Now we can't ask questions!

Day 1,746, 02:25 • Published in South Africa South Africa • by mulderpf

I suppose any publicity is good publicity, but I need to clear this up.

Yesterday, Wilpanzer1 announced that he was running for president. I have for a long time been a Wilpanzer1 fan and I was happy to hear that he was running for president.

I read through his article in detail and I had some questions which popped up in my head (especially since he then made an announcement that unless he gets elected, he'll start two-clicking). Never having ever read a law or anything which says it's rude, illegal or childish to ask questions below an article, I asked them.

I was made out to firstly be childish, a comment which (childishly) was removed after the fact. Then it turned out, not only was I "accused" of questioning, but also being accusational!

This was not the intention whatsoever - I had great intentions and I was considering my options during the elections, because I believe that Wilpanzer1 has always acted in the best interests of the country, but I could not vote for someone unless I had some doubts cleared up and understood where he was coming from.

Instead of answering the questions, I was told I am childish and basically that I should shut my mouth because I'm being rude. Well sorry, because it's not going to become any easier - as president, your every action will be questioned and then you cannot simply throw your toys out the cot.

Here's some examples of how real leaders act when they are questione😛

Kiwifire1's question to Vanessa:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/introducing-team-super-2093893/1/20

Jisses's question to me:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/i-want-to-be-your-president--1327785/1/20

You should actually be thankful that someone even bothered to read your platform and took interest in it rather than pretending to read it but not being interested at all.

Usually when people ask questions, especially when you want them to vote for you, you answer them. You don't turn around accusing them of being childish and then just ignoring them. To me, that's what was rude about the whole thing, not me asking legitimate questions.

The entire way that this has been handled summed up exactly how I can see your presidential term turning out to be - nobody is allowed to question anything - you don't like something? Don't answer it with rational answers, rather accuse the person of trying to overthrow the government and ignore the issue.