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Do Black Lives Matter?

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The expression should have been more accurately "Black Lives Matter Too" and it's not just about current events in South Africa.

The notion that granting equality to one group somehow takes away something from another is a vestige of typical White Supremacist thinking, seeing every concession as a potential threat. For them if it's not Jews or Muslims, there will always be blacks and Asians to blame for how their miserable lives may have turned out.

I remember when people were stranded in a sports arena during the Hurricane Katrina flooding of New Orleans. While waiting for help, some groups waded into the town to get food and water. In the media, the white people were labelled as "brave, resourceful and self-motivated" but the blacks were simply "looters".

A Republican Senator recently suggested that black people should be grateful to whites because it was white people who freed them from slavery and that's the warped mindset of so many.

A more sobering statement from a black woman was that we should be grateful that it's only equality they want and not revenge.
Posted by rache, Saturday, 17 July 2021 12:53:06 AM
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“Adio Africa”
is Mise,
I remember seeing that as a youngster, horrific stuff ! It was a crystal clear example of mob mentality such as we still see nowadays !
It's primed to go anywhere, anytime !
Posted by individual, Saturday, 17 July 2021 6:01:02 AM
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"Tribal Warriors", has tribal warfare ended for the European or has he just got better at it? 60 million dead as the Europeans fought each other over their tribal lands in WWII. The Russians are still seeking more tribal land for themselves. European invasions of other tribal lands in Korea, Vietnam, The Middle East and Afghanistan resulting in the deaths of more millions. If you're non European you are 100 times more likely to be "shot" in war, in your own land, by an invading American than by anyone else. These days it better for the European to take over economically than blow the place up and then take over.

Well said rache.
Posted by Paul1405, Saturday, 17 July 2021 6:14:04 AM
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I feel like getting people with the mind set of Paul and Rachel by the shoulders and shaking them awake! How dumb and anti cultured are they?

Here’s a simple suggestion. Grab Plato’s Republic, start at the front and stay focused to the last page.

There is a view of Western Philosophy in a nut shell. This is the philosophy that drove the West so far in front of the Native laggers, still spearing themselves and clubbing their women captives over the head, making it easier to drag them to their caves.

Not much has changed has it!

I look forward to demolishing your fragile arguments against Western Philosophy, and your twisted view of history shortly, when time permits.

Dan
Posted by diver dan, Saturday, 17 July 2021 7:57:29 AM
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I have to agree with you diver dan, rache's rant is so racist it is unbelieveable nonsense. SA problems has little to do with white supremacy, except to say it is tribalism against Western taught values of property and justice as held by educated blacks. It is a conflict of two value systems held by blacks.

The violence also are attacks on the Indian population in Natal, who are business people. My sister and husband spent six years living and working in Natal among the Indian population, who were taken there to work among sugar cane plantations
Posted by Josephus, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:06:08 AM
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Well the parallels are quite remarkable.

Jacob Zuma was a corrupt right wing populist.

Like him Trump is now facing multiple charges including tax fraud. As his empire inevitably crumbles it will be very interesting to see how his supporters react, particularly after the insurrectionist response of storming the seat of government after he lost the election.

The day Trump is marched off to jail will be very telling and the exponential growth of right wing militias will be a huge factor.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Saturday, 17 July 2021 11:34:39 AM
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