The New York Times has published a sympathetic article about Kill The Boer, a violent chant popular with South Africa’s extreme leftist “Economic Freedom Fighters” (EFF) party, after South African born tech mogul Elon Musk called on the country’s president to condemn it.
The New York Times, which has in the past published earnest arguments that the OK hand symbol and drinking milk are signs of white supremacy, quotes several academics and left-wing activists who say Kill The Boer (Boers are white South Africans) should not be taken literally, despite rampant, ongoing murders of Boer farmers.
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A bumper sign during a blockade of the freeway between Johannesburg and Vereeniging, in Midvaal, South Africa, in protest against the recent murder of farmers, Monday, Oct 30 2017. Traffic was bought to a standstill on highways leading from farming areas to Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg, as white farmers protest in what they call the Black Monday protest against the high rate of murders of farmer workers. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
“Despite the words, the song should not be taken as a literal call to violence, according to [EFF leader] Mr. Malema and veterans and historians of the anti-apartheid struggle,” writes New York Times Johannesburg bureau chief John Eligon.
“It has been around for decades, one of many battle cries of the anti-apartheid movement that remain a defining feature of the country’s political culture.”
Eligon is not alone in his conclusion. The South African “equality court” has also ruled that the chant should not be considered “hate speech” under the country’s laws.
In response, Musk accused the New York Times of supporting genocide, and said the publication deserved to be canceled. He also promoted removepaywall.com, which allows you to read New York Times articles without paying a subscription fee.
Is Musk correct? Or should we listen to the people quoted by the New York Times? Breitbart News is publishing the full lyrics of the chant below, so that readers may judge for themselves if the song carries a deep, hidden, anti-colonial message, or whether it is simply a call to murder people:
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The cowards are scared shoot shootshoot shoot the cowards are scared shoot shootshoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot mother leave me be oh mother mother leave me be oh mother shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot the cowards are scared shoot shootshoot shoot the cowards are scared shoot shootshoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot mother leave me be oh mother mother leave me be oh mother shoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shootshoot the Boer shoot shoot shoot the Boer shoot shoot these dogs are raping shoot shootshoot shoot these dogs are raping shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot |
Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. He is the author of #DELETED: Big Tech’s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election. Follow him on Twitter @AllumBokhari.