My Political Checklist.
The kinds of people who should never be allowed to lead a political community:
- They that can’t stand the argument
- Those that cannot debate
- Those too weak to acknowledge vulnerability. They are delusional, arrogant and have overweening opinions of their own merits.
- The impatient.
- Those that don’t enjoy good jokes. They are the frowning, serious type. They don’t want you to laugh. [See, it’s not discipline. It’s sadism.]
- Those who show little interest in details.
- Those who don’t forgive their offenders.
- Those that possess superstitious beliefs. They blame their inefficiency on “supernatural” causes. They don’t believe in their abilities or that they should train their minds to apply skills.
- Those insecure around junior colleagues or young people.
- The lazy.
- Those that think on the basic level. They’re incapable of creative solutions.
- Those with prejudice. They have polluted thinking. Their imaginations about other people who are different from them are usually unfavourable.
- The misogynist. They hate seeing women lead or prosper.
- Those without track records.
- The dumb. They don’t listen.
- The stubborn, rigid. They are stubbornly in pursuit of personal fantasies.
- Those who do not respect or invest in knowledge. They are not interested in studying or in intellectual things. They don’t read or even regard reading as a useless venture.
- Those who lack sympathy.
- The aged; the old.
- An ethnic nationalist.
- A religious fanatic.
Ojo, Aderemi Ibadan, Nigeria. ojderemi@gmail.com @realojoaderemi
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