Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageAnd they say English is badlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThat explains the neutral tone. It’s something important far away.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoAlso that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”. It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhich is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places. The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places.
That explains the neutral tone. It’s something important far away.
Also that newspaper is called “The Fatherland”.
It’s a pretty good hint of where they stand in the whole Left-Right political spectrum.
Which is super weird in it self. I mean, do South African white people call their colonist nation their “Fatherland”?
FYI- South Africa is kind of unique in that it was settled by a ruling class as opposed to the normal dregs like most other places.
The maintained their close relationship to home and superior status to their slaves/servants much longer than other places.
I think they call it the Volkstaat