An open letter to gays and their friends, Please take a chill pill...

A fortnight ago I wrote an article titled: ‘Homosexuality and machoism are a threat to African male masculinity.’ It raised a storm in a tea cup. I receive negative criticism sometimes but since I’m not in a congeniality contest, I take it with a pinch of salt. We can’t always agree.

In the above-mentioned article I linked the rise in homosexuality to the erosion of the traditional familial structure and certain cases of hidden misogyny, before touching on other social problems which include absent fathers and alcoholism among others. I was labeled a homophobe, racist and bigot. It’s OK. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. At least I didn’t make drastic ‘Kill gays’ statements or like the Ugandan president’s claim that homosexuality is Satanic and will give you worms.

Yesterday I was tagged by a stranger in a Facebook post. I followed the thread and was led to a barrage of tjatjarag comments like: ‘Keletso Thobega should sit down’ and wild accusations of me being a man-hating feminist. I saw an attached link and realized that someone had taken effort to write a response to my article.

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