r/southafrica • u/allthisjusttocomment • Mar 19 '18

Redditor provides counter-argument to documentary about South Africa's "Reverse Apartheid"

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u/sooibot Boo! Land Mar 19 '18

Oh OH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh....

Someone actually took the time. Dis Gone B gud.

Come on White Genocide guys - what's wrong with the summary this commentator provided?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18

Not a white genocider here, but I have to state as I've done before that my main issue with all of this is the demonisation of a group for the country's problems, and there appears to be a theme when listening to the accounts of victims - there is often real hate for them simply because they are white, because they are farmers or because they "have a right" to be violent towards their victims. This is fuelled by rhetoric from politicians that goes unpunished, hardly even condemned. If you can't see that this grouping of people is dangerous and what it may lead to, I suggest you read up on, say, the Kulaks.

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u/sooibot Boo! Land Mar 19 '18

I am totally with you on that...

But why is the response then to do exactly the same thing? If making up shit is the reason we're getting into a problem in society - then why would making up more shit by the other side be the solution?

Why is treating every white person like they stole your land, not the same as treating every black person as if they've got some long knifes they're sharpening at home?

Why do we give a pedestal to the noisy fucknuckles just wasting everyone's time? Because we give into our fear. Fear is driving SA, and spreading more fear just reinforces the negative feedback loop. When you're sitting around the dinner table with family and friends - sure; it's something that brings you together when you talk about a ethereal enemy. The Them. The Other. The Not Us.

Sure, you and your group will feel closer, but to what expense? Creating a cloud in your mind that makes you mistrustful and easy to anger.

You don't need to be coming to me and saying; Sure, but. What you need to do is to go out and remind everyone you know that the internet and newspapers aren't the reality. The reality is experienced by all of us every day. Just people struggling to make a living - and who will probably help instead of hurt.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18

I'm not disagreeing with anything you said - I think the world currently thrives on the pushing on narratives on all sides of the political spectrum - which frankly disgusts me. That said, there is however a difference in how the two sides are treated. Currently, only one side is openly threatening the other and getting away with it, which I believe is far more dangerous to the minds of an already angry and disenfranchised populace in the long run (hence the Kulak comparison).