So let’s parse AD’s reasoning, shall we?

1. We are not going to demonstrate against government corruption.

2. This is not because we like government corruption, but because we really, really hate the Nationalists.

3. The Nationalists have called the demo, and because we hate them, we won’t be going.

4. We can’t say that outright, because it wouldn’t look great, so instead we will just say that both parties are the same. A lot of stupid people will repeat that. Are we proud to be admired by stupid people? At this stage, who cares. It works for Labour.

5. Because we hate the Nationalists, we won’t just not turn up ourselves, but we will also do our best to try to put others off going too.

6. This is not because we don’t hate government corruption, but we hate the Nationalists more.

7. Now we have a dilemma. If we encourage people not to turn up, the corrupt politicians in government will get the message that what they’re doing is OK. But if we encourage people to turn up, we will be helping the Nationalists. And we hate those.

8. We’d rather damage the Nationalists for objecting to corruption than damage the corrupt politicians at the top who are setting up secret companies in Panama and stuffing them with ill-gotten gains.

9. Protest against the corrupt politicians in government or work against the Nationalists in Opposition, thereby helping the corrupt politicians in government? Hmmm. Tough one. Let’s go with the latter.

10. Don’t forget to repeat all over Facebook that we think both parties are the same. It’s only our attitude towards them that’s different.