn't done enough to appease the masses, he later released an official statement, saying: "My tweets about the film Django have triggered a lot of interest."

"Anyone who has seen the film, as I did last evening, and who is familiar with the plight of nationalists in the north until recently, would know that my tweets about the film and the use of the N-word were ironic and not intended to cause any offence whatsoever."

"The fact is that nationalists in the north, including those from Ballymurphy, were treated in much the same way as African Americans until we stood up for ourselves," he argued.

Shutting down accusations of racism, he continued: "Attempts to suggest that I am a racist are without credibility. I am opposed to racism and have been all my life."

"If anyone is genuinely offended by my use of the N-word they misunderstand or misrepresent the context in which it was used. For this reason I deleted the tweets," he concluded.

Oh Gerry, your pun-filled tweets will always go down better. Who remembers 'Good coffee in SF Bookshop in Parnell Sq. Tiochfaidh ar latte!!' ?!