Ishilove:
Some days back, the Nigerian social media users were dragging Desmond Elliot like Tiger generator because he tagged the youths as children. I was a bit indifferent about the whole brouhaha because wetin I dey think big pass all that noise and after watching the now infamous video, my indifference did not change.

Desmond later came out to apologise in tears for calling us yoots 'shidren', and while I was wondering aloud on this forum what the whole fuss about, my friend told me offline told me this-

"The problem is that the Nigerian social media space is now a lynch mob. Nobody is ready to listen to common sense, people are incapable of comprehending simple ideas and people are very intolerant of any view that does not agree with theirs

People are reacting to Desmond Elliot's video based on what they think he said, not based on what he actually said"

This friend shared the full YouTube clip with me and after watching it again, I realised how very toxic social media has become.

I stumbled on an article by Ivan-Whyte Eagle Lawson who has articulated my thoughts on this whole distracting nonsense featuring Desmond as the lead character.

Long post alert!! Stop here if your attention span is one tweet long.


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3538340332875410&id=100000984358442

Voluminous thrash

This Ivan of a guy always feels he knows it all. Bleep you and your filthy excuses. Desmond was wrong, shikena.

Ishilove:
My verdict-

While you people are here screaming at Desmond Elliot, hope you know the price of a bag of Onions has gone up from 3,500 to 7k, bag of local rice from 25 to 28k while sachet tomato don climb from 50 naira to 120 naira, amongst other demonic increases and it is not yet festive season o!

©Leke Gbolade

Nice post �
We need representatives like you to represent us
One who will be charismatic enough to rise above critics and their antics
Thank u @ishilove

Mumu idiot bastard families

Yoooths are clowns. People weh no grand pepper with grinding stone or never use mortal pound fufu, believe their time is rougher than their parents.

When the going was good. All if them were watching bbn. Girl buy wigs of 300k. iPhone na Sara de snap themselves non stop. (Never seen generation so transfix by their own appearance)

a girl of 17 yrs using a phone of 300k. Wearing wig of 100k. live in a flat in school paying DStv subscription.


Well system don de dry up. Global recession don de hit hard. You weh no plan both at the social group level or individual level go here am hot.

Protest all you want. You no plan well. You no plan well. No more parties and clubing for a while.

Many night clubs go fold.

Rubbish yoooths with higthened pleasure sense and even stronger sense of entitlement.

People wey make the initial statement don apologize. But of course trust some busybody to over analyze things as usual.

you that is justifying the statement of Desmond Hediot, may sense fall on you. if he was right by the way, why tendering an apology to the people? why shedding crocodile tears to attract cheap and unfounded sympathy to himself? see oga poster and your cohorts, just mind una self oo.

Ishilove:
Some days back, the Nigerian social media users were dragging Desmond Elliot like Tiger generator because he tagged the youths as children. I was a bit indifferent about the whole brouhaha because wetin I dey think big pass all that noise and after watching the now infamous video, my indifference did not change.

Desmond later came out to apologise in tears for calling us yoots 'shidren', and while I was wondering aloud on this forum what the whole fuss about, my friend told me offline told me this-

"The problem is that the Nigerian social media space is now a lynch mob. Nobody is ready to listen to common sense, people are incapable of comprehending simple ideas and people are very intolerant of any view that does not agree with theirs

People are reacting to Desmond Elliot's video based on what they think he said, not based on what he actually said"

This friend shared the full YouTube clip with me and after watching it again, I realised how very toxic social media has become.

I stumbled on an article by Ivan-Whyte Eagle Lawson who has articulated my thoughts on this whole distracting nonsense featuring Desmond as the lead character.

Long post alert!! Stop here if your attention span is one tweet long.


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3538340332875410&id=100000984358442

The writer is trying to sound "smart" but he's not. Some things I can pick up from his post

1) Sports gambling and gambling in general is big business everywhere in the world. If you think Bet 9Ja makes money because Nigerian youths are lazy, then you are not very smart.

