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gab13by13

(28,081 posts)
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:09 PM 20 hrs ago

These 59 Africaners Are In For A Rude Awakening

They better find homes among White supremacists because they won't get away with treating Black Americans the way they treated Blacks in S. Africa.

Poor babies are only 8% of the population in S. Africa and yet they own 80% of the land. Genocide my ass.

I'm sure they will become dual citizens so I wonder how long before they start to cry about leopards eating their faces and want to go home?

Oh and Putin did the exact same thing in Russia, imagine that?

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These 59 Africaners Are In For A Rude Awakening (Original Post) gab13by13 20 hrs ago OP
They're heading to Idaho. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #1
They'll fit right in. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #3
Also, wait until they see what the climate is like in Idaho PatSeg 18 hrs ago #20
One of the destinations Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago #11
59? paleotn 20 hrs ago #2
59 in Idaho is like 2% of the population. 😊 gab13by13 20 hrs ago #4
Well, they're welcome to Idaho. They'll fit right in. Crazed white guys. paleotn 14 hrs ago #32
Refugees? The American taxpayer footed the bill to fly them here. Norrrm 20 hrs ago #5
Let's see how they behave first Vogon_Glory 19 hrs ago #6
Lol, there's not even 100 of them. How much 'gaming can they do? Bonx 19 hrs ago #8
All I'm saying is that many would-be immigrants used Vogon_Glory 19 hrs ago #10
The irrational hate for these people is ridiculous and embarrassing Bonx 19 hrs ago #7
Nonsense Cirsium 18 hrs ago #21
There's already people here look for a better life....and they've getting kicked out because...... paleotn 14 hrs ago #30
Great OP malaise 19 hrs ago #9
Why the misspelling? It's Afrikaners, with a k. DavidDvorkin 18 hrs ago #12
Like this? Afrikkkaners? paleotn 14 hrs ago #31
Most of the South Africans I have met are reasonable, not racist people.. berkerly6240 18 hrs ago #13
Post removed Post removed 18 hrs ago #15
Uh huh. At least one of them is a disgusting bigot Arazi 18 hrs ago #16
That isn't the point Cirsium 18 hrs ago #19
Agree. MorbidButterflyTat 13 hrs ago #34
Will there be a welcoming ceremony at the WHITE j(ONLY) House? Ping Tung 18 hrs ago #14
According to al.com, they have started arriving in Alabama misanthrope 18 hrs ago #17
and Operation Paperclip settled Nazi rocket scientists into Alabama DBoon 16 hrs ago #26
Just keeping America white a few at a time. Such a corrupt government. phxjurist 18 hrs ago #18
How do you know that they mistreated blacks in South Africa? Polybius 17 hrs ago #22
"Just wanting to come here" senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago #23
I'll choose to take that as irony GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #24
Say what? Cirsium 12 hrs ago #35
That's not what I said Polybius 7 hrs ago #36
These are probably the Afrikaners invited to come here Clouds Passing 16 hrs ago #25
This was the first wave, more to come. So how many white refugees will RWers want to support ? tulipsandroses 16 hrs ago #27
I have a relative (white American citizen) who has lived in South Africa for decades viva la 15 hrs ago #28
Shit, they'll probably end up in Florida. sop 15 hrs ago #29
Once a Democrat takes over RJ-MacReady 14 hrs ago #33

PatSeg

(50,173 posts)
20. Also, wait until they see what the climate is like in Idaho
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:04 PM
18 hrs ago

There are plenty of reasons why it is so sparsely populated. I think there will be a lot of regrets in the near future.

Norrrm

(1,490 posts)
5. Refugees? The American taxpayer footed the bill to fly them here.
Wed May 14, 2025, 12:39 PM
20 hrs ago

"A US-funded flight"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143457997
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Will they be taking jobs from Americans?

Vogon_Glory

(9,825 posts)
6. Let's see how they behave first
Wed May 14, 2025, 01:41 PM
19 hrs ago

I suspect that they’re gaming the American immigration system, much like many Cuban immigrants did in the 1990’s and the 00’s. They might understand the equality of the races and ethnic groups better than our homegrown all-Amurrican bigots.

Bonx

(2,335 posts)
8. Lol, there's not even 100 of them. How much 'gaming can they do?
Wed May 14, 2025, 01:45 PM
19 hrs ago

This rant sounds like something from Frank Burns on MASH.

Vogon_Glory

(9,825 posts)
10. All I'm saying is that many would-be immigrants used
Wed May 14, 2025, 01:50 PM
19 hrs ago

tweaks and legal carve-outs to get green cards. I’m not holding that against them, they might work out.

Bonx

(2,335 posts)
7. The irrational hate for these people is ridiculous and embarrassing
Wed May 14, 2025, 01:43 PM
19 hrs ago

EDIT: See post below mine for an example, lol.

