r/southafrica • u/Empty-Champion6929 • May 22 '25

Discussion Genocide?

There are claims that there is a genocide taking place in South Africa and I think the fact that the US is adamantly propagating this propagandistic narrative is more reason not to trust them.

Furthermore, I am disappointed in Trump's refusal to at least consider Ramaphosa's sentiments during yesterday's meeting. He seems to be both gullible and ignorant.

I should finally mention that I am deeply hurt by our fellow white South Africans who are proudly reinforcing these claims of genocide. I know that our country is run by an incompetent and self-serving government that seems to not have any concerns about economic development. However, seeing a cohort of white people take the stance of validating that there is a genocide is painful to witness.

As someone born post apartheid, I'm finally starting to see.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

I should finally mention that I am deeply hurt by our fellow white South Africans who are proudly reinforcing these claims of genocide.

Wait, who are these? Most of us WC Afrikaners don't reinforce those claims at all. The stark majority of us are really anti-Trump.

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u/Previous_Pause388 May 22 '25

Up here in Joburg we have lots of people who believe the white genocide myth. Particularly here on the east rand

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u/Hlotse May 22 '25

That's the evil genius of Trump taking a small problem and blowing it up out of all proportion to mobilize whomever he wants to mobilize to serve his own ends.

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u/PsychologicalBet7831 May 22 '25

Remember the Haitians eating the cats and dogs?

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u/Hlotse May 22 '25

Sure do. I'm Canadian and our country is apparently the cause of a huge amount of fentanyl going into the US. The stats don't show that but DJT is never one to let facts get in the way of what he knows.

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u/alistair1537 Aristocracy May 23 '25

Now that Chump is President, what has he done to save our pets?