A self perpetuating cycle

Evening all,

I feel like I'm harping on a bit about this but with the latest news coming from Orlando I can't help but feel I need to share my opinion. To those who haven't seen the latest, it turns out that the shooter was most likely gay, and had been frequenting the same bar the incident happened at. Now please don't take this as sympathy for the shooter, loads of people have been through similar circumstances and not walked out the other side guns blazing, but at the same time I think that society needs to at the very least take a long hard look at how we accept discrimination of the LGBT community.

Here is a man who despised who and what he was with every fibre of his being. Despised it enough that he felt the need to end a large number of people's lives with the knowledge that his would most likely end as well. The more I read and learn about this man, the more I can't help but find his story sad. Do I think he's a piece of shit? Without a doubt, but one can't help but wonder what would have happened if he would have been supported by his family rather than ostracized.

So rapist Bob Hewitt (Fuckit, the doos is no better than rapist Brock Turner) has applied for his bail to be extended so that he has time to appeal to the constitutional court for his sentence of 6 years, (yup, 6 years of his life for ruining the lives of two women, pretty fucking pathetic if you ask me). As you may have gathered from my tone, I have little sympathy for rapist Bob Hewitt, the man is a pedophile, yes I commend him for not acting out for decades but that by no stretch of the imagination excuses him for his past crimes. Let the fucker rot!

For us here in South Africa, tomorrow is a public holiday, Youth Day to be exact. The holiday is to commemorate the youth uprising that began in Soweto on the 16th of June 1976. The crux of the matter was twofold, firstly Afrikaans had just been introduced as a compulsory subject nation wide, this brought the  main reason for the uprising to boiling point, inferior education for the native black population.

The march began peacefully enough with students simply wanting to voice their grievances, however the police soon arrived and the situation was exploded into violence that lasted almost a year. The official death toll claimed that only 23 students were killed. By the time that the violence simmered down there were close on 700 people dead.

I think it's important to remember and reflect on the reasons that we have these public holidays, especially in a time where racism in South Africa seems to be rearing it's ugly head again. We as the people of South Africa need to remember the pain and suffering that racism has brought us in the past, we need to remember the brave students who gave their lives on that fateful day so that all of us could live free and happy.

Well I think that's enough rambling from me tonight, I'll leave you with a video featuring a very talented spoken word artist named Prince ea:




Please remember, I don't own the content. If you like what you watched please visit his website: http://www.princeea.com/

As always, please feel free to comment and follow, also remember to like the facebook page above.

Ta,
G

and the piece of shit of the day award goes to...

Evening all,

So to those who haven't been following the news, there was a massive shooting in Orlando, Florida at around 3am on Sunday. A piece of shit (who I will not name purposefully) had taken as a personal insult the sight of a happy couple kissing in front of him and his family a few days earlier. Spurred on by his holy book and imam, he took it upon himself to end the lives of 49 innocent homosexuals. My heart breaks at the thought that innocent people are having to deal with the pain and suffering of losing a loved one in such a terrible manner. Should anyone reading this know of anyone affected, please let them know that they have sympathies and support from as far away as South Africa. Rather than give the piece of shit who committed these heinous crimes any recognition, I've attached a link below to celebrate the lives of those who were senselessly murdered.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-victims-who-they-were-snap-htmlstory.html

In other troubling, (though far less so) news, Penny Sparrow has been ordered by a court of law to pay a fine of R150,000.00 to the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, whose official mission is to "Impact on the quality of life by consolidating and promoting a value based society" whatever the fuck that means. Now anyone who knows me, or has read previous posts of mine, knows that I think that Penny's conduct was despicable, but I cannot see how it in any way constitutes hate speech and thus is lawful, I have defended the idiot that went on at the white waitress about giving back land under the same banner, freedom of speech. It doesn't end just because I disagree with you.

Lastly I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight an incredible human being, a young man by the name of Shagam Newman. Shagam's living situation is less than ideal, currently homeless, he lives in a two bedroom shack on the slopes of Table Mountain, along with around 10 dogs and more than a few cats. Despite his own desperate situation, Shagam loves animals and spends his days trying to help as many as he can, often manning a trolley outside the local spa asking for donations of dog and cat food. Once he has a full trolley this legend then goes around his local neighborhood and helps anyone that has animals and is short on cash to feed them. He is currently working together with DARG (https://www.facebook.com/DARG.org.za/?fref=nf) so if anyone wants to donate or just offer messages of encouragement, please send them through DARG.

Youtube clip of the day, talented Canadian rapper Baba Brinkman with his song titled "Darwin's Acid":


As usual, I don't own the media, please visit Baba's official page and download his music here: http://www.bababrinkman.com/

Well, that's my piece for today, please remember to comment, subscribe as well as like the facebook page (www.facebook.com/theangryafricanatheist) and remember, the world may be full to the brim with hate and violence, but the only thing that can make a positive change is you.

Ta,
G