EFF leader Julius Malema — PICTURE: ALON SKUY That Donald Trump might be the next US president is scary. That a black man who went to a Trump rally was told he would not be attacked, is scary. The scary bit is that Trump’s followers thought it necessary to protect a black stranger entering their rally.I confess to having no idea whether that actually happened. Based on media reports of racial and religious bigotry accompanied by violence and threats of violence at Trump rallies, including a black protester being punched in the face by a Trump supporter, it might have happened. But where it really did happen was in SA, at an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rally.It was not a black man who was promised safety, but a white man. The white man was me. I heard boisterous chanting near my home, so went to investigate. A friendly black security guard warned me against proceeding around the corner because, he said, it would be dangerous."Why?" I asked. "It’s an EFF rally," he said. "Why is t...
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