Gaddafi is trending on Twitter.   As Gadafi.  Anyway, the last dictator who trended on Twitter was forced out of office within 48 hours.

Isn’t that fascinating?  While the latest dictator trending commentary is being  driven by external twits  - Libyans inside that North African enclave of heinous misdeads appear to want the semi-nomadic lunatic Gadafi OUT.

TODAY.

Some say he has sought asylum in Venezuela.  However,  that’s presumed to be an almost sarcastic suggestion – he may as well go seek asylum in Italy through his other chommie,  Silvio Berlusconi.  There are an aweful lot of Italians commenting on the Gadafi/Gaddafi tweet at the moment..

Egypt’s’ Mubarak trended on Twitter and was gone within 2 days of hitting that social networking milestone.

There’s a distinct  possibility that Libya could experience a real live civil war.    Watch out for Benghazi today.  Reports from intelligence sources suggest that the western AND eastern regions of Libya are exploding today.

Gaddafi is going to do what dictators’ do.  He’s going to try and have the opponents killed off.  He’s already murdered 200 protestors – but that’s just enraged them further.

Hold in both hands and apply spittle ...

Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi will fight a popular revolt to “the last man standing”, one of his sons said on Monday after protests broke out in the capital for the first time following days of unrest in the city of Benghazi.

Is social networking not just a group of digital silos where mutual admiration societies loaf together mentally?   Do you follow people you hate?  Do you allow yourself to see or even accept that other argument?  Particularly the ideological purists and religious zealots,  and social fundamentalists?  Do you go to AbortionR Us if you’re a pro-lifer?  No.  You probably don’t.  So aren’t you becoming just a little more dumb?  Isn’t social networking supposed to be like a large ideas pool where you can dip and out and take the best and leave the worst?  Or is it where people all rub each other up the right way continuously and market what they already know ?  

 There is so much noise in our eyes and ears, partly due to our own self-molestation by pursuing the NEXT NEW big thing and then marketing it to each other that we forget the real world.   I see a great deal of steam coming off social networking zones – but in terms of real debate something is lacking.  Yes, Twitter is great for receiving breaking information, or as a news feed for free.  Not entirely accurate, and sometimes damaging, as its a zone in which folk we can’t really trust,  tell us things we can’t really test.  What’s more, its already being used by government agencies to spy on you.   But don’t worry,  that’s after they’ve searched for you using the latest Google search and stored your details in some shady server somewhere.

Would the ANCYL allow Frantz Fanon to have a Facebook account? Would he have a Twitter profile?

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