PETER BRUCE: The truth is we don't know a lot about farm murders
'The line is you don't question the "white genocide" story in South Africa without a very rough response'
A week ago I had one of those moments on social media when you get turned on for nothing. Well, almost nothing. I had responded to a tweet from Ian Cameron, who is the head of community safety for AfriForum. He tweeted: "FARM ATTACKS There have been 109 farm attacks and 15 farm murders in #South Africa since 1 January 2018. #FarmAttacks #Farm Murders #LandExpropriation #LandExpropriationWithoutCompensation." Quite a mouthful. But I've been watching this farm murder story with growing unease for months. "That is absolutely awful," I replied. "Is it improper to ask the ages of the victims and what it is they were farming and where?" I was quickly lashed with right-wing vitriol, all now blocked, never to bother me again. But clearly I had crossed a line.The line is you don't question the "white genocide" story in South Africa without a very rough response. It has obviously been carefully sold to the Australian government, which appears to have bought it. The British, too, are being suc...
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