Wits condemns offensive graffiti on campus

[Draganchor]

That's an open question.

The thorny part is that this particular style of thinking, that blacks can't be racist or that the weaker gender can't be sexist, did not originate locally. It's been imported from overseas and it's very much also a part of the feminist movement and "progressive" movements in general. As such, in order to overcome it, one ultimately has to convince "progressives" that it's not in their interests to make their demands using this rationale. I suspect that this is only going to come about as a result of a painful lesson for everyone involved.

Speaking more locally though, I think it depends on the local elections. The ANC is aggravating racial tensions in a horrible way as part of their election campaign. I think that the turnout/popularity of the ANC and the way the ANC reacts to the results will be the two biggest indicators for the future of this country. The lower the vote count for the ANC, the better the chances that black people in general have gotten tired of the ANC's BS, and the likelier they are to ignore racialist politics from the ANC. As for how the ANC reacts to the elections, well, that's purely a wait-and-see affair. A lot can happen in a month, and Zuma's grip on power has slipped and it looks like maybe his feet of clay have finally started to crack...

Yep agreed, but if this type of "thinking" takes hold and spreads unstopped, then I am not offended, I am extremely worried.

 

[Draganchor]

I perused one of Twitter's profiles linked in the OP. The crap on her page genuinely makes me fear for the future of whites in South Africa.

Yep did the same after reading your comment, if this is the thinking of the majority of youth we/SA are doomed.

 

[falcon786]

Yep agreed, but if this type of "thinking" takes hold and spreads unstopped, then I am not offended, I am extremely worried.

I'm always an optimist,but when things like this are allowed people need to start asking serious questions.Should white people prepare to defend themselves?If more black people follow these hard-line right wing racist blacks then surely white people need to be prepared if the **** hits the fan?I know pre-1994 many whites prepared for civil war,SA was lucky and Mandela turned out to be a great person who united the nation rather than divide it.That IMO was his greatest achievement.

Mandela is gone,the current black leaders like Malema don't know what it means to live in an integrated society.They don't mind dividing us to win power for themselves.

 

[konfab]

If more black people follow these hard-line right wing racist blacks

I wouldn't say any of the people leading the social current discourse are what I would describe as right wing.

Then again, the "wings" in political theory are in the air because of flapping of Twitter outrage

 

[FoXtroT]

I wouldn't say any of the people leading the social current discourse are what I would describe as right wing.

Then again, the "wings" in political theory are in the air because of flapping of Twitter outrage

They are far left wing fascists in my opinion.

 

[Humberto]

This is the work of the FeesMustFall movement at Wits. Here's the tweet where they ask people to bring old white T-shirts as part of their campaign to "paint '**** White Supremacy', '**** Patriarchy', etc.".

https://twitter.com/WitsFMF/status/696431925188284422

 

[GoneWithTheWindows]

This is the work of the FeesMustFall movement at Wits. Here's the tweet where they ask people to bring old white T-shirts as part of their campaign to "paint '**** White Supremacy', '**** Patriarchy', etc.".

Hope they all get skin cancer from the marker ink.

 

[STS]

What did we say a few weeks ago about caring about the opinions of stupid people?

 

[ellyally]

Will "**** Things that Don't Exist but I Blame My Shortcomings on Them Instead of Taking Personal Responsibility" fit on a t-shirt?

Also, love their twitter header image with the 'I' squeezed in. Must be the same peeps that did the ANC cake

 

[Draganchor]

I'm always an optimist,but when things like this are allowed people need to start asking serious questions.Should white people prepare to defend themselves?If more black people follow these hard-line right wing racist blacks then surely white people need to be prepared if the **** hits the fan?I know pre-1994 many whites prepared for civil war,SA was lucky and Mandela turned out to be a great person who united the nation rather than divide it.That IMO was his greatest achievement.

Mandela is gone,the current black leaders like Malema don't know what it means to live in an integrated society.They don't mind dividing us to win power for themselves.

Well I wanted to run away but Nenegate put a stop to that...
Guess it's time to move up the West Coast and make some friends there, oh and arm.

 

[falcon786]

I wouldn't say any of the people leading the social current discourse are what I would describe as right wing.

Then again, the "wings" in political theory are in the air because of flapping of Twitter outrage

They are far left wing fascists in my opinion.

The semantics of what they are called exactly doesn't bother me at all,the consequences of their actions do however cause concern.

What did we say a few weeks ago about caring about the opinions of stupid people?

The problem is stupid people can still harm you so while we don't have to respect or value their opinion we certainly should take note.

Well I wanted to run away but Nenegate put a stop to that...
Guess it's time to move up the West Coast and make some friends there, oh and arm.

Nah I wont run,like I said I'm an optimist and fortunately most blacks in SA are decent people who just want a better life and don't blame everything on the whites or are racist against whites.What worries me is that even if a minority is hard line and out to cause crap that's still significant enough in sheer numbers to cause problems,what's even more worrying is that these minority hard line crazies are not coming from the older black people from but from the younger generation.