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Zimbabwe’s (sort of) democratically elected strongman Robert Mugabe addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. Mugabe, who at 91 years old could very well qualify as the loose cannon grandfather to be ignored at family functions if he weren’t the leader of a sovereign nation, took time out of his speech to address what he called the “new” human rights agenda being pushed by the West—more specifically, the attempt to stop the criminalization and persecution of homosexuals globally.

Mugabe, who wasn’t exactly a standard bearer for the old human rights agenda, managed to construe human rights to make it look like his were being trampled. “[W]e reject the politicization of this important issue and the application of double standards to victimize those who dare think and act independently of the self-anointed prefects of our time,” Mugabe said. “We equally reject attempts to prescribe ‘new rights’ that are contrary to our values, norms, traditions, and beliefs.”

Mugabe then, apparently extemporaneously, veered off script and added for emphasis: “We are not gays!” What exactly Mugabe mean by that is open to debate. BuzzFeed’s Hayes Brown notes that the line got a smattering of laughs along with some polite applause. Mugabe then continued, without a whiff of irony, saying: “Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double-standards will not.”

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Zimbabwe’s (sort of) democratically elected strongman Robert Mugabe
addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. Mugabe, who at 91 years old could very well qualify as the loose cannon grandfather to be ignored at family functions if he weren’t the leader of a sovereign nation, took time out of his speech to address what he called the “new” human rights agenda being pushed by the West—more specifically, the attempt to stop the criminalization and persecution of homosexuals globally.
Mugabe, who wasn’t exactly a standard bearer for the old human rights agenda, managed to construe human rights to make it look like his were being trampled. “[W]e reject the politicization of this important issue and the application of double standards to victimize those who dare think and act independently of the self-anointed prefects of our time,” Mugabe said. “We equally reject attempts to prescribe ‘new rights’ that are contrary to our values, norms, traditions, and beliefs.”
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Mugabe then, apparently extemporaneously, veered off script and added for emphasis: “We are not gays!” What exactly Mugabe mean by that is open to debate. BuzzFeed’s Hayes Brown notes that the line got a smattering of laughs along with some polite applause. Mugabe then continued, without a whiff of irony, saying: “Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double-standards will not.”
www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/09/28/zimbabwe_s_mugabe_u_n_speech_on_gay_human_rights.html

drnoel:
the man may be senile but he is right. He addressed an important topic. What did ur president do? Addressed climate change. What would climate change do for NIgeria?

chocolateme:
Lol

He can shout all he likes.
As we speak, Men and fhucking each other in Zimbabwe, Nigeria and all over Africa.
Some of your relatives and even some of you hiding behind some of these monikers and closet homos.
I have repeatedly tried to wonder why we are so focused on homosexuality which in my opinion isn't a crime when real crimes like rape, corruption, stealing and co ate going on unabated.
I doubt Zimbabwe 's biggest problem as things stand are two guys fhucking inside a room somewhere.
Yes.. Africa in its close mindedness will never accept homosexuality and that is fine. But please you all need to get off your own Diick and face real problems hounding us. As a Continent, we are too rich to be this underdeveloped.
Mugabe would die.
So would all of us eventually.
One day, Homosexuality would be legal in Africa.
So also would Marijuana usage.
So also would transgenders.
You may not see it now, but it will happen.
Once upon a time, many people never saw the possibility of a Black Man becoming the President of the United States of America. Today, not only is a Man born in Kenya the President of the most powerful Nation on earth, he is also a Muslim.
Please make una leave Homo discuss things and focus on issues that actually affect the price of garri in the market.
Yes.. I have said my own.
Sai Buhari..
God Bless Africa..