2025 reminded us of something we always knew but never wanted to face, the people who shaped our childhoods are now becoming memories. We were lucky. We grew up during the last true golden age of film and television… and now we’re slowly saying goodbye to it.
We didn’t just watch them act, we lived alongside their characters for decades.
You’re treating the Bill of Rights as proof that freedom exists simply because it is written down.🤦♂️Let's not pretend that current policy hasn't crossed the constitutional line and materially prevents a "certain group" from functioning as equal citizens in important areas of economic life. A right that exists only formally, but is limited in application by race, is no longer equality before the law.
@kimheller3 Self-loathing much? Courts do not treat a country as owned by a race, and they do not declare all land held by whites “stolen.” That is a political proposal, not a legal fact. Kim Heller = profit over integrity.
No one is denying apartheid was unjust Herman. The problem is what you do with that history now. Your statement suggests nothing white South Africans do today can carry moral weight because the past can never be balanced. That leaves no path to shared citizenship, only permanent identity politics. We are 30 years into democracy, yet leaders, like yourself, still frame society through race. Policies and social constructs are repeatedly built around racial categories, often poorly thought through and pushed politically, and it keeps the country stuck arguing about identity instead of fixing education, safety, jobs and economic growth. Young South Africans today need opportunity, functioning institutions and accountability, not inherited guilt on one side and inherited grievance on the other. When your political messaging continually emphasizes race, it deepens division and hardens group thinking instead of building a common future. That is why I would not vote for your party. South Africa needs equal citizenship and practical solutions, not permanent racial framing in politics.
@dumolwenko78423@Olivia_LaGrange “Power doesn’t purify the powerless, it reveals them. Without principles, yesterday’s victims become tomorrow’s oppressors.” - Buster Beaver
That analogy doesn’t really hold up. Comparing an entire population to an abused child removes individual agency and turns trauma into a convenient moral shield, beyond criticism, accountability, or debate. History can explain context, but it can’t justify indefinite moral exemption. And attempting to frame my comment as a lack of empathy isn’t logic, it’s avoidance, and it perfectly illustrates South Africa’s ongoing refusal to engage honestly with responsibility and reciprocity.
Wasn’t the ANC meant to be a nationalist movement? Yet since 1994, it’s churned out more socialist policies than nationalist ones, and the list just keeps getting longer. So I thought I’d make the diagnosis and point out that the party clearly has an identity crisis, and that’s not even the worst part. Somehow, a remarkably gullible voter base keeps voting for these confidence tricksters like it’s a loyalty programme.
@Olivia_LaGrange Walking away from the noise doesn’t mean abandoning what you stand for. Hold onto your beliefs, they exist to be tested, not discarded. You don’t have to shout, but don’t silence yourself for the comfort of others. Truth has a way of cutting through the haze. Take Care.