2) People have a right to be upset by anything they want to, it's their God given right.

3) The fact that Desmond Elliot is more concerned about the "image" or negatively of Nigerians on social media than the living conditions of Nigerians in Nigeria justifies what every comes his way.

mtchew
I have never seen any country that disrespect it's citizens like Nigerian politicians. They think they are family meeting most atimes

My friend sharap ya mouf! He was dragged on SM because that speech was patronizing of a demography that had just made more impact in 11 days than he had done, his whole years gaining weight in the Lagos HOA.
If he’d ever been a part of, or even thought of exercising of his rights in such manner in school, he’d have been a lot more respectful of those same youths. Nonsense!!

We even happy if he did not call us Lazy

Ishilove ,Desmond Idiot ,and the unknown writer can all go to hell and f**k the devil

Put it however you like. Desmond Elliot made absolutely no sense in his speech. His speech didn't even address the crux of the matter at hand.

Next time he should learn to articulate his words without "emotions" so that he doesn't cause more problems than he is trying to solve.

I also followed his interview on arise tv... Nothing still made sense.

Tonyblessed:
Who is this unknown paid mumu that wants to trend. Am sure they must have paid the idiot peanuts to say this trash.

What is actually the trash that he said?

Didn't care to read those super long quotes simply because I've got a serious case of BULLSHITOPHOBIA. I'm unable to handle Bullshít. Those times that Nigerians were winning twitter battle back to back, none of them complained o, now is when we're criticizing them (although some people criticize anyhow but its out of anger that's been bottled up for years) they are complaining. I asked someone to tell me ONE good thing, just ONE good thing about Nigerian politicians and he couldn't say anything sensible, he was telling me they don't sag trousers and draw tattoos. Smh. All those years that Nigerians were BLASTING PDP, i did not hear their opposition party complain, infact they also threw in some jabs; it's your turn and now you're complaining. Na Elder wey behave himself we go respect. Shikena

armadeo:
For this nairaland I've been insulted by a child who was not even born when I was a jambite.

Under the guise of anonymity.



The guy knew exactly what he was saying and it was logical and concise but the "elders" on social media attack led due to their wrath against any elected official.


Yes there are some social media elders who argue with polite logic and children with empty brains who just fling insults up and down because they aren't face to face with you.


Free the guy joor.

the day I was shocked was when I saw a 14yrs old boy commenting on my post trying to make sense of the nonsense he was saying..
As in, person wey our last born collect almost 5yrs from

Ishilove:

No he is not, and never was my crush. I am just being objective in my submission.

Babe, please don't let them intimidate you the way they intimidated Desmond Elliot.

Modified: Sorry I quoted the wrong one. That was my reaction to the woman that talked about youth and drug use on the same floor of the LAHA ,Moji Alli-Macaulay.

Twitter has become a cult. The celebrities and influencers are now going into bully mood. They also do that to themselves. Twisting stories to fit their narrative.

I feel you are only defending him because he is a celebrity turned politician.

Desmond messed up, he was more concerned about belittling young people who said mean things on the internet than their lives being under threat. He assumes these problems that led to the protest and riots started overnight because of social media and wasn't because of decades of mismanagement.

How do you want us to respect an Oba that hides food meant for his people in his house?

At least he was right about one thing, there might not be a Nigeria soon, and it won't be the youths that killed it, it would be the current administration of kleptocrats.

God bless you. I pray they realize this before is too late. Lazy youths

Much that I tried to avoid social media discuss, but some news and headline will keep calling one attention.

Why will he refer the youths as children?.. He can't be more angrier than the same youths.

To what extent does he condemn the killing in Lekki Toll Gate?.

No one was born and named after as thugs, looters etc... If he has been deprived like other young Nigerians out there, he will understand that all that happens following Lekki shooting are situational and natural occurrence from the oppressed.

