
Mr Abaraonye sounds like a right charmer.
Who he? Well Abaraonye is an Oxford University student, and president elect of the Oxford Union, a debating society in the city. In May of this year, Abaraonye took part in a debate with American conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the Union. Since then, of course, Kirk has been brutally gunned down while speaking at a university meeting In Utah, by some nasty little scrote with a grudge who is now behind bars and looking at a death sentence if found guilty.
So what was Abaraonye’s response to this appalling assassination, which took place in full view of hundreds of people? Well, it seems that he was on soshull meeja like a rat up a drainpipe, posting ‘Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s fucking go’, then ‘Charlie Kirk got shot, lool’.
For fuck’s sake; does he actually believe that this murder was acceptable, a laughing matter indeed, because he disagrees with Charlie Kirk? . Kirk was a young man who leaves behind a wife and two infant children, and this is Abaraonye’s reaction. Couldn’t he have shown a little dignity and self-restraint, a little common decency under the circumstances? It appears that I’m not alone in expressing this opinion; there have been a number of calls for Abaraonye to quit as president, and his comments have been absolutely condemned by the Union itself.
Not surprisingly, Abaraonye seems to have since tried to weasel his way out of the situation, with the usual ‘acted unthinkingly and in haste’ line, but he’d let the cat of the bag and the damage is done. I think he’s demonstrated where he stands.
Now I have to say that I write as someone who passionately believes in freedom of speech, and therefore will state for the record that Abaraonye has every right to put his views out there if he wants to, no matter how crass and undignified I and anyone else may find them. That’s what ‘freedom of speech’ means to me. By that same token however, I have every right to say that in my opinion, Abaraonye and his attitude simply stink the place out, and that he should resign his position and fuck off before he brings any further discredit to an august institution.
BBC News.
Nominated by : Ron Knee