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View Poll Results: Should the United States take in White South African Refugees?
Yes 40 48.78%
No 20 24.39%
Depends on the individual case 22 26.83%
Voters: 82. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-04-2016, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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We owe nothing to refugees from anywhere in the world. Fix your own country first; we have our own issues, and other Americans, to worry about. However, these minority South Africans face far more violence and discrimination than Muslim "refugees" from Muslim dominated countries. More importantly, they are far less likely to embrace violence than Islamists and are far more likely to have a similar culture to our own, and thereby assimilate and contribute much more quickly. IF we are to accept "refugees" of any sort, they should be at the front of the line.
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Old 04-04-2016, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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Should the United States let in White South African Refugees
As long as they accept that Black Lives Matter here in the US, welcome...!

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Old 04-04-2016, 02:07 PM
 
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Interesting you mentioned this. Comedian George Carlin once quipped that a racist white South African could emigrate to the US and call himself an African American just to **** with black Americans here.
I don't doubt it.

But regardless, if you ain't black, then you ain't African American. This is a blacks only club. And we aren't looking for new members.
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Old 04-04-2016, 02:11 PM
 
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We owe nothing to refugees from anywhere in the world. Fix your own country first; we have our own issues, and other Americans, to worry about. However, these minority South Africans face far more violence and discrimination than Muslim "refugees" from Muslim dominated countries. More importantly, they are far less likely to embrace violence than Islamists and are far more likely to have a similar culture to our own, and thereby assimilate and contribute much more quickly. IF we are to accept "refugees" of any sort, they should be at the front of the line.
Why? They refused to accept their own countrymen that predated their arrival in South Africa as fellow citizens deserving of equal rights.

Front of the line? Hell no. They created their own hell. WE Created the problems in the M.E.
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Old 04-04-2016, 02:32 PM
 
Location: North Texas
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No way. Those racist pigs are getting pay back for all that apartheid crap or whatever it was.
They should do the same thing here and chase all the whites back to Europe.
Those South African crackers are getting what they deserve.
You realize that apartheid ended over 20 years ago, right? About 2.4 white South Africans were either not born until after apartheid ended or were too young (i.e. under 18) to be responsible for it.

You're fine with them getting "payback" for the sins of their parents?
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Old 04-04-2016, 02:58 PM
 
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You realize that apartheid ended over 20 years ago, right? About 2.4 white South Africans were either not born until after apartheid ended or were too young (i.e. under 18) to be responsible for it.

You're fine with them getting "payback" for the sins of their parents?
Yep. I know I am.

Have white South Africans ever stuck their necks out for America or Americans?

Nope. We all live with the consequences that our progenitors made for us due to their decisions. Why should South Africans be an exception?
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Old 04-04-2016, 04:06 PM
 
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You realize that apartheid ended over 20 years ago, right? About 2.4 white South Africans were either not born until after apartheid ended or were too young (i.e. under 18) to be responsible for it.

You're fine with them getting "payback" for the sins of their parents?
I think HotKarl was being sarcastic.
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Old 04-04-2016, 04:09 PM
 
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Yep. I know I am.

Have white South Africans ever stuck their necks out for America or Americans?

Nope. We all live with the consequences that our progenitors made for us due to their decisions. Why should South Africans be an exception?
Easy with that kind of talk there.

You need to face the fact that EVERY time some hood rat does commits a murder, even of another Black dude, that just makes "all" Black people less and less trustworthy.

I'm sure as hell am NOT responsible for Jim Crow here in the US and, if some fool of ANY race tries to hang it on me cause I'm "white", I'll tell that jerk where to go.
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Old 04-04-2016, 04:28 PM
 
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Easy with that kind of talk there.

You need to face the fact that EVERY time some hood rat does commits a murder, even of another Black dude, that just makes "all" Black people less and less trustworthy.

I'm sure as hell am NOT responsible for Jim Crow here in the US and, if some fool of ANY race tries to hang it on me cause I'm "white", I'll tell that jerk where to go.
You must be under the impression that I care about being seen as trustworthy by white folks...or by YOU!

You think I'd trust you any further than I could throw you? If so, think again. And I sure as hell don't find white people to be anymore trustworthy than any other group.

So you'd better come up with another rationale.
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Old 04-04-2016, 04:30 PM
 
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You must be under the impression that I care about being seen as trustworthy by white folks...or by YOU!

You think I'd trust you any further than I could throw you? If so, think again. And I sure as hell don't find white people to be anymore trustworthy than any other group.

So you'd better come up with another rationale.
Decent people of ANY race I trust, hood rats and PWT I DON'T trust. Period.
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