@OhBuggerandArse
I suspect her views were a convenient 'hook' for some to allow the abuse to go on unchecked, even up to the point of criminal threats. That's what's truely abhorrent to me. Sturgeon is incapable of having any decency around this, and continues to endorse the abuse by staying silent & not addressing the root cause.
Or, to get back to the primary subject of the thread, it's worse than that, and (pace David Davis), they decided to use those views as an excuse to go after her because she raised the question of inappropriate fishing for testimony against Salmond at the NEC, and they needed to undermine her credibility and leverage.
Yes I think there's a number of issues intertwined in how she's been treated by the SNP which is a shameful stain on all of them. She spoke up, as a QC, to question why senior SNP officials were suborning witnesses when the police were investigating. Those involved had the benefit of a QC who was experienced in prosecuting cases developed from police investigations and was
doing them a favour by pointing out their activities were less than helpful. And of course, she's been vocal on women's rights so the combination makes it very easy to set the extreme fringe on her, even when that includes seriously dangerous SNP members who go so far they end up convicted of making credible threats of violence including sexual violence.
When you actually see that written down & realise that Sturgeon still hasn't been challenged on this, it's quite astonishing. And not in a good way.