The tweets began after South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela passed away yesterday (December 5). The singer wrote, "very hard not to feel angry when you see people who have acted in total opposition to mandelas' beliefs now lionizing him. very, very hard."
He has since gone on to attack the prime minister, writing "@pmharper you've spent your life praising people like rob ford. so if you had any real respect for mandela, you would keep your mouth shut."
Subsequent tweets have called Harper a "pig" and a "fucker," blasted "all the racists in [his] caucus," and referred to "the venal scum you made money for."
Perhaps the harshest words of all came when Campbell wrote, "@pmharper there will be no tears, or poems, or ceremonies. your death will only remind us of the darkest period of this countrys' history," and "@pmharper stephen harper: he destroyed a country, raped an environment, lied to his people, and played shitty elton john covers. #obituary."
He also aimed a few messages at Obama, suggesting that he honour Mandela's legacy by closing Guantanamo Bay, ceasing drone attacks and "getting out of bed with bankers and governing according to your supposed principles."
It doesn't seem that Campbell is through with his lambasting, but read some of the notable tweets so far below.
. @pmharper your life and the life of nelson mandela could not be more opposite.you are the exact sort of person he spent his life fighting.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013. @pmharper stick to praising people like your hero margaret thatcher, who was apartheids' greatest ally. it comes off as much more sincere.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013the greatest dishonour we could do mandela is to allow his legacy to be sanitized and co-opted by the forces of oppression and capitalism.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper you've spent your life praising people like rob ford. so if you had any real respect for mandela, you would keep your mouth shut.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013. @pmharper because honestly steve, the praise of low life scum such as yourself is a denigration and defilement of mandelas' life and work.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper you see mandela was too great a leader to lower himself to call out the likes of you. so it's up to the rest of us to do it. pig.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper if mandela meant so much to you, why don't you kick your racist mp rob anders out of caucus for his remarks?
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper i suppose because if you kicked all the racists in your caucus out, there would be practically no one left.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper and i want you to know that when you're gone, no one except the venal scum you made money for will have one kind word to say.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper there will be no tears, or poems, or ceremonies. your death will only remind us of the darkest period of this countrys' history.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@pmharper stephen harper: he destroyed a country, raped an environment, lied to his people, and played shitty elton john covers. #obituary
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013@hockeyesque @pmharper take the fucker down for me man. the blood boils at the sickening hypocrisy of our "leaders".
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@BarackObama how about honouring mr. mandela by ceasing to bomb innocent people to death with unmanned aircraft?
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@BarackObama how about honouring mandela by closing guantanamo bay?
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013.@BarackObama how about honouring mandela by getting out of bed with bankers and governing according to your supposed principles?
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013and If you think it's inappropriate to point out the hypocrisy of the worlds' politicians over mandelas' death, you are fucking delusional.
— torquilcampbell (@torquilcampbell) December 6, 2013
