homophobia
CHRIS ROPER: First they came for the foreigners …
SA is a standout — in Africa at least — when it comes to the protection of LGBTQ+ rights. But as politics takes a harder turn to populism, will this become the next divisive weapon?
11 August 2022 - 05:00
Now that almost every populist movement, political party and entrepreneurial fake news merchant is pushing the xenophobia sales pitch in SA, someone is bound to start looking elsewhere for a brand differentiator.
There’s the race one, of course, the anti-West one, and radical economic transformation, among others. But as sure as God didn’t make little green apples, the diminishing returns on the tried-and-tested shibboleths that drive the economy of hatred are going to force someone to come up with something fresh...
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