Reyno de Beer is the founder of the Liberty Fighters Network, a South African organisation that challenges the corrupt legal system. He calls himself a 'rebel litigant' who fights for ordinary people's rights.
He became well-known during the pandemic for taking the government to court over lockdown rules. For example, in June 2020, he won a Pretoria High Court case when the judge ruled some lockdown regulations were unconstitutional.
Not that it made any difference in reality, since the entire Covid narrative was a farce and all lockdown restrictions were invalid, but at least Reyno tried.
Shutdowns are an extreme measure. We know very well that they cause tremendous harm — for people's lives, for their health, for their mental health.
— John Ioannidis, Stanford epidemiologist
He argued the government's Covid response was completely over the top, pointing out loads of ridiculous contradictions. For example,
- we could go to a funeral with 50 people but couldn't visit a dying relative at home,
- hairdressers were banned from working, but taxi passengers sat closer together than people would in a salon,
- we could buy warm tops but not underwear or sandals, and
- we could run on the promenade but stepping on the beach would apparently cause 'rampant infection'.
It was a circus act.
The whole thing.
Sadly, but predictably, the Supreme Court overturned his victory, labelling him a 'Covid denialist'.
📺 Live stream
Reyno joined me on my weekly live stream, where we reminisced about the Covid era and shared a few laughs about other things.
This live stream is, unfortunately, not available as an audio episode.
If somebody wants to stay in their house, that's great and they should be able to. But to say they cannot leave their house and that they will be arrested if they do, that's fascist.
— Elon Musk
