You don’t have to be violent to be identifiedas the Opposition

 

Societies that are poorly governed get used to the culture of violence. There is a dominant heavy hand in power, often marshalling violence to keep itself firmly in the saddle. The violence assumes several guises. In its most raw and naked form, it is physical. But the violence can also be verbal, as is often witnessed in many African countries. The language of those in power degenerates to warlike idiom and other threatening words and gestures.