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By Wilbert Masuka, Guest Wednesday

Analyzing the Implications of Name-Calling in Political Discourse

By Wilbert Masuka In recent events involving the Zambia President’s condemnation of the Zimbabwean elections and ZANU-PF’s labeling of him as a puppet of the West, it becomes imperative to explore the impact of name-calling in political discourse. Name-calling and the use of derogatory labels hinder productive political dialogue and strain international relations. This article aims to analyze the motives behind these tactics and evaluate … Continue reading Analyzing the Implications of Name-Calling in Political Discourse

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Political Correctness, Uncategorized, Zealous Thierry

“The president is a strong man and a dictator”

People take sides, like they do with sports teams. One party is “My Side”, the “Good Guys”. Anytime your party’s the loser, and not in power, and the party that IS in power pushes their agenda aggressively, to you the president is a ‘strongman’ or a ‘dictator’. How did ED get this overwhelming power? Zimbabweans elected a majority of CCCs to sit in the Senate, … Continue reading “The president is a strong man and a dictator”

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What we have isn’t politics.

What we have today isn’t Politics. Politics is the election by informed citizens of representatives who will make informed decisions. Decisions based on debate about what is in the best interests of the people as a whole. What should our society’s rules be? How should we divvy up our financial and intellectual resources? What we have now is politicians pretending that they do that. But … Continue reading What we have isn’t politics.

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Wiretapping suckers!

Why am I worried about wiretapping if I haven’t done anything wrong? What have I got to hide? I’m relatively guilt-free as people go, pretty much law-abiding compared to the average. But think: what’s being done with all that “data mining?” PR firms buy it, so they can target their ads. I don’t like being a target for ads. Political consultants use the data to … Continue reading Wiretapping suckers!

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Civilization Collapsed!

As a Blogger I have a front row seat at the decline of Zimbabwean Civilization. In the privacy of their bedrooms, where parents imagine they are playing something like Pac-Man or using Wikipedia to do their homework, 11 and 12 year old children are morphing into pseudo-sophisticated sex and attention addicts. The criminal cluelessness of parents– think about the images in TV advertisements and the … Continue reading Civilization Collapsed!

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