Boyles vs. World: Twitter account offers puzzling window on family

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Their Twitter handle hints at an isolation Joshua and Caitlan Boyle might feel: @BoylesVsWorld.

The account was set up in October, the same month the couple and their three children returned to Canada after being held captive for five years by the Taliban in Afghanistan, but the first post wasn’t made until Nov. 29. Their profile describes the couple as “freelance do-gooders, hostages extraordinaire, lovers of fine cheese.”

The account has 378 followers, many of them journalists who have reported on the Boyle story.

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The pinned tweet at the top of their feed, written in italics, says, “The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.”

The feed consists of just 14 tweets, including two with photos from the family’s Dec. 19 meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his office.

“Today was a wonderful experience for my family, and Ma’idah Grace Makepeace seemed truly enamoured. Incidentally, not our first meeting with @JustinTrudeau, that was ’06 in Toronto over other common interests, haha,” reads the first tweet.

“Some more glimpses of the visit with @CanadianPM @JustinTrudeau where we were able to discuss #MartyrBoyle and the #HaqqaniNetwork in further detail. Dhakwœn Noah posing, but Najæshi Jonah just wanted to rearrange the furniture,” the second says.

On Dec. 29, the account tweeted a link to an official U.S. White House story about President Donald Trump’s successes in his first year in office.

“An American, a Canadian, and their three children” are indeed making the world great again, thank you Mr. President. You haven’t done as bad a job as everybody says, yourself,” BoylesVsWorld tweeted.

Another tweet links to a New York Times story about the United States’ frustration with Pakistan’s anti-terrorism efforts.

The most recent tweet, also on Dec. 29, says simply, “Our dead go to Heaven, their dead go to Hell.”

The next day, Ottawa police visited the Boyles’ centretown apartment. On Jan. 1, Joshua Boyle was arraigned on 15 charges, including sexual assault, forcible confinement and administering a noxious substance.

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