X/Twitter ‘intellectuals’ amongst the UOX do not like scrutiny. They bask in the new wave of “yuzza” , “sabula” , “cook”  (ysc) praises to appear to have won an ‘intellectual’ discourse with someone whose valid points they will not logically counter to demonstrate proper mastery of the subject matter under discussion, but resort to body shaming  and all manner of juvenile ad hominem attacks. 

In many of these X/Twitter heated exchanges, the guy under attack is usually asking sobering questions that are either discomforting or form part of what you would call inconvenient truths and then some of the better educated amongst the ysc mob will make the ad hominem attacks in flowery language and the rest of the ysc mob will chant in unison. Some will promise him children, mobile money and election to some offices -of course in jest, but the opportunity to interrogate the issues raised is lost in an endeavour of mob stupidity. 

Can we really have any meaningful intellectual conversation on X in Uganda? @jamesonen @martinssempa @TonyNatif