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Subject: Re: [OT] Documentary on South African farm murders
Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 12:01:11 -0400
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On 5/25/2025 11:37 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> Sat, 24 May 2025 23:28:36 -0400, Rhino <no_offline_contat@example.com>:
>>> On 2025-05-24 10:22 PM, moviePig wrote:
>>>> On 5/24/2025 9:57 PM, Rhino wrote:
> 
>>>>> I just watched a very powerful documentary about the South African
>>>>> farm murders that have aroused a flurry of controversy in the legacy
>>>>> media in the US lately. Frankly, I'm surprised YouTube allowed it,
>>>>> knowing how squeamish they are about violence. You are warned that
>>>>> there will be horrific details about what criminals have done to
>>>>> whites AND blacks in these farm attacks.
> 
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjBu6VZWE7k [68 minutes]
> 
>>>>> This is not a new documentary - it was made in 2018 - but it got the
>>>>> journalist in serious trouble with the South African authorities when
>>>>> she tried to leave, as she recounts in the closing minutes of the film.
> 
>>>>> This film will go a long way to demonstrating that this is not a new
>>>>> problem: farmers and their employees have been getting tortured,
>>>>> murdered, raped and killed for years now. It just hasn't crossed the
>>>>> radar of most Westerners because our media follow other stories. (I
>>>>> also suspect they secretly wanted the world to believe that South
>>>>> Africans all lived happily ever after when apartheid ended and didn't
>>>>> want to undermine that narrative.)
> 
>>>> Has the end of a civil strife ever precipitated a 'happily ever after'?
> 
>>> Philosophical posturing aside, how many stories have YOU heard in our
>>> legacy media about South Africa since apartheid ended? Why do you
>>> suppose that is?
> 
>> Legacy media? Not many because it's not a concern to the daily lives
>> of their viewers and that is all that really matters to them. I did
>> know about as it was brought up over the years in other media like on
>> the social platforms. Not that it ever got enough attention to make a
>> difference but it wasn't unmentioned.
> 
> BBC would have reported on South Africa and Reuters would have
> distributed stories from South Africa. If someone in America were
> looking for the stories, they could have found them easily enough, but
> no, they wouldn't have been in American newspapers on a regular basis.
> That was true under apartheid and post-apartheid.
> 
> moviePig is being an ass as per usual.
 > ...

moviePig asked a question.  Mustn't one?

(But his ass does thank Adam for the kiss.)