While the post announcing the birth on his Facebook wall has so far gathered two million reactions ranging from ‘like,’ ‘love’ to ‘wow,’ and has notched 44,417 shares, with well wishers jostling one another to be counted as they left loving messages on his wall, some people have used the opportunity to lambaste Zuckerberg for being “unable” to father a male child.
One of such unsparing critics is a man who goes by the Nigerian (Yoruba) name Amoo Joshua Oluwatimilehin.
Oluwatimilehin appeared miffed that despite all his wealth and fame, Zuckerberg found it exceedingly difficult to “floor” his wife, as he has so far had two babies, none of which is male.
Oluwatimilehin, whose Facebook profile features everything except an authentic photograph attributable to his Nigerian nomenclature, quipped at the doting father: “Why do you give birth to daughters alone, no one to inherit family name and your wealth will be for another surname. Mark’s sperm is full of XX type.”
And while some respondents felt Mr. Oluwatimilehin was probably joking, based on the patriarchal disposition that until a male is able to sire a male child he is no man, others descended heavily on him, calling him names.
Oluwatimilehin fired back, with copius uncomplimentary names and insults to anyone who condemns his comment.
The alleged Man is not alone, by the way; as another Facebook user, one Hu Keazz, also of no identifiable social media face, spoke in the same vein, with his sneer couched in religious tone:
