posts: swap a word.

Author: micrypt

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 Perhaps the issue is one of ignorance and a fear of what is "strange". However, the caricatured deviant that's held up for mockery from many a pulpit is but a phantasm. The people one might be so quick to condemn are those who could otherwise be your friends. There is no "other" in this case. We are all the same. 
 
-More galling is that fact that Nigeria as a nation has "issues":http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/lagos-water-everywhere-but-not-to-drink/ with such "abundance":http://allafrica.com/stories/201402100381.html that we can't afford this exercise in mindless hate. Is it not more useful to seek to understand first?
+More galling is that fact that Nigeria as a nation has "issues":http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/lagos-water-everywhere-but-not-to-drink/ in such "abundance":http://allafrica.com/stories/201402100381.html that we can't afford this exercise in mindless hate. Is it not more useful to seek to understand first?
 
 One also ought to question the political motives behind this. A government that cannot even be trusted to take care of its people has absolutely no business impinging on its citizen's privacy. It has no right to dictate where they seek comfort. Simply put, I for one would be more interested in hearing about actual problems with corruption, infrastructure, health-care and education, to name a few. When and how did people's consensual sexual preferences become a reason for hate? Surely, there are "actual":http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/nigeria-unrest/index.html "matters":http://businessdayonline.com/2014/02/why-nigerians-are-poor-1/ to be upset about.