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zinosleek:
The story of President Donald Trump's Twitter account being temporarily deactivated by someone on their last day of work at Twitter is internet gold, isn't it? It's got all the right elements - a hero, a villain (I'll let you decide which is which) and it played out on social media for us all to enjoy.

After an initial message saying an investigation was taking place, Twitter confirmed - via a tweet, naturally - that it was an employee who was working out their last day.

Now, the unnamed former employee has gained themselves quite a fan club. And when I say quite a fan club, there are people calling for them to be knighted and/or given the Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: http://www.ladbible.com/news/politics-twitter-employee-who-deleted-donald-trump-deserves-nobel-prize-20171103

Nbote:
Both of U shld relax , take ur tym and look for it.. If u both look for it togeda d chances of finding it is very high

sod09:
naso...

migeoart:
hahhahahahhah you r so funny

FTrebirth:


as if the opposite is not the case..


i still remember one time i went for a job interview at promasidor in apapa. we were given a test, over a hundred of us. a fine chic beside me was giraffe-ing and didn't even finish up, but when they called the ten people that qualified, 7 of them were hot chics...and the cute babe beside me was among them. my jaws almost dropped to the floor. an intel told me they wanted those hot chics for marketing. so, why the stupid test?

FTrebirth:

ToyinDipo:
Now you are happy abi
Thank God for him

NLevents:
we don't talk though

NightHound:
'Feminism' should rather be replaced with 'Humanism' instead of 'Gender Equality.' That one is DoA since we recognize that there are marked differences between the sexes. Humanism, on the other hand, focuses on the one similarity that really matters when discussing fundamental rights. And since the essence of Feminism is to acknowledge the full humanness of women by extending all fundamental human rights (that are available to men) to women as well, humanism just makes the most sense.

As you've pointed out, our inequalities as human beings go far beyond gender. There's race, height, weight, complexion, IQ, and all that. But we don't apportion rights to people by considering any of these differences; even when certain physical attributes can have a huge bearing on the persons performance. In the end, what matters is that we are all human beings. And as human beings, we should have human rights. Not men's rights and women's rights. That's really all there is to equal rights and gender equality.

I like what you said about letting nature take its course. But the status quo does not do that. Male privilege is like federal character or affirmative action - hugely flawed. It does not allow people achieve based on the merit of their abilities. And do men really need a leg-up in that sense? Male excellence cannot be presumed, it has to be tested and proven just like female capabilities should be. Human beings should be born with equal value to society; they should enjoy opportunities available to them without any unnatural discrimination; and they should establish their ultimate relevance based on their individual abilities. It's not always about sparring in a ring, sometimes, the battles are mental.

You imply that feminism has no place in Nigeria. I disagree. People talk about all kinds of flavours of feminism: socialist, radical, liberal, and even (I heard today) depressed feminism. I consider this nonsense. It's an unnecessary multiplication of related dogmas that only ends up creating confusion and stifling the movement. I believe that feminism is organic; it grows out of the soil. It's reactionary just like any other movement that pushes back oppression. If women aren't oppressed, they won't react to oppression (Newton's third law). And the kind of reactions will differ across the globe. Feminism cultured by Nigerian misogyny is different from feminism cultured by Arab, or American misogyny. The manifestos are drawn up accordingly. But at the root of it all is that women want to thrive to their full potential in an environment without unjust influence. And in our own context, unjust influence would include (but is not limited to) things like shaming (or stigmatizing) women for some of their choices even when these choices are perfectly legal; and creating double standards of judgement for moral conduct. These things aren't natural, they're impositions.

NLevents:
I am big and bold, some know me as insane while others know me as a troll.

My words are sometimes loud and vague but most of the time I rather read than participate.


#another failed attempt being poetic

EmekaBlue:
I swear...I don't understand d pic.. Looks like cow

NLevents:
I guess you should have that figured out already

NLevents:
Fingers crossed. I am sure those in sexuality section will kill to have a dance with you

NLevents:
was trying to see if there might be any strings I'll to drag you over

NLevents:
when was the last time you visited 'home'

NLevents:
Lol that is an awkward attempt at sounding funny. My bad

NLevents:
London innit?

ToyinDipo:
Lolol, probably you could help with a summary, if isn't that elaborate.
It's good to hear from different perspectives

Jupxter:
Typical feminist, lazy, shallow and confused.

ToyinDipo:
In certain scenarios, I tend to read people more than books and also prefer one on one explanations

Jupxter:
I knew you won't surprise me with your typical response.

You're smarter than that. No need to deflect, just save us the data that would consume and tell us what feminism is all about.

How typical, i've never ever witnessed a feminist climb the stage and give a clear and sound arguement to explain in clear terms what it means, it's usually the deflective and sarcastic response. I knew you won't surrprise me. Perhaps, you could employ some support from the audience to help you out.

ToyinDipo:
Do us a favour by simplifying it now, who knows we might join the campaign.

Jupxter:
Do you mind educating we naive ones as to what it's about plz?

Safiaa:
Tosin, this comment is very disappointing. Some of your comments on NL are just ridiculous.