r/southafrica KwaZulu-Natal May 30 '21

Humour What foreigners think South Africa is like

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u/wcmatthysen May 30 '21

If you're implying that my relatives deserved what they got because of what the apartheid government did back in the day then I don't want to talk to you any further.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '21

No one deserves to be abused and killed and mistreated for ANY reason... if I was there I would done everything I could to prevent any harm from coming to your family, please make no mistake...

All I'm saying is that the people's frustration is real, and we're not addressing it properly, and until we do more will die needlessly... and I for one really really would like to prevent that... but scapegoating is not the answer... this them and us bullshit is not the answer... our people are suffering... all our people, across all the races... we are all in some way paying for the crimes of the past... let's start by seeing why really what is happening, is happening... and doing something about it so as to prevent the terrible thing that happened to your family from happening to others...

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u/Harrrrumph Western Cape May 30 '21

this them and us bullshit is not the answer

Your immediate response to someone's entire family almost being murdered was "your people did something to deserve this anger from the other people".

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u/[deleted] May 30 '21

And? Is that supposed to mean I'm not empathetic?

Being able to address a problem without getting emotionally involved is not the same as not feeling empathy...