LETTER: We are nothing like the EFF — AfriForum
AfriForum’s message has always been one of nuance and perspective, writes AfriForum’s Ernst van Zyl
22 October 2020 - 05:00
With the Senekal gatherings against farm murders dominating the domestic news cycle, a major talking point is the search for the moderate position, which is what Chris Roper, in "EFF and AfriForum: Two Sides of a Coin (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/2020-10-15-eff-and-afriforum-two-sides-of-a-coin/)" (Features, October 15-21), sets out to do.
Unfortunately, in his search for the "moderate centre", Roper makes a bizarre false equivalence in identifying the extreme fringes. His fallacy illustrates a broader issue in SA’s current political zeitgeist...
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