I've gone through most of the comments under many political topics on Nairaland, and I've noticed that when it comes to people defending or trying to market their candidates, verbs like 'is', 'will' 'does', 'was', 'had', 'did' 'has' etcetera oftentimes flood the comment section e.g. under this trend: https://www.nairaland.com/7256146/2023-vote-why

To me, the choice of words predicts the political orientation the user has. It reflects on what sentiments s/he is making their decision. And it shows smug or uncritical satisfaction with their political interests.

For instance, if you say 'will', it tells us that you only presume a certain subject is going to act in a presupposed way; in a way s/he never did, so no any base for assurance he's going to do it at all, or to be fair, he's going to do it the most right way if he eventually does it. That's because no track record to reinforce the choice of 'will'/'is'. The same goes with other perfect present forms of the verb.

To illustrate, as an employer, would you give your one million dollars project to someone who only believes in his imaginary strength? He constantly uses 'i will', 'I am' 'i can' when what is expected is telling what has been done or achieve before, or someone whose choice of words involuntarily takes you back to things he was and had done? I think the choice here is clear enough.

Using certain words inadvertently reveals your competence or the lack of it. And for the one who's to make a decision based on this, it subtly reveals some levels of shallowness and shadowiness in the reasoning faculty, and it will ultimately result in poor decisions making.

My candid advice to PO followers —and others candidates' keyboard warriors, too, let your words reflect his competence, his track record and his capacity.

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IMO

Nice piece but then again we are in Nigeria where even the candidate thinks he is superman and thinks he did everything and knows everything.

For instance, PO will say, i did this, i did that, i turned this into that, etc,when he uses statement like this,i sometimes feel like maybe he himself is the government or maybe he is a dictator.

The fact is government is made up of people and not one person, trying to take the glory for other people's advices and work makes me wary.

Hmm..

They are mostly Obidiently Unintelligent!

LongwayGone2021:
I've gone through most of the comments under many political topics on Nairaland, and I've noticed that when it comes to people defending or trying to market their candidates, verbs like 'is', 'will' 'does', 'was', 'had', 'did' 'has' etcetera oftentimes flood the comment section e.g. under this trend: https://www.nairaland.com/7256146/2023-vote-why

To me, the choice of words predicts the political orientation the user has. It reflects on what sentiments s/he is making their decision. And it shows smug or uncritical satisfaction with their political interests.

For instance, if you say 'will', it tells us that you only presume a certain subject is going to act in a presupposed way; in a way s/he never did, so no any base for assurance he's going to do it at all, or to be fair, he's going to do it the most right way if he eventually does it. That's because no track record to reinforce the choice of 'will'/'is'. The same goes with other perfect present forms of the verb.

To illustrate, as an employer, would you give your one million dollars project to someone who only believes in his imaginary strength? He constantly uses 'i will', 'I am' 'i can' when what is expected is telling what has been done or achieve before, or someone whose choice of words involuntarily takes you back to things he was and had done? I think the choice here is clear enough.

Using certain words inadvertently reveals your competence or the lack of it. And for the one who's to make a decision based on this, it subtly reveals some levels of shallowness and shadowiness in the reasoning faculty, and it will ultimately result in poor decisions making.

My candid advice to PO followers —and others candidates' keyboard warriors, too, let your words reflect his competence, his track record and his capacity.

_______
IMO

What if the candidate have no track record to run on? For example Peter Obi.

Pot calling kettle black

LongwayGone2021:
I've gone through most of the comments under many political topics on Nairaland, and I've noticed that when it comes to people defending or trying to market their candidates, verbs like 'is', 'will' 'does', 'was', 'had', 'did' 'has' etcetera oftentimes flood the comment section e.g. under this trend: https://www.nairaland.com/7256146/2023-vote-why

To me, the choice of words predicts the political orientation the user has. It reflects on what sentiments s/he is making their decision. And it shows smug or uncritical satisfaction with their political interests.

For instance, if you say 'will', it tells us that you only presume a certain subject is going to act in a presupposed way; in a way s/he never did, so no any base for assurance he's going to do it at all, or to be fair, he's going to do it the most right way if he eventually does it. That's because no track record to reinforce the choice of 'will'/'is'. The same goes with other perfect present forms of the verb.

To illustrate, as an employer, would you give your one million dollars project to someone who only believes in his imaginary strength? He constantly uses 'i will', 'I am' 'i can' when what is expected is telling what has been done or achieve before, or someone whose choice of words involuntarily takes you back to things he was and had done? I think the choice here is clear enough.

Using certain words inadvertently reveals your competence or the lack of it. And for the one who's to make a decision based on this, it subtly reveals some levels of shallowness and shadowiness in the reasoning faculty, and it will ultimately result in poor decisions making.

My candid advice to PO followers —and others candidates' keyboard warriors, too, let your words reflect his competence, his track record and his capacity.

_______
IMO

abeg get out

Oilwell:
Pot calling kettle black

With the lies and propagandas being peddled against Peter Obi.

Op
Grammatical psychology is just delusion, no school accepted to teach it because it belongs to foooools

OP, please stop your tricks.

Obidient group are made of Nigerians from different ethnic and religious background. They all have different ways of responding to issues.
Op,, you must be tolerant of others and avoid campaign of calumny against Peter Obi and Datti Ahmed

Op, let me tell you, LP supporters will follow you people bumps to bumps, they know the politics you people play, politics of hate, blackmail, intimidation, tribal , religion propaganda and lies, you people are not happy that they are facing you people man to man to counter all you hate campaign, that is why all of you are turning it to obi supporters are this and that, they will face you people any way you people want if

Idiotseverywher:
Op, let me tell you, LP supporters will follow you people bumps to bumps, they know the politics you people play, politics of hate, blackmail, intimidation, tribal , religion propaganda and lies, you people are not happy that they are facing you people man to man to counter all you hate campaign, that is why all of you are turning it to obi supporters are this and that, they will face you people any way you people want if

Over sense dey worry you. They thought it's 2014! We will deal with them mercilessly