Politics of insult

Politics of insult is a political trend whereby an opponent of a political party uses abusive languages to intimidate or makes the other opponent unpopular. The term was coined in Ghana in 2011 when some leaders of political parties, notably the New Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), engaged in an open media verbal "give and take". The insults were mostly characterized by threats and character assasination without any unsubtantiated facts. The target was always directed to either a particular person, party or the president.
Even though politics of insult was against the constitution of Ghana, less action was taken against perpetrated in the trend. This, however, paved way towards media liberalism whence the media became filled with insults. In an attempt to put a halt to this new political trend, chieves and elders, pastors, human rights activists and many concerned citizens in Ghana stood against the act calling it uncultural and threat to national peace and unity.
Today, the trend has become so widespread on radio media and the popular Ghanaian website forum Ghanaweb that it is taken up tribalistic sentiments.

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