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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I don’t understand the angle here. What is he trying to get from this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It's a widespread belief in the South that "LIberals" want to flood the country with hispanics to drown out their "Christian Whiteness", and South Africa is their object lesson of "It could happen here".

Actual endgoal: They desperately want Jim Crow back, they only got segregation academies back this year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Probably the same thing they want from Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

He's a massive conspiracy theorist. I doubt he wants anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Immigration that supports his party politics. Same as Orban.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It’s a distraction at least. Whatever keeps people from talking about the impending GOP led recession.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

He's trying to bully them into conceding favorable terms for him. It's Mafia tactics. He thinks he's a badass, and everyone will back down to his demands. China didn't.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

South Africa opened the case against Israel's genocide in Gaza. This is an attempt to sow discredit towards South Africa.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some of it is just straight up dumbass racism.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Ohhhh that makes sense. I mean, I hate it but it makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Gotta feed your hounds if you want to sic your attack dogs on someone. At this point there is going to be some sort of judicial or legislative confrontation whether it be meek or consequential. Midterms will be here sooner or later and he needs his constituents to feel like they are being attacked, he needs to feel like they need him to defend their ways of life.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Race-baiting. He assumes everyone is as racist as he is.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

Well, roughly 1/3 of the US population is that racist, and some are less so. I'm a white male, I hear it when these dumbasses think I'm on The Team.