The institute recently partnered with AfriForum and will formulate policy for their new agriculture initiative.
The Citizen spoke to the IRR about their decision to invite Bullard to speak. “We believe a forthright conversation about South Africa, its people and their future has a critical role to play in confronting the dangers that face the country today, and that David Bullard – among other outspoken commentators – can make an important contribution,” Morris said.
As for the column that was slammed for racism back in 2008, Morris says it was “satire” and that people must “step beyond political correctness” and hear his views.“While we would not automatically subscribe to every point of view of every columnist or satirist, we value the contribution of candid South Africans to an honest exchange of views about the country and its problems at a moment of mounting crises.
“We believe David Bullard has a contribution to make, not least in encouraging people to step beyond the imposed boundaries of political correctness in order to grapple with the tough realities which ultimately impinge with greatest harm on South Africa’s black majority. “There’s another important consideration; all freedoms rest on free speech, and we think it’s particularly important to fight for this freedom on South African university campuses. Mr Bullard might be unpopular in some quarters but this is not a good reason to deny him an opportunity to speak. Anyone who disagrees with him is free to engage him in debate and prove the error of his opinions.”
The Institute of Race Relations is transparently a white nationalist group. Still, hosting David Bullard like this is astounding.Should you choose to remember, I repost it below:
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