Okyeame Kwame, a Ghanaian rapper, has recently sparked debate with his outspoken views on marriage, religion, climate change, and nature.While he maintains firm in his beliefs, he is concerned about how certain critics react to his thoughts.
Okyeame Kwame, who is currently promoting his new song “Insha Allah,” believes that disagreement is fine, but he finds it intolerable when detractors resort to insults and name-calling instead of addressing the core principles of his views.
“I don’t think Ghanaians are being hostile to my views. The same way I disagree with other people’s ideas, there’s no way I mind people disagreeing with my opinions.
“What I don’t think it’s cool is that someone puts forward an argument and instead of a counter argument or refuting the central idea, you come to do name-calling or just insult that I’m a fool, look at your forehead,” He stated this in a recent Graphic Showbiz chat.
He went on.; “When someone is saying let’s not eat turtles because they have a particular role they play in the sea and they keep the world safe, and your best answer ‘is your mother’, that is what I don’t get, it decreases the discourse and take it to a realm that I’m unable to make my valid points. For instance, people have disagreed with me for saying it is inhuman to beat homosexuals and humiliate them on the streets.
“If you have any contrary opinion to that, just mention but don’t come and insult me, my mother and my family” He went on to say.
In public debates, he emphasizes the significance of preserving respectful and constructive discourse.
