Caught up with this somewhere on the net.
There must be a lesson in here for everyone.
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Dear APC/PDP Voltrons on Social Media
Dear Die Hard APC and PDP People who
sit on social media (especially twitter)
and bully the rest of us when we try to
express our somewhat neutral and
objective views and who refuse to listen
to reason,
Screw you! May you choke on your
sanctimonious eba/pounded yam/tuwo while
typing from your fake accounts on twitter.
Yes I said it, you do not deserve the civility
you deny other people on social media.
Screw your #Ihavedecided #transformation
#marchforgej and other bullshit hashtags
with no lubrication. You are what is wrong
with the country parading as agents of
change and transformation. Instead of
winning the undecided with facts and smart
arguments you sit around and insult people.
How is that change or transformation? (Isnt
it messed up that the slogans for both
campaigns are basically synonyms,
significance? They are the same!) The thugs
that are hired by parties or the soldiers and
security forces that are used to strangle the
people’s will arent different from people
that go to the internet and proceed to
verbally assault people who disagree with
them or verbally assault them. You my dear
friends are social thugs, uncouth
incompetent uncivilized thugs that are an
embarrassment to democracy and it’s
ideals.
Cyber-bullies of the highest order, these
men and women who often times accuse the
opposing parties candidate of not being for
free speech or of using the might of
government to rig or manipulate elections
are themselves enemies of freedom and free
speech. Free speech to my understanding
gives me the right to express my opinion
and if my opinion is in disagreement with
yours you are allowed to make your
argument using points and facts. Intelligent
people and the more sophisticated of the
human race make arguments with verifiable
facts and do not result to blatant insults to
get their points across. I weep for my
country and my generation because what
people display on social media is that
objectivity is by and large dead in our
nation and civil discussion and intelligent
debate is in a comatose state.
The same people that insult each other in
social media now as youths will grow up to
be the politicians that tomorrow break
maces on people’s heads while fighting on
the legislature floor. It is a slow decline
that portends a bleak future for the nation.
Of course there are those in the minority
who respect the views of others and when in
disagreement politely state their argument.
To those I say, you are the future of a
refined and progressive Nigeria. We should
never be way too passionate about anything
that we lose our ability to reason and be
civil ( yes religion, I m talking to you too)
Why the not so epic rant? Earlier today, I
tried to civilize a pig headed savage (twitter
handle – @gbengagold) by simply pointing
out that a statement he made about a video
of the vice president saying his party was a
muslim party was taken out of context
based on what I read elsewhere. The man
probably took a look at my handle name
which is Farouk and made a snap judgement
that a) I am a muslim b) I am probably a
PDP supporter and took to insulting me and
telling me he has a friend that was lost in
the kaduna riot. Of course I tried my best
to restrain from insulting the man and
eventually reported the wawa to twitter for
abuse.
We have to say no to these APC and PDP
stans running around twitter and facebook.
When you come across one spouting
falsehoods make it a point to correct them.
If they reply with insults report them to the
social media, let’s not keep quiet. It is time
for the non-partisan objective people to be
vocal.
Sorry about the rant, had to vent. Have
you had an experience with any of these
APC/PDP stans in this election period?
What happened? And who was it? Let’s
name and shame the bigots and pig
headed people amongst us. How do we
quel this behavior? Is objectivity and
intelligent debate truly dead in Nigeria

well said!!

I feel you bro