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[–] core@leminal.space 112 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

So they're importing a bunch of racists from South Africa. Who will vote for fascist Rs. Isn't that what they accuse Ds of doing?

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Using the max number from the article of 17,500 people, that's not enough to make any real difference. Maybe if they went through a major effort to settle them in one or two close congressional districts.

Also they can't vote for at least 5 years after they arrive assuming they all rush to get their citizenship.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

They're not sending their best.

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[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please publish their names and addresses so that we, their new neighbors, may properly welcome them.

[–] nixfreak@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

100% none of them are vetted.

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

Their bank accounts and political ideology datapoints were, I guarantee it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The real winners in all of this are the people of South Africa who no longer have to deal with these racist pieces of shit

[–] tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. Thank you for taking them from us. Some of you may be exposed to bigotry, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

jdpon don strikes again by helping south africa’s decolonization efforts 🫡

/j

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago

Elon's slow walk invasion. Part of a side agreement he and trump have. Everyone step right up! We're selling it all!!

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

They're not sending their best

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

America is having an emergency president situation

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago

That's exactly what we need… ffs.

Reminder for anyone who doesn't know, it's highly likely that the Q account on 8chan was a white South Afrikaner before the account was highjacked by Ron Watkins and his father Jim Watkins (owners of the image board). Allegedly.

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man, I watched The Second Civil War for the first time a couple months ago, and thought it was kind of an interesting take on what issues might be prevalent today. I thought the mass immigration of certain groups to appease political groups seemed a little far fetched though. I guess nothing is satire anymore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Civil_War

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I recently watched that movie. I liked the part where a news reporter has a freak out and says there is no other news. This is how they should be reacting to current events

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

i mean, this could be seen as a good thing, as a sort of late decolonization? if he gets the white people (which are all descendants of colonizers) out of south africa.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Not really, if we accept that premise then it's just furthering colonization of a different place.

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[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

But he’s not racist

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

These neo-confederates will make for shitty soldiers. The world will be better someday, once their plots are filled and promptly forgotten.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I wonder how they will get to vote. Hmmm.

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Musk's new Braun shirt army.

[–] BrokenPoet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I hear that Alligator Alcatraz is available!

[–] catbum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What are they getting for an ID as "refugees"?

Real question. We need answers.

Edit to add:

Look into the origins of "white genocide" and great replacement type con-piracy theories and remember that, somehow, every accusation is a confession.

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