Alan Millar

A South African some-time musician, interested in chronic disease prevention, development, progressive politics, science, and scepticism.

[Roms @masala_give]

@Natenoged @CapeTimesSA @mailandguardian Cape Town is still under the apartheid regime but we are not ready for this topic. I moved this side in October and yerrr its "You people" every where.

[Navha RSA @nyambenis]

@Natenoged @CapeTimesSA @mailandguardian When white call each other out on racism, it reminds the racists, that not all white are racists, and that is a good start.

[Yaya Mavundla @YayaRSA]

@Natenoged @CapeTimesSA @mailandguardian Cape Town white owned establishments are very big on racism. From the likes of Radisson Blu Waterfront, 12 Apostles, The Mount Nelson, security control staff (White) at Marina Residential etc.

As a tenant at Marina, I know the racism first hand. IMBI 🚮

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@MootIreland Let's be clear. My country made war with Angola partly to suppress socialist regimes in its region, but primarily to make a grab for Angolan resources. It was a white-supremacist government seeking to derail a liberation struggle and making a bid for imperial possessions.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

A day after a US Nazi kills because of the 'great replacement' nonsense conspiracy theory, Dawkins promotes the Euro version. Plausible deniability is no longer plausible for promoting the intellectual justification of fascism.

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

Forget labels like “right wing” & “dark web”, read a book without preconceptions about the author & judge what it actually says. For what it’s worth, I always vote left & I think Douglas Murray’s The War on the West is utterly superb. Please read it with an open mind. Please.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

This is beyond extraordinary. The quote below is literally what he says in the vid. #imperialistsunited #beyondparody

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.”

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

Hey @AfricaCheck this thing about Zim youths using discarded nappies to get high - according to @AJEnglish - sounds like a * drum roll * crock of shit * da dish * à la #jenkem Please follow up: https://t.co/P8z8WpCgBL

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@VenterAnel @scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt Racist dog-whistle if ever I heard one.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt Don't pretend to not understand that apartheid merely codified colonial discrimination in the 20th century. You're not quite that fact-averse, I hope.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@MrSaatchi77 @scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt The specifics of BEE are a different story. But you'll notice that the tweet I responded to was appalled at the very notion of economic redress. Yes, BEE is an extremely neoliberal, minoritarian approach to economic redress. A far better approach is not hard to imagine.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@DarrellAbel1 @scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt Is the problem the attempt to make economic restitution, or is the problem corruption. You're conflating the two for your own benefit. The most moral possible law, grotesquely corrupted will not have a good result. It doesn't make that law the problem.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@VenterAnel @TEE_LIVESHOW1 @scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt Restoration of stolen economic opportunities is not a wrong. If someone defrauds you, is it wrong for the courts to demand they pay you back? What we have here isn't even asking that people be paid back the full amount. And still it's too much for you.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@VenterAnel @TEE_LIVESHOW1 @scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt That's a non-sequitur.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@scrookson @MrSaatchi77 @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt 25 years vs. 400 isn't close to 'in Perpetua'. If you don't understand that South Africa was an iron-working region when Van Riebeek arrived, need to read extensively before hoping to have valid opinions on how our history informs our present.

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt Amazing how you get pushback in this thread with an issue this clear-cut... 27 years after the end of apartheid. Some people just need to be moved to an island called "Den Isle"

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@scrookson @towtal14v6 @pol_osei @tysonprop_cpt Lemme try explain in the kindergarten terms you may understand: If Johnny stops Helen and Jane getting any cake for two years, it's not unfair to give Helen and Jane first pick of the cake for a week or two. The cake is the SA economy. Two years is 400 years of looting. Savvy?

[@sor.dog on bsky @YaiSor]

DID CNN JUST DO THAT

[Alan Millar @caveofthedead]

@antonnewcombe @Fender @LittleBarrie They should be thanking you. One of a rare breed of true artists working in the medium of rock and roll. You're gonna love that vibrato, Anton. Best in the game.