LETTER: Too scared to agree

On Cape Talk, the presenter posed an important question about the DA’s election advert depicting a burning image of the SA flag: are most people actually upset about the advert, or is it just the disgruntled few who are the ones who are calling in?

What if people are too scared to say they agree with the ad?

I studied for almost seven years at UCT; I know too well about the academic echo chamber, where the elitists discuss issues from the comfort of their MacBooks. I was part of that: the wokes get outraged, the media regurgitates it, and if it suits the political party’s agenda, they amplify the outrage. Within the cycle, there is little room for critical reflection, and if you dare to disagree, you must be racist if you are white or colonised if you are black or coloured. 

Once leaving university, I became increasingly critical of this culture. All it does is divide people. Looking back, I cringe at the thought that I was so uncritical of what I was being told to believe.

So, for all those who were not offended by the DA advert, who understand what the DA was saying, and actually care about SA, let’s not get sucked into these elitist and out-of-touch discussions that bear little relevance to what South Africans need — a good government!

We need to vote for the party we know can rescue SA, that cares about the ordinary South African, and that’s the DA.

Nandi Rayner
Cape Town

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