My MIL like most people is ignorant about African Geography

[Anonymous]

sa is DC without federal oversight

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Anonymous wrote:Go ask the people of South Africa to identify Atlanta or Boise or Phoenix on a map

Then come back and post how about the ignorant people of Africa don't know American geography

Get over yourself, OP

Your example is terrible.

People throughout the CONTINENT of Africa know that all of North America is not the US. That is the point.

No one expects people to know provinces and territories of African countries but to speak of them as COUNTRIES is a fair expectation. Americans are ignorant of anything not American; specifically things in and on the African continent.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.

So does anyone of means here.

No they don’t. That’s prohibited in most nice areas in the US.

Not in Beverly Hills it’s not or any mega wealthy zipcode. Hell even in parts of Potomac people have huge gated compounds. We’re not talking about Bethesda, though I’ve seen gates there as well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go ask the people of South Africa to identify Atlanta or Boise or Phoenix on a map

Then come back and post how about the ignorant people of Africa don't know American geography

Get over yourself, OP

Your example is terrible.

People throughout the CONTINENT of Africa know that all of North America is not the US. That is the point.

No one expects people to know provinces and territories of African countries but to speak of them as COUNTRIES is a fair expectation. Americans are ignorant of anything not American; specifically things in and on the African continent.

[Anonymous]

MIL is like many DCUMers, OP.

You’ll get little empathy or understanding here.

Sounds like she is fear mongering with extreme and inaccurate information. Try to ignore her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go ask the people of South Africa to identify Atlanta or Boise or Phoenix on a map

Then come back and post how about the ignorant people of Africa don't know American geography

Get over yourself, OP

Your example is terrible.

People throughout the CONTINENT of Africa know that all of North America is not the US. That is the point.

No one expects people to know provinces and territories of African countries but to speak of them as COUNTRIES is a fair expectation. Americans are ignorant of anything not American; specifically things in and on the African continent.

Very true of many Americans.

[Anonymous]

With so many countries to choose from, why did you pick South Africa?

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.

News flash, a majority of homes throughout the continent are gated. That is the style of architecture. Look at homes in Ghana, Nigeria and other countries.

Hahahahahahahahaha

+1 - this cracked me up. "Style of architecture" LOL
Iron gates topped with razor wise, patrolled by armed guards... in the style of NeoGothic Romanticism

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Anonymous wrote:SA is extremely unsafe.

So is the USA, then.

Oh, you have NO idea. You sound like one of those privileged white women who have no idea how bad life can be in some other parts of the world. Especially for women. And especially for women of color.

No, we have is pretty good here in the USA.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.

+1

A family I follow on instagram has traveled the world for years and the one place they experienced theft was in SA. They were loading luggage in their car and in the time it took them to go back inside to grab another bag their window was smashed and luggage stolen.

This was 20 years ago, but my friend who has family in SA always talked about how at night when you drive you never stop at stop lights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With so many countries to choose from, why did you pick South Africa?

I didn’t. My kid did.

[Anonymous]

Maybe she was saying ‘sedan’ not ‘Sudan’. Been a lot of carjackings there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.

So does anyone of means here.

No they don’t. That’s prohibited in most nice areas in the US.

Not in Beverly Hills it’s not or any mega wealthy zipcode. Hell even in parts of Potomac people have huge gated compounds. We’re not talking about Bethesda, though I’ve seen gates there as well.

Nobody said anything about “mega wealthy zip codes.” In SA, someone living in an SFH somewhere analogous to Silver Spring has all four sides of their house gated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIL is like many DCUMers, OP.

You’ll get little empathy or understanding here.

Sounds like she is fear mongering with extreme and inaccurate information. Try to ignore her.

SA is the rape capital of the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why anyone of means in SA has gates around all four sides of their house.

News flash, a majority of homes throughout the continent are gated. That is the style of architecture. Look at homes in Ghana, Nigeria and other countries.

Yeah because of crime dimwit!