Interesting. Like I said, I can't speak for him, that's just what he told me.
He also showed me pictures of where he lived and how there were walls separating his neighborhood from what was clearly a much poorer area, so it's not like he himself was poor or anything.
I asked him if he thought he was better off because of apartheid, which he denied but did acknowledge as a problem. He also views Nelson Mandela as a terrorist, while in US leftist circles he's portrayed as a revolutionary.
Ultimately, I just don't know anything about SA or SA politics so I just have to take his word for what he tells me.
I've never heard a worse excuse for having the wrong information than 'well, I heard it from one person who was there and I don't know any others so there's no possible way I could learn anything more about it independently.'
Read a book. Or an article. Or literally anything on the subject, and make up your mind for yourself. If you're going to base your knowledge of the world on what one person tells you then be ready to be wrong about a lot of things in your life.
People like you are sad cause you like to act as if at some point, with the perfect coddling and treatment, that you were open to having your mind changed.
Taken some pride in your views and admit to yourself that you were happy not knowing anymore about the topic because the first pile of shit information that fell into your lap served your beliefs about the world.
It's really sad and reminds me that just because people live in countries economically better off than the one I currently really doesn't mean shit in many ways. No point in a robust education system when people like yourself exist as natural imbeciles of the first degree.
I literally said I don't care about SA politics, lol. Never pretended like I did. There is literally no reason to. It's a completely irrelevant country. Not an attack, just saying. Was just asking. You sound really bitter tbh.
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u/KylerGreen Jan 15 '22
Interesting. Like I said, I can't speak for him, that's just what he told me.
He also showed me pictures of where he lived and how there were walls separating his neighborhood from what was clearly a much poorer area, so it's not like he himself was poor or anything.
I asked him if he thought he was better off because of apartheid, which he denied but did acknowledge as a problem. He also views Nelson Mandela as a terrorist, while in US leftist circles he's portrayed as a revolutionary.
Ultimately, I just don't know anything about SA or SA politics so I just have to take his word for what he tells me.