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Shame he missed Spain's First Astronaut by a few months (hexbear.net)
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[–] uSSRI@hexbear.net 40 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Also from South Africa pre-20th century even

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 48 points 5 months ago

We can say at the very least that Tolkien wasn't a Nazi, but unfortunately that still leaves him as an early 20th century lib, which is not a flattering thing to be.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

He was 4 when they moved to England

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Still raised by Boers tho

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

hey now

the Brits hated the boers too

we put them in concentration camps

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

Oh my god

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's frankly a miracle he ended up anti-Apartheid before it was cool (1950s).