Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading
The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.
“These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by a picture during the contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
That’s what we’re asking. Can you stop?
Im asking you which you’re talking about. Everyone else already knows the answer.
“The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.”
“In some cases” means less than a majorty of the cases. We’re talking about the rest. Do you and “everyone else” know something about these other ones we don’t?
When we know multiple pictures are bullshit it makes the rest of them questionable by default.
Yes, questionable. It doesn’t make them false by default, and it doesn’t mean anyone asking “what about the rest of them?” needs to be downvoted by the circlejerk mob. We’re back at my point in my original comment.
Are you trying to claim the made up conspiracy theories about white genocide are in fact real?
Replacement theory is a conspiracy theory about white replacement in western countries, not a place where a real minority is the target of a large amount of hate. The South African minority white people have not ever been part of this conspiracy theory. Lumping them together is dangerous logic often used in genocide denial.
Is genocide happening? I don’t know. If people are claiming to be victims, then it should be taken seriously even if they’re white. So here we are, someone asked “what about the other ones”, got downvoted, and people start arguing “no, it’s not real” because a few of them weren’t real.
Stop JAQing off in public you freak
“I’m just asking questions”
It is a legitimate question you’re trying to label a conspiracy theory as if it was so extremely unlikely that the stack of paper trump held was nothing but all made up.
Labelling anything as “JAQ” is literally a supression tactic used by extremists and astroturfing corporations, by the way.
Imagine a place on the internet where at least one person asks “wait, what about this then?” and not being told “shut up. Don’t ask questions, just consume the media the way we want you to.”
Lemmy is not supposed to be a brainrot meme cave.
Then why are you here?
Ad hominem
Don’t bother, these people didn’t even bother to read the article