Episode 160 - "Eusebius, surely you don't believe Malema is a genuine ally of gay people?!"

I tweeted a picture of Julius Malema marching to the Uganda
embassy where he spoke - with the rainbow flag wrapped around it
- condemning the bill criminalising identifying as gay in
Uganda.

I accompanied the tweeted image with the following words:

@Julius_S_Malema thanks for showing leadership today and not
being worried about homophobic backlash even among some of your
supporters online.

Shame on the ANC government for SILENCE.

Doing right isn't about calculating how many 'likes' you'll
get.

#GayRightsAreHumanRights

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A friend of mine called me and wondered why I would praise
Malema, suggesting rhetorically that Malema and the EFF are
weaponsing allyship and not being genuine. They added that they
know I *must* know this, so were wondering what the thinking
behind my tweet was.

My friend - love him to bits - asked an excellent and important
and incisive question.

In this 10 minute audio, I share some of what I told him in my
response to him.

Enjoy