LETTER: Steven Friedman perpetuates myths about DA
The party is the natural home for those who want a nonracial future
Steven Friedman’s column (“DA may have doomed its own voters to permanent opposition (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-09-15-steven-friedman-da-may-have-doomed-its-own-voters-to-permanent-opposition/)”, September 15) perpetuates myths and stereotypes about the DA through misrepresentations and reinforcing tired tropes.
Many South Africans want an inclusive economy and nonracial future. If they do, the DA is their natural home. If they don’t, it isn’t. It is ridiculous to say these values will limit the party’s growth ceiling to 20%, and I have never suggested this. That is about what we got in the setback of the 2019 election, when voters believed we had abandoned these values. We needed a course correction...
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