Thursday, September 29, 2011

Respect for ­Mark Esterhuysen

From the New York Daily News:

A talk radio station in South Africa booted one of its newsreaders on Tuesday after he spat-out the F-word more than a dozen times in an on-air rant.  Mark Esterhuysen slammed racism, cops, capitalism and facism during his 41-second diatribe at 1 a.m. on Talk Radio 702 Eyewitness News, according to Times Live in Johannesburg.

"F--- racism, f--- the pigs who killed Andries Tatane, f--- the AWB," he says in the audio. Tatane was killed in April after being brutally beaten by police at a protest in Ficksburg. The AWB, Afrikaner Resistance Movement, is a South African far-right secessionist political organization."F--- capitalism, f--- fascism," he continues to yell. "F--- this f--- wage slavery s---."

Esterhuysen ended his diatribe by promoting his blog (markesterhuysen.blogspot.com), Twitter and Facebook accounts. "

We can't tolerate that kind of behavior," Katy Katopodis, an editor at Eyewitness News, told Times Live. "I don't think it's appropriate to use our platform, which is credible, to promote your own agenda.

Esterhuysen, who described himself as an "Enemy of the state" and "Defender of Anarchy" on Twitter, tweeted Wednesday he would be posting a statement about his outburst soon. The audio has since found its way online, where it's becoming a viral favorite.

"You are a Hero," a Facebook user wrote on Esterhuysen's profile.

Respect to Mark. It takes some balls to stand up to the establishment. Where are the free thinkers?


 

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