It is not only Nigeria has witnessed that in history. So, let all go back to the remote cause- Lekki Shooting and natural cause - hardship, acute poverty, inaccessible social amenities, and poor health care in the country.

kokomilala:
Desmond Elliot and his defenders are all idiots for calling Nigerian youths children. It's such an imbecilic metaphor that casts doubts on their credentials as clear thinkers and progressive temperaments.
Would they rather have youths in the dark ages,shut out from the world , from technology, and revolving in the crypt of the ignorance?

He did not call Nigerian youths children.

He was referring to the young ones who were cursing.

Trust me there are internet users between the ages of 17 and 25 who curse out 50 year olds.

In this context they are children.

You can't call youth children, children is bellow 13 and youth is above 13 so if truly you and Desmond understand what you are saying you will know this is wrong, if you want to use children use it and if you want to use youth use it.. They are not the same Mr man, beside the English language has not change.. Oo wrong now


Or can you say all the children are youth?

lopeshola:
God bless you. I pray they realize this before is too late. Lazy youths

Continue to scream lazy youths, the hard working elders what have a they done to make Nigeria great?

Ishilove:
My verdict-

While you people are here screaming at Desmond Elliot, hope you know the price of a bag of Onions has gone up from 3,500 to 7k, bag of local rice from 25 to 28k while sachet tomato don climb from 50 naira to 120 naira, amongst other demonic increases and it is not yet festive season o!

©Leke Gbolade

sachet tomatoes is between 130 to 150 here.

Emanodimo:
Much that I tried to avoid social media discuss, but [s]some news and headline will keep calling one attention.

Why will he refer the youths as children?.. He can't be more angrier than the same youths.

To what extent does he condemn the killing in Lekki Toll Gate?.

No one was born and named after as thugs, looters etc... If he has been deprived like other young Nigerians out there, he will understand that all that happens following Lekki shooting are situational and natural occurrence from the oppressed.

It is not only Nigeria has witnessed that in history. So, let all go back to the remote cause- Lekki Shooting and natural cause - hardship, acute poverty, inaccessible social amenities, and poor health care in the country.[/s]

Rubbish.

Who is promoting this useful eediot who wants to trend?

The world has already forgotten the fat ass cry baby called Desmond Elliot. Until constituency project and other stolen money go choke them.

tesppidd:
He did not call Nigerian youths children.

He was referring to the young ones who were cursing.

Trust me there are internet users between the ages of 17 and 25 who curse out 50 year olds.

In this context they are children.

that doesn't make them children, Mr lawyers always turning book upside down, haven't you see old man behaving like 20years old boy, that is life for you, we think differently and reason differently.. Ok

How did you know Sai Baba is 89years old? You are lucky his foot soldiers' attention span is a few lines of tweet long otherwise they would have gathered to drag you like an old I-pass-my-neighbor generator that has a faulty spark plug

lokho:
Another idiot supporting an initial idiot

I'm sure you dint read that post, otherwise you won't be saying this.

Adakintroy:
Yoooths are clowns. People weh no grand pepper with grinding stone or never use mortal pound fufu, believe their time is rougher than their parents.

When the going was good. All if them were watching bbn. Girl buy wigs of 300k. iPhone na Sara de the snap themselves non stop.

Imagine a girl if 17 yrs using a phone of 300k. Wearing wig of 100k. live in a flat in school paying DStv subscription. But no get work.


Well system don de dry up. Global recession don de hit hard. You weh no plan both at the social group level or individual level go here am hot.

Protest all you want. You no plan well. You no plan well. No more parties and clubing for a while.

Many night clubs go fold.

Rubbish yoooths with higthened pleasure sense and even stronger sense of entitlement.

In 1980 500 naira could buy a motorcycle now in 2020 it can't even transport somebody one way in a state.

But yes because a small minority of rich children can buy iPhone it must mean life is easy for everyone. How many of the 100 million youths even have 300k in their bank accounts to spend? How many even have jobs?