COMMON SENSE IS NOT COMMON – A NATIONAL TRAGEDY

It never cease to amaze me the lack of intellectual rigour and silliness of many Nigerians on Social Media. These people seem to think that if a story is anywhere on the Internet, then it must be true. They rely on dubious blogs and disreputable websites as references to propagate lies and unfounded stories.

If you type “Jesus is not Lord” in Google, you will get over 500k results of websites stating that. Does that make it true? Yesterday, I typed “Barak Obama is a Woman” into Google. Guess what? There were dozens of websites that claims so.

We all need to get real and understand that presence on the Internet does not validate a story. The web is full of lies and personal opinions of millions of people. Unless a story is on reputable media websites, treat it with care. Even they still get it wrong everyday. So before you post a story on your thread that is damaging to someone else, check the source carefully and be sure you are not helping to promote falsehood ad libel.

Recently, people were posting a story of a man being buried in his Hummer Jeep on their thread. This was a Nollywood movie; yet people were responding as though it happened in real life. There are plenty other examples I can give.

Let us exercise some common sense when promoting stories. It is getting worse now that political elections are near. This is indeed a national tragedy. God help us.