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applegrove

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15. Oh no it is not a black white thing. Many people fought for democracy.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 28, 2022, 02:44 AM

Nov 2022

I did admin assistance for study tours in Canada for ANC & other people before the 1994 elections. There were Terror Lekotas and Albie Sachs'. And the two Viljoen twins. It was a rainbow. (The twins did not talk to each other). The first election they could vote in for many was an election they were running in too. So we got them mentored. Jacob Zuma spent a week shadowing Ontario Premier Bob Rae and the like. Such an exciting & hopeful time.

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Could it be that Musk, who grew up in South Africa during Apartheid, has [View all] applegrove Nov 2022 OP

useless fool. elleng Nov 2022 #1

He and his family profited immensely under the regime dalton99a Nov 2022 #2

He's a 51 yr-old man who has lived long enough to know better blogslug Nov 2022 #3

+1 n/t area51 Nov 2022 #13

And he escaped from South Africa as the whites began to lose power. pnwmom Nov 2022 #4

No equality yankee87 Nov 2022 #5

Has anyone asked Trevor Noah what he thinks about Musk? They're from the same place, after all Hekate Nov 2022 #6

No, he isn't some innocent that just doesn't know any better JI7 Nov 2022 #7

oh, he knows better; he just prefers fascism n/t anarch Nov 2022 #8

When George W was President I thought I'd found Demanchor Nov 2022 #9

Centrist... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #10

+1. And ethnocentrist dalton99a Nov 2022 #11

That's... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #12

I grew up in South Africa during Apartheid, so no DavidDvorkin Nov 2022 #14

Oh no it is not a black white thing. Many people fought for democracy. applegrove Nov 2022 #15