palordrolap@fedia.io
on 07 Mar 2026 21:11
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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.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2026 21:54
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Wait- sorry, what’s the non-racist country here?
palordrolap@fedia.io
on 07 Mar 2026 21:58
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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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That’s like a pot calling a kettle the N-word.
Sorry, I’m confused: how so?
Please copyright this phrase and put it on t-shirts
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
If they are both African-Kitchenitan it’s okay!
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.
Wait- sorry, what’s the non-racist country here?
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.
Not once do the words “never been” appear in that person’s comments. You’re arguing against something they didn’t say
Fun fact… You don’t have to visit a place to know their history.
You need to look up what the word “nominally” means, it completely changes the meaning of the sentence you’re objecting to.
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.
Do you not know how to read?
It’s not empathy. He wants a demographic shift.
I never said it was empathy. I said it's the closest thing you'll ever get to it from him.
Because it is. Good work, Cyril.
They’re probably bringing them in to be ICE goons
Oh my god. He’s right
I mean yes hes promoting a conspiracy theory and treating whites as the only true refugees.
Trump is not uninformed in this case. He’s just a fucking liar.
“South Africa’s president calls out Trump’s racist policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners”
Ftfy