Zimbabwe

[FlightlessDuck]

Apparently this was a military coup today after Mubage's deputy director Emmerson Mnangagwa was fired last week.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41997982

 

[Gumbo4x4]

hmm

 

[dish rag]

That place is a mess anyway.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Just another day...

 

[JaxDad]

Made me think of the Bob Marley song...

 

[rickybobby]

Remember a prosperous country named Rhodesia?

 

[DopeyDame]

While I'm generally not a fan of military coups, I hope and pray that this one can get rid of a brutal autocrat and help the country move forward.

 

[dish rag]

Remember a prosperous country named Rhodesia?

Yes, and the people got what they asked for.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Remember a prosperous country named Rhodesia?

Yes, and the people got what they asked for.

You guys aren't even pretending anymore. I wonder if other people notice.

 

[IAHFTPT]

You guys aren't even pretending anymore. I wonder if other people notice.

It's sad really.

 

[Pacolovestacos]

You guys aren't even pretending anymore. I wonder if other people notice.

Pretending what?

 

[IAHFTPT]

Pretending what?

Please.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Remember a prosperous country named Rhodesia?

Yes, and the people got what they asked for.

Seriouisly? If there is some interpretation of these comments that is not white supermacist in nature I really hope you'll explain--beucase I genuinely cannot figure out what else you can possibly mean.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Pretending what?

If you truly are ignorant of the history of the area, and how it has become mythologized by white supermacists groups, here is the first of many articles google turned up:

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/why-white-supremacists-identify-with-rhodesia-480b37f3131f

 

[Pacolovestacos]

If you truly are ignorant of the history of the area, and how it has become mythologized by white supermacists groups, here is the first of many articles google turned up:

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/why-white-supremacists-identify-with-rhodesia-480b37f3131f

My comment wasn't even in reference to the countries. My comment was in relation to "you two aren't even pretending anymore." I'm not sure what that means but it sounded like a personal attack, and as we all know, personal attacks aren't allowed on the Dis.

 

[NHdisneylover]

My comment wasn't even in reference to the countries. My comment was in relation to "you two aren't even pretending anymore." I'm not sure what that means but it sounded like a personal attack, and as we all know, personal attacks aren't allowed on the Dis.

OK, so you understood that the posts were racist, but took issue with someone who was bothered by that instead of with the racism? Or you did not understand that they were racist?

 

[Pacolovestacos]

OK, so you understood that the posts were racist, but took issue with someone who was bothered by that instead of with the racism? Or you did not understand that they were racist?

There was nothing in those posts that remotely resembled racism. If you or anyone else saw that, I suspect people are a bit too sensitive.

 

[NHdisneylover]

There was nothing in those posts that remotely resembled racism. If you or anyone else saw that, I suspect people are a bit too sensitive.

again, just about anyone who knows anyhthng about the history of Rhodesia, or the current mythology White Supermacists have built up around it would say those posts are racist. It's not being "too sensitive" it's just having a mediocre level understanding of the history of the region.
What on earth other intrepretation for the comments about Rhodesia and getting what they deserve can you provide? I would truthfully like to know if I am missing some reasonable explanation.

 

[Pacolovestacos]

again, just about anyone who knows anyhthng about the history of Rhodesia, or the current mythology White Supermacists have built up around it would say those posts are racist. It's not being "too sensitive" it's jsut having a mediocre level understanding of the history of the region.
What on earth other intrepretation for the comments about Rhodesia and getting what they deserve can you provide? I would truthfully like to know if I am missing some reasonable explanation.

I'm not going down this rabbit hole with you.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

OK, so you understood that the posts were racist, but took issue with someone who was bothered by that instead of with the racism? Or you did not understand that they were racist?

I didn't take the post to be racist at all.