ANC no letters.jpg Office of the ANC Chief Whip, 6 December 2015 Genetically Modified Revolutionaries and the Madiba Legacy There is none in society, including its own membership, who can claim to remember anything of substance the EFF achieved in Parliament, other than the vicious efforts to erode and trash important symbols of our democracy - including Parliament as a symbol of democratic order and, recently, Nelson Mandela as a symbol of freedom and reconciliation. The recent vilification of Madiba's memory, who together with other revolutionaries made immense sacrifices, were subjected to untold suffering and personal hardship for our liberation, illustrates an unprecedented level of political infantilism and ignorance which is naturally symptomatic of poverty of ideas. The attack smacks of the tendencies of those peacetime bogus revolutionaries who always seek to trash and kill the heroic legacies of revolutionary forebears in order to portray themselves as true martyrs and revolutionaries of the day. It can only be a psychotic manifestation of the delusions of grandeur that drives one to think they can displace the iconic Madiba through a vitriolic public campaign in order to take his place as a present-day hero. Madiba's revolutionary legacy, a product of over six decades of uninterrupted selfless service to humanity, can never be erased by genetically modified revolutionaries who, because of Madiba's sacrifices and struggles, today find it fashionable to be 'revolutionaries' because there is no fear of harassment, torture, detention without trial or death. Malema's attack is the culmination of a futile desperate campaign that initially sought to divorce Madiba from the ANC, spuriously claiming it has deviated from his values. When the trickery fell flat, the target shifted to Madiba himself - in an attempt to discredit him and erase his legacy and that of the ANC. Madiba spoke of such charlatans when he said "a blind pursuit of cheap popularity has nothing to do with revolution." That no South African has really taken seriously such unadulterated hogwash and contemptible nonsense dressed as robust political discourse is reflective of the low standards society has set for these genetically modified revolutionaries and how little it generally regards them. Our reflection on these issues, which coincides with the anniversary of Madiba's passing, is not intended to defend him. Indeed Madiba's legacy does not need to be defended, it speaks for itself. His ideals and values live in all of us who continue to cherish and to be guided by his revolutionary teachings and leadership. One of our MPs, Mandla Mandela, was thus correct to refuse to wrestle with a pig in the mud by acceding to Malema's invitation for a debate on Madiba's legacy. If Malema and EFF genuinely needs political education on Mandela's revolutionary struggle life, they needs to look no further than their deputy leader, Floyd Shivambu, who only three years ago dismissed those who claim Madiba has sold out as suffering from "intellectual laziness" and are ignorant of "the complexities of managing a political translation" in his PoliticsWeb article, "Mandela did not sell out". Let charlatans wrestle amongst each other regarding their lies, deceit and political schizophrenia. Moloto Mothapo 082 370 6920 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
