GIJ Politics Invisible Forces


“Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.”
-Aleister Crowley. 
V. The Invisible Forces

One crucial thing that the novice in GIJ Politics must learn quickly is that come election time, cases of unsubstantiated allegations and counter-allegations will increase exponentially thanks to the invisible forces from various political camps.

Mark my words, as sure as the sun will shine, there will always be dimwits who would start operating ‘ghost accounts’ for despicable purposes. An extension of the idiocy comes in the form WhatsApp links entreating students to join for fake revelations. There will also be supposed think tanks, propaganda hubs and all sorts of innovative insanity to win power. 

Are you not amazed at how imbecility and popular ignorance is flourishing in the midst of unprecedented learning? Are you not bothered by the perennial psychosis that mark our electoral procedures? Granted, we all cannot belong to the same side but what use is the pride of being in the university if we cannot maintain unity in diversity. It is okay for us to disagree but there’s never a reason to be disagreeable.



Unfortunately, we the students allow these people to share unsubstantiated materials and encourage them by giving attention to such content. Are we not, to an extent, accomplices getting the leadership that we deserve? 
On my part, I have always demanded of these pseudo-account operators and deluded propagandist cowards to reveal their identities since he who speaks the truth has no need to hide. Wherever I chance upon them, I engage them with reasonable arguments even though they are hardly able to reason much because I don’t believe it is right to smear the character of others for a passing position in our modest institution.

You know, I am no stranger to falsehood and I know how badly it hurts. I am sure you do too. That is why I dare to stand up for any candidate, whether I support him/her or otherwise. Now, with nervous boldness, I want to urge you to demand more of yourself and prove to these Invisible Forces that they can’t insult our intelligence and get away with it. If they have any proof why a candidate is unfit, they should boldly come out and declare it or forever remain silent.

I know my GIJ deserves better and I will vote on the quality of policies and integrity of character. What about you?

Exception:
Without exception, I have no respect for these cowards who hide behind the anonymity afforded by WhatsApp and Facebook to destroy other people for votes.

Comments

  1. Henry Dongotey27 January 2019 at 11:23

    Exactly the case. Why would you attempt to influence me to win my vote by painting another black. As a matter of fact, whatever you'd say negatively about your fellow candidate, I'd take that for you.
    We are reasonable enough to critically determine who is fit and who is not. Just tell us what you can do. We shall listen. Considerably, choose or not choose you

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  2. The Epic Prince27 January 2019 at 12:17

    Finito.

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  3. johnteyeapply27 January 2019 at 20:17

    Thanks very much Epic for such a remarkable reminder on the use of fake accounts to discredit good reputation of other candidates.
    Feet and fingers will be on grounds to at least fish out the main identities of one or two fake accounts users.
    I share the same ideology with you that '' He who alleges must be able to prove otherwise beyond reasonable doubt about what he alleges''.

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    1. The Epic Prince28 January 2019 at 23:50

      Absolutely. Such baseless allegations can hurt people

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