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Hey @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com I assume u deleted this? Can u explain what's so fascist about this comment?
It wasn't me, but I would have. This is a chauvinistic and jingoistic sentiment.
Jingoistic is a bit of a stretch but sure. Chauvinistic definitely not.
A country cannot claim to be bullied by another country whose only action against them is that they decided to stop giving them money that they have been giving them in charity for decades, no matter the context of why they made that decision.
Like an angry teenager filing charges with the police that his mother is abusing him because she decided to withhold his allowance since he refused to clean his room. Only in this situation it's not an unkempt room but a despotic racist stealing property from people through the force of the state. Wait a moment, I think there is a better word for this... Oh yeah... That's it... Ramaphosa is a fucking bully.
You need to understand that this issue is not a "Trump" issue... For a better part of the past century South Afrikaans have been working through some major issues and most just want fair and equitable policy. Quite a few Afrikaans feel the government's over corrections, like the law in question here, only stoke more extremism.
Example: https://farmingportal.co.za/index.php/all-agri-news/news-of-the-day/5184-i-think-i-know-what-happened-did-sa-farmers-set-a-police-van-on-fire-or-south-africa
My comment wasn't referring to them complaining about bullying, it was referring to you going all "USA stronk. Be Afraid. Don't test us" bullshit.
None of that was said in my comment, but sure okay let's go with it. What I said is that if the US was trying to bully Ramaphosa or South Africa, it would in fact be able to do so. Ramaphosa is unnecessarily posturing and name calling because he is a deeply disingenuous person.
US: We are concerned about the inherently racist motivations in your recent policies and we are going to review whether it is appropriate to be sending you all of this money we have been giving you for free for all of these years. Ramaphosa: WE WILL NOT BE BULLIED!
Later Ramaphosa: Hey Elon, please tell Trump I'm sorry...
The correct response would have been more along the lines of: We have heard the concerns raised by the US government regarding our latest policies and we believe we will be able to dispel these concerns after we are able to discuss these complex issues in depth with the US. We appreciate all of the support and look forward to the continued partnership with the USA.