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TRUMP BREAKFASTS ON TWEETS! Nigerians violate all written, unwritten laws of human decency on Twitter, says Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said Nigerians were to blame for the recent description of the country as ‘shithole’ by US President, Donald Trump.
He said Nigerians handed the US president the ammunition he used against them on Twitter.
Soyinka who spoke in Lagos on Thursday at the maiden edition of Ripples Nigeria Dialogue, organised by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism.
The dialogue was titled, ‘Rebuilding Trust in a Divided Nigeria,’ but Soyinka titled his keynote address, ‘From Myetti to Haiti, Notes from a Solidarity Visit.’
He said,
“There is confusion between the right not to be insulted and the right to feel insulted…What does Donald Trump read? Does he read? I have no idea, but I know he does not miss reading Twitter.
Now, who are the champions Twitters of the world? Nigerians. Nigerians Twitters, they violate all written and unwritten laws of human decency, they concur, they degrade, they contaminate everything they touch… So, when Donald Trump, who doesn’t miss his morning Tweets encounters their toxic outpouring, what other conclusion does he obtain?…any alien visiting this planet and logging onto the Internet will come to the same conclusion as Donald Trump, who lives right on this planet and breakfasts on Tweets.”
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