ZASucks - and other losers

Notorious anti-South Africa site ZASucks.com has decided to close its doors because the owner fears for the safety of his family. Freedom of speech dies in the process, thankfully...

I am all for some of our freedoms. But speech - this one is open to abuse. A few years back, I wrote a piece for the Citizen that became somewhat viral. It was a tongue-in-glass media release from then Health Minister Manto Babalaas Msimang. Somewhat viral...

It also made it to that site. DJs who read it out on-air and took credit for it annoyed me less than the appearance on that bag of racist shit called ZASucks. This is my point about such characters as Julius Malema: They are patriots. Say what you like, their ilk will defend our country and its image no matter what. That is patriotism.

We need patriots and people like those that gather at ZASucks and even the likes of pseudo-liberals like Helen Zille who have only the negative to share are not helping the nation building process. They can find only wrong and, worse than that, their criticisms have no construction to them. This is abusing the right.

Speak freely - but try to offer alternatives that are inclusive and real solutions whenever you find a problem. For example: ZASucks is a problem. It closing down is a wonderful solution.