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Wait till you hear about Julius Malema, leader of the third-largest political party in South Africa (the EFF).
The merger with Lemmy really opened the Lib floodgates, huh
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Fighters
Lol
So you think this justifies the incredible racism shown in the original post? None of this is relevant to what was posted.
No, I don't. Yes, it's relevant.
The post spreads awareness about a racist South African political leader, and I'm spreading awareness about another one.
So... whataboutism?
Really struggling to see any point here beyond "Oh there's racism directed at South Africa? Well here's a racist from South Africa!"
"Racist" is when you side against the country that supported the same Apartheid regime that oppressed you.
In any case, I'm not surprised in the least the same people expressing concern for South African "white genocide" also back Israel on this.
Kill the whites? Yeah that's a good statement. I see no issues there
Nah, there's no excuse for supporting genocide.
This sort of statement in the U.S. gets a pass from some U.S. leftists because of how disenfranchised black Americans are, and how far the U.S. is from any anti-white political movement gaining power. If a political party has any sort of real power -- as is the case here -- it should be a red line for any leftist.
They do have a point about the non Indian comments. Never trust a bleach demon.
I love this guy, fuck yeah
yeah. even African countries have fringe right wing parties that give the ones in the west a run for their money. never any material solutions and only thing they can offer is making everyone else seem reasonable. entertaining as long as they don't get real political power.
EFF and Malema are Trotskyists
The EFF don't have an ideology outside of general left wing populism. One day the EFF is quoting Sankara, the next day they're living it up on private yachts, one day they're pro LGBT rights, then the next day they invite a homophobic leader to give a speech, one day they're pan Africanist, the next they're saying xenophobic things about foreign workers.
Malema just needs to build a cult of personality around himself then the EFF will become the vanguard for African Peronism.
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This is tangential to the ANC-aligned president of SA making a statement of solidarity, but I still want to comment.
The EFF's racial populism (in spite of their efforts to try to reach out to other ethnic groups, including whites, particularly recently) is an unfortunate result of the racial antagonisms that the ANC failed to address. That said, it's currently the most likely South African party to be transformed into an actual vanguard, even if it's far from it now.