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NomNom@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’

www.theguardian.com

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South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’

www.theguardian.com

NomNom@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • ravelin@slrpnk.net
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    “South Africa’s president calls out Trump’s racist policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners”

    Ftfy

  • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
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    Because it is. Good work, Cyril.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
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    South Africa isn’t a threat to America, no, but living in a post-apartheid, nominally non-racist country is super uncomfortable for rich, white racists. They perceive the situation as them being in danger, and this has triggered the closest thing to empathy that you’ll ever get out of DJT.

    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      It’s not empathy. He wants a demographic shift.

      • palordrolap@fedia.io
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        I never said it was empathy. I said it’s the closest thing you’ll ever get to it from him.

    • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
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      Wait- sorry, what’s the non-racist country here?

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        Nominally non-racist. Back during apartheid, South Africa was definitely racist. Now apartheid is over, everyone there, regardless of race, is supposed to be equal.

        That doesn’t mean that racism doesn’t exist there, just that it’s no longer encoded into law, and indeed the opposite might be encoded, regarding hate crimes and the like.

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          deleted by creator

          • Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            You need to look up what the word “nominally” means, it completely changes the meaning of the sentence you’re objecting to.

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            My bad. I used a double negative, which clearly confused you.

            “That doesn’t mean that racism doesn’t exist there” means “racist behaviour almost certainly still goes on there”.

            I can try to break this down to words of just one sound if you like, but to do that might be too mean, and it’s hard to write like this as well.

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            Not once do the words “never been” appear in that person’s comments. You’re arguing against something they didn’t say

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              • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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                Fun fact… You don’t have to visit a place to know their history.

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            Do you not know how to read?

  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    That’s like a pot calling a kettle the N-word.

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      Sorry, I’m confused: how so?

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      If they are both African-Kitchenitan it’s okay!

    • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
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      Please copyright this phrase and put it on t-shirts

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      Glad to see another user of this phrase 🤣 I have no idea of the origin it just lives in my head and pops out sometimes

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    Trump is not uninformed in this case. He’s just a fucking liar.

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    I mean yes hes promoting a conspiracy theory and treating whites as the only true refugees.

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    They’re probably bringing them in to be ICE goons

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    Oh my god. He’s right

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