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Insulting The President On Facebook â?? The Lesson From Kenya

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  • 1ST GAY VICE PRESI. AMISSAH -ARTHUR 9 years ago

    talking about ethnic cleansing, what did Kofi Awoonor said about Ashantis

  • KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 9 years ago

    Tell us what Kofi Awoonor said if you know he said anything about any tribe and stop putting words into his mouth.

    Kofi Awoonor's comment about his tribe makes him a proud Ewe, is that an insult to another tribe? You irrit ...
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  • ive said my own 9 years ago

    what a myopic article did the writer know the amount of insults ndc apologies rain on Nana Addo? nkwasiasem ara kwa

  • Floating Voter. 9 years ago

    In Ghana what is good for the goose is not good for the gander,so "ive said my own"Let it be for what ever you see it !

  • 1ST GAY VICE PRESI. AMISSAH -ARTHUR 9 years ago

    It takes irritating fool like you to know one.
    Ask your fellow nyebro about AWOONORS HATE SPEECH about ASHANTIS

  • blueprint 9 years ago

    He is an idiot

  • TEE 9 years ago

    THANK GOD I AM A NATIVE GHANAIAN NOT NTANI FRAFRA PEPENI FULANI MOSI NORTHERNER, THANK GOD I AM AKAN AND THIS IS MY MOTHERLAND. ALL THESE NORTHERNERS SHOULD GO BACK TO WHERE THEY COME FROM, BURKINA FASO MALI SUDAN NIGER NIGER ...
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  • Vadar 9 years ago

    Those people u called "NTANI FRAFRA PEPENI FULANI MOSI NORTHERNERS " wre here lng b4 ur "AKAN TRIBE" nd re still going abt their nomadic business lyk they hav done yrs b4 ur tribe's settlement. u re too ignorant to noe dis t ...
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  • mas 9 years ago

    animal

  • francis kwarteng 9 years ago

    Correct name is Georges Omar Ruggui, not Omar Georges, and he is a Belgian.

    Wikipedia has the name as "Georges Henri Yvon Joseph Ruggiu" though I had always known the name as "Georges Omar Ruggui" until I this article and ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Free speech was a license for NDC to insult and lie about President
    Kuffour. It hasn't just begun to be used that. In fact, even offensive speech, real or perceived, is also guaranteed by free speech. NDC also must learn to ...
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  • TEE 9 years ago

    WHO DAMM CARES ABOUT MAHAM, SIMPLE INCOMPETENT USELESS CLUELESS INCOMPETENT WASTE OF TIME AND LIVES PERIOD. MAHAMA WOULOD HAVE BEEN IMPEACH LONG AGO. HE IS THE MOST USELESS SO-CALLED LEADER EVER SEEN HOPELESS STUPID BRAINLESS

  • Cccc 9 years ago

    A very good write up and advice to all. Daily post are you also aware of Rev Manning videos of Obama? Just google rev manning you tube and you will be amazed!

  • williss 9 years ago

    massa don't worry ur self, mahama deserve more than this, if u re not ready to learn to solve simple problems within in de country a child can even insult ur presidency

  • Military Man 9 years ago

    Only in Africa would you read about such nonsense.

    Even the president of the most powerful nation in the world is not immuned to insults on facebook and yet the American security agents and the courts don't go about haulin ...
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  • Kwame 9 years ago

    Insulting presidents and head of states is not allowed in any nation, including insulting the individual which is a crime, punishable by a fine and imprisonment. It is most unfortunate when Africans who live in countries that ...
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  • Military Man 9 years ago

    Obama faces vile insults like no other president has ...
    www.chicagotribune.com/.../ct-obama-lincoln-bin-laden-muslim-perspec...
    Dec 11, 2014 - I've been thinking lately about the persistently vituperative and insulting att ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Personally I will never insult....but I think every country should make legal for citizens to insult presidents.They take decisions that affects our lives.To me Acheampong was the most hopeless person ever to occupy high offi ...
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  • Floating Voter. 9 years ago

    Military Man,
    If you think it is a fashion in ghana, to insult elders and statesmen and go scot free,try to open your filthy mouth to insult the asantehene and you will see how long will be your belt !

  • Military Man 9 years ago

    It looks like your little brain didn't grasp the essence of my comment.

    It's politics we are talking about here and for that matter elected offices and not chieftaincy, you dimwit.

    I respect traditions more than the pol ...
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  • Beneta 9 years ago

    To make things happen in President is everyone problem and not just the President.

  • mensah abrampa 9 years ago

    I'm cracking up and angry at the same time because I can see through the maliciousness and vainness of this vicarious attempt by the Daily Post to garner public disaffection and opposition to opponents of the dysfunctional an ...
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  • Adam Zakariah 9 years ago

    Hey folks, let's stop the "hate" talks for a moment and consider this philosophical question. "What makes a statement insulting to you, is it because it makes you angry or because it is an untruth?". If your answer is the for ...
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  • Kofi Bundase 9 years ago

    Please, are you aware of the amounts of insults the likes of Fiifi Kweetey, Okudjeto Ablakwa, and others poured on President Kuffour and others before they were appointed ministers?
    If you want to talk about such a bad habit ...
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  • Animal Moses 9 years ago

    You are right.We need to be civil in presenting our grievances. I must,however, acknowledge that,you fail to present your assertion in a more scholarly lens.Why so? Inasmuch as Kennedy Adjapong's case is the quintessence in t ...
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  • justice 9 years ago

    in fact this freedom of speech must be reviewed if not, there will be a serious conflict in Ghana in the near future.

  • Sean camron 9 years ago

    Is your publication a lesson for Ghanaians or for the NPP?
    Why are you trying personalise the issue? Have you forgotten about the NDC's Sam George or whatever he's called? Have you forgotten what the president himself said ...
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  • Paul 9 years ago

    It is wrong and unfair to attribute insults only to the NPP side. It comes from all the parties, especially NDC and NPP supporters.