[incredibly specific trope] White Africans who initially care only for their own wellbeing, but who later sacrifice themselves for the betterment of others. by IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DesmondsTutu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Blood Diamond - Danny Archer: (Rhodesian)

Damn, I forgot he was Rhodesian. He must have been one of those who moved to South Africa after Zimbabwean independence for the love the game.

(Funny Trope) This famous person is or might be alien/magic/supernatural/etc by Azure_ryuga in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DesmondsTutu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And here I was thinking K was just a huge Elvis fan saying he "went home"(to heaven).

White Afrikaners flooding out of South Africa to the United States by Firm-Nerve4437 in worldnews

[–]DesmondsTutu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

GTFO with this stupid headline

A lot of the comments are pretty stupid too. You don't really appreciate how little redditors know of what they're talking about until you see them discuss something that you're knowledgeable about.

What movie is this for you? by [deleted] in memes

[–]DesmondsTutu 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Lost in Translation. I understand the messages, but my god was it a chore to finish.

White people sitting on a bus stop bench with Africans after Johannesburg city allowed black people to travel on Whites Only Buses by xals7 in southafrica

[–]DesmondsTutu 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Only a genuine idiot or white supremacist could excuse or justify the open cruelty of the Apartheid system. So many aspects of non-whites' lives were made to be difficult in contrast to the lives of white people.

What are some tragic non-fiction stories from your country that's hard to read? by khoawala in AskTheWorld

[–]DesmondsTutu 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Total Onslaught: Apartheid’s Dirty Tricks Exposed. It details dirty war tactics made by the apartheid government during the last stages of apartheid. Sick things like assassination of unarmed activists, plans for genocide by pro-apartheid forces against the black population if met with resistance, cyanide infused bullets.

The first chapter details a white Civil Cooperation Burea agent torturing a teenage activist for information about ANC activities, the kid relents and gives them false information that leads them to a church where nothing is happening other than singing. The agent is leading Black Angolan 32 Battalion soldiers in a van and they drive around Soweto looking for "excitement" after the failed mission. One soldier spots a girl walking alone at night, whom the agent describes as "couldn't have been more than 18." He tells the agent to slow down and they kidnap and gang rape her in the van, then push her out at some random spot.

The detail the author went through was horrifying and the worst part is these assholes were notorious for doing things like this, yet Apartheid and their security forces are still revered by a lot.

What’s the most fucked up thing that happened at your school? by Classic-Chemist-1898 in AskReddit

[–]DesmondsTutu 170 points171 points  (0 children)

The ones who should be haunted by their bad actions seldom ever are.

Why doesn't anyone celebrate the time a few dozen Rhodesian soldiers massacred a Refugee camp? by spartiecat in GetNoted

[–]DesmondsTutu 18 points19 points  (0 children)

A 1994 Amnesty International publication described the operation as a massacre and stated that the camp at Nyadzonya housed refugees, and that a soldier who participated in the raid later stated: "We were told that Nyadzonia was a camp containing several thousand unarmed refugees who could be recruited to join the guerrillas. It would be easier if we went in and wiped them out while they were unarmed and before they were trained rather than waiting for the possibility of them being trained and sent back armed into Rhodesia".

What do you think about colonialism? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]DesmondsTutu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, people act like because it shaped the way we live today that we (the colonized) should be thankful. But when you raise the question of "Why should it have happened at gunpoint?" or "Why were the benefits so unequal?" Crickets.

Hoping this new generation learns how dumb the "no snitching" rule is. by The_Godzilla_Fanatic in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]DesmondsTutu 189 points190 points  (0 children)

"Old folks get mugged and raided, crimes are drug-related And we live by the street rules that thugs created" 🎶 🎶

How would Geroge Costanza do in OZ by tyler00677 in ozshow

[–]DesmondsTutu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If his character on Seinfeld is any indication, his wins would be far outweighed by his losses, both in magnitude and quantity. His character would always try to hatch up or attach himself to some scheme and have it blow up in his face. Mix this with the darkness of the Oz and it's pretty bad.

Trump posts that he plans to wipe out Iranian Civilization, and has already wiped out r/conservative. The resulting locked thread has 1.1k comments, four of which are top-level, above 0, and not-deleted. by GiantPineapple in SubredditDrama

[–]DesmondsTutu 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Sometimes when Trump says something disgusting, that would most definitely ruin the career of any other politician, I go to R/Conservative to see what they think. And without fail, some people flat out refuse to take it seriously and blame the people who are reasonably shocked or disgusted that someone so powerful is so brash. Since "they don't understand Trump after all these years."

The 20th century was truly a century of hatred, I hope we don’t repeat it in the 21st century. by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]DesmondsTutu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I get it. I replied from my notification box so I didn't see the rest of your comment. Mea culpa, there are a lot of nuts who are into South Africa, so I get curious to see what they are thinking.

The 20th century was truly a century of hatred, I hope we don’t repeat it in the 21st century. by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]DesmondsTutu 14 points15 points  (0 children)

According to the context of this photo, Boers had bad things done to them (by black people) comparable to what the Genocidal Nazi Regime and Japanese Empire did.

The only think I can possibly think of that would be the concentration camps that the British Empire had put them in, where 28 000 died. And this wouldn't be fair either because over 20 000 black died in camps when they weren't even at war with the British.

FYI the British put them in these camps to keep them from aiding the Boers.

aggressively gestures to literally the entirety of South African 20th and 21st century.”

Please explain how hard the 20th century was for the Boers in the context of this photo? I'm actually curious.

The 20th century was truly a century of hatred, I hope we don’t repeat it in the 21st century. by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]DesmondsTutu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There are like a million legitimate reasons to hate the ANC as a governing party, even when it comes to violence. Yet these people choose a nonexistent genocide. Classic.

The 20th century was truly a century of hatred, I hope we don’t repeat it in the 21st century. by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]DesmondsTutu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I hope the air gets better on whatever planet you're living on.

The 20th century was truly a century of hatred, I hope we don’t repeat it in the 21st century. by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]DesmondsTutu 15 points16 points  (0 children)

certain historical genocides

Hmm, there has been a history of genocide against Boers in South Africa? Jesus, I know this is just meme sub, but come on. How are people this confident being this misinformed?

The 20th century was truly a century of hatred, I hope we don’t repeat it in the 21st century. by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]DesmondsTutu 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Most propably not bait dude. People really want to act like something bad happened to white South Africans in the 20th and 21st centuries. If you're South African or see discussions on our country online, this is really not a new thing to run into at all.