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From the comments of the OP, warning immense racism

Which part are you referring to exactly? The world did view apartheid in that manner, no argument there. History says these men were on the wrong side. Although the military and political landscape is quite vast. Let's for argument's sake say what one person's experience was true, that he farmed in Namibia for the SADF in attempts to win hearts and minds, did his mandatory service automatically make him a racist? Surely not. As long as targets were military most of the time and in line with the greater goals of keeping communist states disorganized and supporting indigenous resistance, it would be quite hard to label military motives as racist.

:what-the-hell: :fidel-wut: :wut:

Also feel free to brigade that shithole subreddit as much as you want. I think I’m still banned for being anti NATO.

  • thisismyrealname [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    "they were from diverse backgrounds, regions, and countries such as"

    proceeds to list a bunch of countries with white people

  • UncleJoe [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Diverse backgrounds, regions such as US, Britain, Italy, Western and Eastern Europe

    :lmayo:

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      "I'm 1/16 Irish, 1/8 Welsh, 1/8 French, 1/16 Russian, and 1/32 Cherokee"

      -Dudes named things like Tanner Mulligan who live in Kansas

      • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        1/32 Cherokee

        This shit drives me fucking insane. I got an ancestry test done and I have like 30-40ish percent indigenous heritage (and it fucking visibly shows, like with a lot of Latin American descent) and then you have white as snow people talking about how their great great great grandfathers cousins 2nd wife boned some guy who was like two generations removed from a half indigenous person so therefore I can be racist.

        The worst parts is I've heard people say this all the time, it's not even a meme.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Literally all white people lmao. Just a bunch of Europeans and white Latinos, which have European ancestry. But that's diverse by :lmayo: South African standards I guess.

  • riley
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    1 year ago

    deleted by creator

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      No, by "indigenous resistance movements", they mean the guys the CIA funded to oppose the MPLA.

      Yes that's a true story, their other comments say that the apartheid military can't be racist because they had black anti-communist volunteers.

      • Redcuban1959 [any]
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        3 years ago

        they mean the guys the CIA funded to oppose the MPLA.

        UNITA

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    :soviet-hmm:

    Let’s for argument’s sake say what one person’s experience was true

    Very important that we validate the lived experiences of... uh...

    did his mandatory service automatically make him a racist?

    Asking for Gal Gadot

    it would be quite hard to label military motives as racist.

    Honestly don't even know where to begin

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Also the post is about foreign volunteers, not conscripts. It's so different that you can't even begin to compare, yet that's exactly what the comment does.

    • Grimble [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      it would be quite hard to label military motives as racist.

      Has this motherfucker ever heard of the Holocaust? Or even the literal concentration camps Britain held these very people's ancestors in during the Boer War?

  • sandinista209 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    These neckbeard Apartheid era SA and Rhodesia stans need to get shoved in a locker.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    Also feel free to brigade that shithole subreddit as much as you want. I think I'm still banned for being anti NATO.

  • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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    3 years ago

    :pit: : "Um, actually, they were just fighting against communism!"

    Makes you wonder why the brave defenders of all that is good against Gommunism always find themselves on the side of Apartheid regimes and colonial empires.

      • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        There was a quote from I can't remember who which goes something like "Communism is bad, but anticommunism is far worse". Obviously from a lib but it got me thinking back in my younger days...

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Look, a bunch of talentless murderers who smell like baboons! The Spitting Image song doesn't miss.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      There's definitely some actual South Africans in there unfortunately.

      Though the western larpers go up everytime there's a popular post