Thread by @segalink

You are weak if in order to maintain your self preservation, you align yourself with the ills of society as perpetuated by the worst of souls. You may think you are protecting yourself in the interim, but you are reinforcing evil & hurting generations. ⛱ #FixSociety

My logistics assistant told how young boys take to the highway at wee hours of the morning, sometimes in the afternoon and in the evening to cause trouble & rob people across Lagos (Mile 12 especially) yet elders in the area watch & encourage this by urging them on.

I saw a video of a young boy displaying the body parts of a burnt police officer during one of the riots in a SW state & none of the adults around cautioned him. They watched and even made a video. Online amoral griots curse on their elders & get likes & retweets for this.

Gradually the fabric of society is being eroded and the result will consume both the group reinforcing impunity and socially maladjusted behaviors and the actual perpetrators who will soon drown in their poverty (wealth can’t be built without functional relationships).

I interviewed a few parents weeks back and they shared a great deal of their concerns. Many won’t speak on Twitter mainly because they probably can’t manage the aftermath of an avalanche of insults by ignorant emotional wet wipes protecting their bubble. But do we keep mum?

Does bowing to the mob save anyone? Will it help ameliorate the pain of the destruction that lies in wait? Or do we focus on the validation of the mob and hope to sustain singing along their interest regardless of the damnation that’s imminent?