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South Africa president says persecution of whites a 'false narrative' as Musk repeats genocide claim

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  • microwave@lemmy.worldM This user is from outside of this forum
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    Summary

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

    Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

    Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

    Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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      Summary

      South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

      Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

      Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

      Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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      Trump and Musk, lying? I'm shocked!

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        Trump and Musk, lying? I'm shocked!

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        Musk having a persecution complex and paranoid delusions of the world being out to get him for his inherited identity alone and not for his actions and role in politics and the economy? That's just unpossible!

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        • microwave@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

          Summary

          South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

          Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

          Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

          Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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          Man whose generational wealth comes from apartheid has things to say about white people are being treated

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          • microwave@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

            Summary

            South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

            Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

            Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

            Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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            Musk thinks white wealthy folks facing any sort of consequence for past wrongs they committed is persecution and genocide. Must be hard living in a K-hole.

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            • microwave@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

              Summary

              South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

              Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

              Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

              Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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              Read up on Orania. The South-African government doesn't harass those Afrikaners trying to have their own little closed community.

              And honestly, I think that approach is the best. If right wing people want to self-segregate in gate communities without harming anyone, then I think that's the least bad option.

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                Read up on Orania. The South-African government doesn't harass those Afrikaners trying to have their own little closed community.

                And honestly, I think that approach is the best. If right wing people want to self-segregate in gate communities without harming anyone, then I think that's the least bad option.

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                If right wing people want to self-segregate in gate communities without harming anyone, then I think that’s the least bad option.

                We should take these groups from every major nation and ship them out to some island in the middle of the Pacific or some shit, and don't allow commerce in or out. Let them deal with it themselves.

                Or you know what, allow commerce so they can't just blame that for their inevitable failure.

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                  Read up on Orania. The South-African government doesn't harass those Afrikaners trying to have their own little closed community.

                  And honestly, I think that approach is the best. If right wing people want to self-segregate in gate communities without harming anyone, then I think that's the least bad option.

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                  The problem is that they turn into echo chambers and hate incubators. They need to be integrated with the rest of society.

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                    If right wing people want to self-segregate in gate communities without harming anyone, then I think that’s the least bad option.

                    We should take these groups from every major nation and ship them out to some island in the middle of the Pacific or some shit, and don't allow commerce in or out. Let them deal with it themselves.

                    Or you know what, allow commerce so they can't just blame that for their inevitable failure.

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                    We should make sure the Pacific island we ship them to is tidal.

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                    • microwave@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

                      Summary

                      South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

                      Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

                      Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

                      Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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                      Never thought I'd see the day when a Zuid Afrikaans president is less racist.

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                      • microwave@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

                        Summary

                        South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims by Trump and Elon Musk that whites face persecution or genocide in South Africa, calling it a "completely false narrative."

                        Musk reignited the controversy by citing a rally where a far-left party chanted “Kill the Boer,” which courts previously ruled as protected speech.

                        Trump issued an executive order cutting US funding to South Africa and offering Afrikaners refugee status.

                        Ramaphosa noted that violent crime affects all races equally and condemned misinformation surrounding white farmers' safety.

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                        Genocide, no, but the level of crime there is incredible.

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                          Musk thinks white wealthy folks facing any sort of consequence for past wrongs they committed is persecution and genocide. Must be hard living in a K-hole.

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                          So just for interest sake, I am 52, and those wrongs were commited when I was little more than a boy. Should I still pay for them?

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                            Genocide, no, but the level of crime there is incredible.

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                            Depends, really. But yes, some places are rough.

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                            • johsny@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

                              So just for interest sake, I am 52, and those wrongs were commited when I was little more than a boy. Should I still pay for them?

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                              do you still benefit from those wrongs? if so, yes, you should pay for them

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                                So just for interest sake, I am 52, and those wrongs were commited when I was little more than a boy. Should I still pay for them?

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                                Hoping this question is in good faith.

                                I think that depends on what we mean by “pay.”

                                My take:

                                If our lives are better/easier/safer/happier than the lives of those who grew out of wrongs committed by those of our own heritage / lineage, then yes, I believe we should endeavour to make their lives better.

                                Whether that’s financial reparations, return of property / land, sharing of resources, etc. should be up to communities to work together to decide.

                                Put another way, if my good fortune rests on the misfortune of others - even in the past - my personal take is that I am compelled to help where I can.

                                Sometimes that’s a simple as voting for the thing that benefits me less than others or me not at all because it aids those who need it most.

                                So yeah, we should “pay” but “pay” can mean so many things.

                                That’s just me.

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                                  do you still benefit from those wrongs? if so, yes, you should pay for them

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                                  Fair enough, I would still rather stay here than in the US though. Racism there is much worse than here.

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                                    Musk thinks white wealthy folks facing any sort of consequence for past wrongs they committed is persecution and genocide. Must be hard living in a K-hole.

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                                    It’s not even that. Unused land has been taken by the government under eminent domain, and white supremacists have claimed that these actions have “stolen” land from white farmers. In reality, white landowners have been subject to eminent domain seizures at no higher a rate than black landowners.

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                                    • thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.caT [email protected]

                                      Hoping this question is in good faith.

                                      I think that depends on what we mean by “pay.”

                                      My take:

                                      If our lives are better/easier/safer/happier than the lives of those who grew out of wrongs committed by those of our own heritage / lineage, then yes, I believe we should endeavour to make their lives better.

                                      Whether that’s financial reparations, return of property / land, sharing of resources, etc. should be up to communities to work together to decide.

                                      Put another way, if my good fortune rests on the misfortune of others - even in the past - my personal take is that I am compelled to help where I can.

                                      Sometimes that’s a simple as voting for the thing that benefits me less than others or me not at all because it aids those who need it most.

                                      So yeah, we should “pay” but “pay” can mean so many things.

                                      That’s just me.

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                                      Well said, I can totally get behind this. And I have been doing this for more than thirty years. However, taking away a productive farmers land, and giving it to someone who has no idea what to do with it, or worse to a wealthy politician, helps nobody. (Except the politician).

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                                      • carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zoneC [email protected]

                                        do you still benefit from those wrongs? if so, yes, you should pay for them

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                                        So you will be OK with your kids paying for wrongs you committed?

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                                          So you will be OK with your kids paying for wrongs you committed?

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                                          If I rob a bank and give it to my kids, it is suddenly OK to keep the money?

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