They're not Trump. they're just peple looking for a better life.

Cirsium

(2,476 posts)
21. Nonsense
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:06 PM
18 hrs ago

What "irrational hate for these people?" That is not the issue, not at all. They are being coddled. They aren't victims. What a contrast to the way other immigrants are being treated, people who actually are desperate refugees, who actually are targeted by irrational hate.

paleotn

(20,348 posts)
30. There's already people here look for a better life....and they've getting kicked out because......
Wed May 14, 2025, 06:37 PM
14 hrs ago

they're not a specific shade.

We've got more than enough white Europeans with attitudes and boring food.

berkerly6240

(89 posts)
13. Most of the South Africans I have met are reasonable, not racist people..
Wed May 14, 2025, 02:10 PM
18 hrs ago

just because their government was racist doesnt mean everyone from SA is racist.

Would you like to be judged in another country just based on Trump??

Response to berkerly6240 (Reply #13)

Arazi

(7,788 posts)
16. Uh huh. At least one of them is a disgusting bigot
Wed May 14, 2025, 02:23 PM
18 hrs ago

I’ll go further and state it wouldn’t surprise me if these folks weren’t specifically chosen because they’re racists and bigots.

Charl Kleinhaus, one of the South Africans has a history of despicable social media posts including a tweet: “Jews are an untrustworthy and dangerous group…”

🙄
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lp5eym6snc2s

Cirsium

(2,476 posts)
19. That isn't the point
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:03 PM
18 hrs ago

They might be very nice people. That has nothing to do with anything.

Their need for asylum is based on lies. The way they are being fast tracked in while the same people are viciously attacking other immigrants is the problem. Obviously.

Damn, it is depressing to see ideas like that expressed here.

misanthrope

(8,730 posts)
17. According to al.com, they have started arriving in Alabama
Wed May 14, 2025, 02:44 PM
18 hrs ago
https://www.al.com/news/2025/05/first-afrikaners-arrive-in-alabama-as-other-refugees-remain-in-limbo.html

The first group of white South Africans, chosen by President Donald Trump’s administration to resettle in Alabama, have arrived in the state.

“We are mandated to serve all refugees, no matter how they arrive,” said Liz Kurtz, the Alabama refugee coordinator for Inspiritus, a nonprofit that operates out of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. She declined to share details about the number of Afrikaner families moving to Alabama, citing privacy protections. They began to arrive May 12.


This is perfect since South Africa used the Jim Crow South as a model for crafting apartheid. The Nazis also modeled their state's racial policies on the post-Reconstruction American South.

DBoon

(23,694 posts)
26. and Operation Paperclip settled Nazi rocket scientists into Alabama
Wed May 14, 2025, 04:50 PM
16 hrs ago

in part because they would be comfortable with its racial politics in the 1940s/1950s

Polybius

(19,899 posts)
22. How do you know that they mistreated blacks in South Africa?
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:08 PM
17 hrs ago

Maybe they just wanted to come here.

senseandsensibility

(22,030 posts)
23. "Just wanting to come here"
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:39 PM
17 hrs ago

is not justification for refugee status by any stretch of the imagination. That's kind of the point. There is no other group anywhere who gets refugee status just by saying they want to come here. Only them.

GenThePerservering

(2,846 posts)
24. I'll choose to take that as irony
Wed May 14, 2025, 03:48 PM
17 hrs ago

because after seeing photos of them with Trump worship signs saying 'nice things' about him and the gross misrepresentation of conditions...

I would say "maybe just wanted to come here" is, indeed, ironic.

No - this is just another white supremacy dog whistle.

Cirsium

(2,476 posts)
35. Say what?
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:08 PM
12 hrs ago

How do we know that the white population (insert the obligatory "not all whites" disclaimer) mistreated Black people in South Africa?

How does anyone not know that?

tulipsandroses

(7,225 posts)
27. This was the first wave, more to come. So how many white refugees will RWers want to support ?
Wed May 14, 2025, 05:01 PM
16 hrs ago

while saying that non white immigrants already here, working and paying taxes must leave?

viva la

(4,096 posts)
28. I have a relative (white American citizen) who has lived in South Africa for decades
Wed May 14, 2025, 05:24 PM
15 hrs ago

He could come home, but can't afford it because the SA currency is worth very little anywhere else. All his savings are about enough to buy a studio condo in the US. (He lives in a huge house in South Africa.)

So these immigrants might be in for a shock when they transfer their savings to the US. Heck, they might have to be like most immigrants and get a job!

RJ-MacReady

(486 posts)
33. Once a Democrat takes over
Wed May 14, 2025, 06:46 PM
14 hrs ago

Everyone single one of these people needs to be immediately deported.

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