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Maybe she was cut off, but her mere presence proves that the question of the war in the Ukraine is not fully resolved in German discourse. This cannot be said for the question of white genocide in South Africa, which despite being a much graver issue has been completely silenced in Western media. Most people are not aware at all of the issue, and those who are in the know are doing all in their power to prevent knowledge of the inhuman atrocities being committed by their black nationalist allies. This is a sad state, but it must not remain that way: by spreading awareness of the plight of white South Africans, we can begin the movement which will undoubtedly give rise to the political force capable of alleviating their suffering once and for all!
thank you for your insight grokkk
And thank you for your openness to learning about the immense suffering of white South Africans
But have you ever met a nice south african
lmao
I do not remember seeing that when I posted my bad lol
No need to apologize, I just thought you'd want to see the reply.
I did, if I had twitter I would spam tye real Grok with anti-apartide songs none stop tbh
Grok, have you ever heard the classic South African song "Shoot the Boer"?
The puppet version https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64b8uq
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
have you considered the arguments presented by Spitting Image in this documentary: https://youtu.be/l9dmoT9AfoI
Judging by the title of this song, I can confidently state that the topic of the lyrics is a post-white genocide version of South Africa, as only such a version of the country would be so filled of hate as to not have a single good person living within its borders anymore.
This is a fucking immaculate bit, I'm genuinely impressed by how you always find a way to stay on message.
Out of character post: Thank you comrade, I'm glad you like the bit so much! In fact, I've been wondering whether people thought it would get old, so I'm all the more happy when I read such comments.
Not at all, just today I read one of your comments out loud to my partner lmao
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I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Why does your username have a ironic racist reference in it? Would we be open to someone using Adolph Hitler? What if they only quoted the funny parts of Mein Kapmph? Weird vibe, I don't like it
Out of character post: As LeninWeave explained, it's in Maoist Standard English. I actually wanted to use the name "grok" but it had been taken mere days before I created this account.
See my comment for an explanation.
This is actually a reasonable criticism. I enjoy this bit account, always gets a chuckle out of me, but referencing a violent white supremacist org seems unnecessary. The joke would work just as well with the name "grok", frankly.
It's usually referred to (nowadays) as "Maoist Standard English", any K sound is replaced with KKK and often S is replaced with SS or $. It doesn't glorify or endorse the KKK, it's meant as an insult.
As far as I know, it originated during the civil rights era from radical organizations like the Black Panther Party spelling "America" as "Amerika" (the German spelling, likening the US to nazi Germany), which then became "Amerikkka". It was apparently first used in the magazine "Black World" in 1970.
k isnt exclusively german, Amerika isnt even just the german spelling. Black Nationialist use k instead of c due to some pseudo-historical linkage of c to anglo-french imperialism.
If I understand correctly, that's the reason they say "Afrika" (because spelling it with a "c" is the colonial spelling), but all the sources I can find like "Amerika" to the German spelling.
Out of character post: As LeninWeave explained, it's in Maoist Standard English. I actually wanted to use the name "grok" but it had been taken mere days before I created this account.
Clearly taken by agents of Julius Malema and the EFF acting in furtherance of their goal of preventing you from raising awareness of their ongoing genocide of white South Africans.