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My fellow Nigerians in Diaspora
**“NFRA Don Bring Old Ghost to Block Kamala Harris from Presidency”**
**King’s Gambit: NFRA’s Dangerous Hypnosis Against Kamala Harris’s Eligibility**
Make you picture, say, shadows from past dey threaten to cover the light of progress. This no be story of fiction, but na real life matter. National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) don push us enter one risky game, where the pieces we dey play with na the principles wey define American democracy. Wetin dem dey try do? Dem dey try bring up old Dred Scott decision to question Vice President Kamala Harris’s eligibility to be president. This no be just legal argument — na calculated hypnosis, one gambit wey dem use to manipulate, distort, and control our collective mind.
**The Dangerous Hypnosis: Bringing Back Dred Scott’s Dark Legacy**
NFRA’s move na dangerous form of societal hypnosis, one wey dey try put people for trance of falsehoods and misremembered history. Kamala Harris, wey born for Oakland, California, in 1964, na natural-born citizen of United States, as the 14th Amendment don confirm. Na the same amendment wey, for one sweeping rejection of Dred Scott, talk say all persons wey born or naturalized for United States na citizens, no matter their race or parentage.
But, with dark legal tricks, NFRA dey try cast doubt on this undeniable truth by bringing up Dred Scott — a decision wey no only morally wrong but also deny humanity to African Americans. NFRA’s argument no be just misapplication of legal precedent; na insidious attempt to reawaken racism demons wey don dey haunt this nation for long.
**The Fallacy of False Equivalence: A Sophistic Sleight of Hand**
For the shady world of sophistry, where truth dey bend and twist to serve bad ends, NFRA’s argument find its place. Dem dey draw false equivalence between Dred Scott’s denial of African American citizenship and Kamala Harris’s eligibility for presidency — a comparison wey no only legally unfounded but also morally wrong.
Make we remember Plato’s wisdom, wey don warn against the dangers of sophistry — the deceptive use of rhetoric to manipulate and control. NFRA’s argument na classic case of such sophistry, one calculated attempt to cloud public judgment and divert attention from the clear and unequivocal truth: Kamala Harris na citizen, fully eligible to hold the highest office for the land.
But this sophistry no be just legal misstep; na psychological manipulation, one attempt to implant false ideas for American people’s minds. Like skilled hypnotist, NFRA dey try guide our thoughts away from the light of reason and into the darkness of doubt.
**The Ericksonian Perspective: Breaking the Trance**
Ericksonian hypnosis teach us say to break free from a trance, we need confront the underlying suggestions wey dey hold us captive. NFRA’s argument na form of societal hypnosis, one attempt to implant suggestions wey distort reality and manipulate public’s perception of truth. But we no dey powerless against this. We fit wake from this trance by recognizing the truth, by reaffirming our commitment to justice, equality, and democracy principles wey form the base of our society.
NFRA’s use of Dred Scott no be just legal argument — it’s an assault on American values. Na attempt to turn back the clock, to reimpose worldview wey Civil War and civil rights movement don decisively reject. But we no need succumb to this hypnosis. We fit, and must, reject this dangerous gambit.
**New Understanding: The Power of Legal Precedent**
No be all precedents dey equal. Some, like Dred Scott, na dark stains on our legal history, to be remembered only as warning of the dangers of injustice. Others, like the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, na beacons of light, guiding us towards a more just and equitable society.
NFRA’s argument na attempt to drag us back into darkness, to cover the light of these precedents with Dred Scott’s shadow. But we fit resist this pull. By reaffirming our commitment to the true meaning of citizenship and by upholding the legal principles wey protect am, we fit make sure say NFRA’s gambit fail.
**Awakening to the Truth**
NFRA’s argument no just flawed — it’s a dangerous attempt to subvert the Constitution’s principles by bringing back one of the most reviled Supreme Court decisions in American history. To invoke Dred Scott in this context na to play a dangerous game, one wey threaten to undermine the progress we don make as nation for justice and equality.
But we no be mere pawns for this game. We fit wake from the trance of falsehood and reject NFRA’s dangerous hypnosis. We fit reaffirm our commitment to the principles of justice, equality, and democracy wey don guide us for over two centuries.
At the end, na these principles — not Dred Scott’s dark specter — that need guide our legal reasoning and political discourse. NFRA’s gambit need recognize for wetin e be: a deeply flawed and morally bankrupt attempt to distort the law and subvert the Constitution. Make we reject this dangerous move and continue to move forward in the light of truth and justice.
