The hypocritical bleating about Helen Zille’s injudicious tweet is so disproportionate as to be almost laughable were its consequences not seriously detrimental to the exercise of the fundamental right of free speech in political discourse in our country. It is a close race whether Tony Leon’s or Mmusi Maimane’s is the unkindest cut of all. Dr Stuart GardinerStellenbosch

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