Where opinions go to die:  a GeezaAllDay and Fana The Purp collaboration 

We seem to have put ourselves in a position where our personal opinions, tastes and preferences are put in front of a faceless firing squad and shot down on a daily basis. This place is the interweb and the shooters’ weapon of choice is social media. Not a day goes by that I don’t see someone’s opinion being attacked by a social network pseudo gangster.

Whether on Facebook, Twitter or even a blog our opinions are under constant attack. I think there are people that literally roam social networks, like extras in MJ’s thriller video, looking for an opinion to shoot down. I’m no angel myself, I have moments where I challenge opinions but, but that’s only naturally. On twitter, for example however it’s not strange to see the obligatory “f*ck your opinion” in response to posted tweet. Some do it as a joke and some do it because their ability to debate a topic is as weak as a Kaizer Chiefs flavoured Panado.

Social network opinion terrorists (SNOT), a mental disturbance that attack three individuals out of five. First individual (opinion maker), the second observes and laughs (matured), the three victims come in a variety of forms.

1. The loyalists SNOT - values and admires a certain individual, thus everything "the star" says is fact, and is never wrong. Disagree with the star, witness an attack of the century. A donkie raping a dog for barking at it, its a beautiful scene - even the SPCA can be like "the dog shouldn't have barked".

2. The Mestrual SNOT - I'm not saying this individual is a tampon but they so close. They overly sensitive, even if you say the rain spoiled your day, they will want to drag God into the matter and hungry children of Ethopia, like really now?
3. Democratic SNOT - Majority rules, if the masses vote against a particular matter they join in, no validation or their own views. This type of SNOT reminds me of that dude we always punk, "today we going to the party without bathing, ashy and all, meet us there ne. Then we rock up all clean, smelling like angels and he looks like a washed up soccer star"

With that said, social media has created micro blogging, twitter specifically. Yet it seems we have to send the memo once again to everyone, as they fail to comprehend the theme. There is no clause when signing up that says, "I xxx promise to tweet, nothing but facts". Sad that, they make it a mission to have our opinions suit their vaginas, my bad meant hearts - same thing.

Now to break it down for your we’d like to give an idea of how these interactions take place, and keep in mind this is fictional and only for illustrative purposes:

1.       GuyX: as a lyricist I think lil wayne spits overrated garbage

KnowITall: whatever, u look like Biggie Smalls nose. Secondly, u probably listen to Apollo u Sotho cum blanket. Shut up punk

2.       GuyX: I love white girls with ass, black girls fall back. It’s over for u, next season maybe

KnowiTall: That AIDS got your head twisted bitch. I bet the white girls u get with are probably gremlins u bitch nigga

3.       GuyX: I don't get why we think it’s wrong to vote DA just cos we're black. DA has good ideas

KnowitAll: your kids will be gardeners, sell out

4.       GuyX: stop bragging about drinking expensive booze, your fridge still empty and your Matric results will not change

KnowiTall: U sour cos u can't afford this lifestyle. I'm sure you're u using a blackberry curve u broke ass

5.       GuyX: I find dark skinned girls more appealing. They just do it for me

Knowitall: I bet you have smelly armpits and short AF. Sies, u don't love yourself, stupid 2min man

I do agree that opinion is and will never be fact thus to a certain extent must be questioned,

depending on its content. The response to opinion should be in the form of debate in order to
inform, understand and/or correct. The line is crossed once, these SNOTS attack one for having an
opinion, using insults that cannot be justified. How do we link one dragging my mom in response to
my opinion on AKA's latest track.

This is just a brief example of how the scourge that is opinion homicide goes down. And it wouldn’t surprise me to find that most of these tough talking opinion bashers are about as menacing as a Sta-Soft refill pack wrapped in cotton wool.   But the question I really want to pose to everyone is do we fight fire with fire, the eye-for-an-eye concept, or do we silently move on and let them argue themselves into social network stupidity? Do we risk looking as foolish as these toothless lions of cyber space? I say no. I say we let them rant on their smart phones and PCs until their fingers look like they’re permanently throwing gang signs. The choice is yours stand firm by your opinion with a bullet proof vest knowing that there are opinion killer gunning for you or publicly challenge them knowing that you risk looking just as foolish as they do.

If one had to state facts only when commenting on different matters, these SNOTS would get angry
until their rectums blow up. Opinions are like assholes, why you offended by the color of the shit my asshole excretes, get a hobby and keep it stepping.

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