VICE-PRESIDENT Jagdeo, in his last press conference, remarked that: “This country got some really stupid people.” Mr Jagdeo did not use the adverb, “extraordinarily,” which is most appropriate.

If you are an adult who lives in Guyana, and you have not seen or heard Guyanese who are extraordinarily stupid, then you are not only unintelligent, but you are not a living person.

It is not the activist or politician that says or does stupid things that one must criticise.
It is the people who believe the idiocy, asininity and ignorance that are sprouted in the public domain.
The Kaieteur News (KN) rushed into a paroxysm of criticism of Mr. Jagdeo for using the word, “stupid.” That criticism in itself is stupid.
Every country has limited people that say stupid things. Which country is so blessed that it does not have stupid people?
When politicians, the media and other actors say stupid things to fool a nation why shouldn’t government leaders call them out? If you want to see stupid in the air, just look at and listen to Glenn Lall.

If you analyse the outpouring from some Guyanese who are anti-government you will not see extraordinary stupidity.
Here is a brief list of the manifestations of stupidity.

1- Stabroek News. Read what I wrote last Saturday and tell me if there aren’t extraordinarily stupid people in this country.
Stabroek News (SN) ran an editorial of a still photograph of the President, Vice-President, the Finance Minister and another minister. There are four figures around a table with papers on the table. The photo has the caption: “We are working hard to meet the aspirations of our people.”
SN came up with two descriptions of the photo. One is that it reveals that Mr. Jagdeo is the real president. Secondly, the photo tells you the poor governance Guyana has. Can a human look at a still photo in front of him/her and conclude that the country has poor governance. Don’t you judge the type of governance of a country by the performance of the government?

2- Stabroek News. The newspaper ran an editorial criticising the use of traffic signals because they reduce people to robotic-like behaviour. Can one get ‘stupider’ than that?
3-Here is one that in the realm of stupidity, there is no parallel. I know readers will say, “Freddie, not again.” I am sorry to disappoint you, but I will write on it over and over because in the entire history of Guyanese politics, there isn’t another example.
Henry Jeffrey wrote that the PPP committed fraud in every Region of Guyana except Region 8, to gain government in 2020. In all Regions, the percentage of rigging was so high that it reached in some Regions as high as 77 percent.

So, if you believe Jeffrey then the PPP did this phenomenal feat and President Granger, former army head; Vice-President Harmon, former army chief of intelligence; Presidential adviser, Eddie Collins, former army head; and Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, former head of the police force, all stood by helplessly.
4- Red Thread. This organisation contacted the police to investigate a violent threat. Red Thread claimed that Guyanese Critic warned them in an email that a hitman in a White Toyota car was paid 10 million dollars to harm them and attack the US Embassy and he is on his way to kill them.
Guyanese Critic said he never sent such a message and had the police do a forensic search of his smart phone. The businessman said that he does not know anyone in

Red Thread and never had any dealings with Red Thread. Red Thread in its press release asking the police to investigate indicated that it does not know the businessman and never had anything to say at all about him.
Yet in its press release, Red Thread called on the police to investigate (this hoax) and summoned women rights groups in Guyana and the world, (yes, the world) to show solidarity with it (over a hoax).

And stupidly, women rights groups in the Caribbean and other countries sent down a letter to Stabroek News with the Headline: “Leave Red Thread alone.” There have to be stupid people in this country to have belied that. All Red Thread was looking for was publicity.

4- The AFC. This political party claimed, on April 28, when there were wide-spread robbing, looting, arson and beatings, that the people on the rampage were thugs and goons sent by the PPP.

5- Lincoln Lewis. He called on the President Granger to ignore GECOM and scrap the March 2020 election which Granger had no legal or constitutional power do to. Could anyone be so stupid to say that Guyana hasn’t got stupid people?
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