LETTER: SA has become a monochromatic country of simple ‘good and evil’ distinctions
To leftists, any form of vague patriotism or waving a national flag, even during sports matches, is considered ‘fascist’ writes Dan Roodt
SA is a country that is singularly lacking in real debate: it only knows slogans and monochrome distinctions between good and evil. Nelson Mandela was a saint and Verwoerd a disciple of the devil. Nadine Gordimer, who the zealous Swedes thought worthy of the Nobel Prize, publicly admitted she dealt in "Manichean poisons". And so Ismail Lagardien took it upon himself to warn Business Day readers of the looming global "regse gevaar" (Echoes of the global far-right movement, March 5), represented by nationalist movements in Europe and a self-proclaimed "race realist" such as Jared Taylor, a soft-spoken American who also happens to be fluent in both Japanese and French. I mention this because, unlike the self-assured monolingual leftist with his quasi-religious world view denying ethnic or cultural difference, most "populist" heretics have actually gone to the trouble of living or learning about foreign lands. They also tend to respect or appreciate other cultures, and real diversity — ...
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