{"id":11825,"date":"2013-11-20T05:16:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T05:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11825"},"modified":"2013-11-20T05:16:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T05:16:29","slug":"farm-murders-white-genocide-and-redoctober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11825","title":{"rendered":"Farm murders, white genocide and RedOctober"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin_King.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5854\" alt=\"Kevin_King\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin_King-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin_King-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kevin_King.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>by Kevin King<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[followbutton username=&#8217;djkevking&#8217; count=&#8217;true&#8217; lang=&#8217;en&#8217; theme=&#8217;light&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u201cEvery action has an equal but opposite reaction\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Sir Isaac Newton<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In life, actions (physical or otherwise) also have reactions. \u00a0Somehow, an unknown number of actions, reactions and re-reactions got us to where we are today, causing this RedOctober march, the allegations of white genocide and outrage over farm murders. \u00a0A large section of social media describes these activists and supporters as racists, without questioning how we got to this point. \u00a0I\u2019ll attempt to apply Stephen Covey\u2019s 5th Habit of Highly Successful People, \u201cSeek first to understand, then to be understood\u201d, so doing some research before shouting insults and proclaiming these people to be racists.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Crime<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve written numerous articles about crime on this country, so I\u2019ve done a lot of research. \u00a0Hopefully all the readers will know that we are the crime capital of the world. \u00a0If you need reminding, here\u2019s our wall of shame, 1994 to 2012:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">376,627 reported murders (57 per day)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">597,900 reported homicides (91 per day)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">443,551 reported attempted murders (67 per day)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">4,175,178 reported serious assaults (635 per day)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">1,111,425 reported rapes (169 per day)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">22,228,500 estimated rapes (3,383 per day)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our crime is at crisis levels, no doubt, and with these high levels it\u2019s impossible that every region, race, sex, group, religion etc is not affected.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Hate crime vs normal crime<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It seems that a large number of RedOctober detractors are using the \u201ccrime affects all\u201d reasoning for shooting down RedOctober. \u00a0With the extreme levels of crime in our country it would be easy for hate crime to be hidden in the enormous sea of crime that taking place. \u00a0Taking this \u201ccrime affects us all\u201d approach would mean denying the existence of hate crime, which is absurd. \u00a0Besides the fact that hate crime is difficult to identify, quantify and prove there is an obvious difference between hate crime and normal crime. \u00a0The latter lacks the element of hatred by the perpetrator(s) towards the victim(s) and the level of violence is often exaggerated. \u00a0I never really thought about how the psychological effects would vary, so I did some research. \u00a0\u00a0According to research, hate crimes have more serious psychological effects than other crime. \u00a0Also, survivors of hate crime show more signs of psychological distress than survivors of non-biased crime and this distress was found to last longer in hate crime survivors due to the fact that the crime leaves lasting feelings of personal danger and vulnerability associated with their identity. \u00a0A high level of outrage would thus make sense, as members of the victim\u2019s group would feel this same personal danger and vulnerability that the victim felt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">So we\u2019ve seen outrage by Afrikaner groups over social media, we\u2019ve seen the RedOctober march taking place, all against farm murders in particular. \u00a0While these Afrikaners may speak a different language to us, be a different colour to the majority of the country, have different interests and cultures, they are not immune to the same feelings of vulnerability and persecution that all other groups affected by hate crimes feel. \u00a0In other words, they are also human. \u00a0The next big question would then be: \u00a0Are these feelings of vulnerability and persecution, which is causing their reaction of outrage, justified or merely perceived?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">These activists present a long list (thousands) of victims murdered on their farms in interracial murders, and they claim that the murder rate on farms is far higher than the national average. \u00a0Now without going into the actual numbers, because I feel they are irrelevant for purposes of this discussion, I\u2019d like to make a few points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A number like this can create a perception<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The aggravating circumstances surrounding these attacks strengthens the perception<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, proving hate crime on an individual basis is near impossible, as will be further discussed in the next paragraph, which can strengthen critics\u2019 claims that the perception is false<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Proving and prosecuting hate crime<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Africa is set to bring into law the Hate Crimes Bill in 2014. \u00a0Long overdue to say the least, the Bill is set to address how hate crime is tried and prosecuted. \u00a0What may be a first for our country is old news for many first world countries like the USA, which has several hate crimes statutes. \u00a0But even with all their legislation, they have serious challenges in proving that a crime is hate crime, especially proving racial motives. \u00a0The (US) Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology contains a discussion as to why this difficulty exists, and these same reasons are relevant in our context.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe fact that an individual\u2019s motive lies peculiarly within his or her knowledge undermines the ability of prosecutors and plaintiffs to prove racist motives in hate crimes cases\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">So without the accused\u2019s own admission, it is virtually impossible to prove hate crime. \u00a0Prosecutors will have to rely on circumstantial evidence. \u00a0Other difficulties in proving motive are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cInferences about motive which are drawn from circumstantial evidence may be highly inaccurate given the inherent ambiguity of motive itself\u201d \u2013 The defendant may have acted out of paranoia rather than racism<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMultiple motives may impel an individual to act\u201d \u2013 The defendant may claim that he or she acted out of some other motivation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">To sum up the document: \u00a0\u201cProsecutors often find it impossible to demonstrate by proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused acted out of racist motives\u201d. \u00a0These are the exact same problems that RedOctober activists like Steve Hofmeyr face when pushing their cause, and the exact same problem our courts will face when the Hate Crimes Bill comes into force.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are cases that pop up which are undoubtedly hate crime such as the Rawstorne family murder by William Kekana, who testified that he brutally wiped out the family \u201cbecause they were white\u201d, or the Lotter women murders where the perpetrators left behind their motive, \u201cKill the Boer\u201d daubed in the victims\u2019 blood. \u00a0These cases further strengthen the perception that many other farm murders have a racial motive behind them but these cases are generally ignored by critics. \u00a0Activists thus have an uphill battle to prove hate crime when motive is so difficult to prove for the vast majority of cases. \u00a0But although the motives behind hate crime are almost impossible to prove in court, it is very successfully proven outside of court.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">The media and social media commentators (SMC\u2019s)<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In most cases of interracial violence and cases involving violence against minorities, the media and SMC\u2019s are quick to attach a motive to the crime, classifying the crime as a hate crime. \u00a0These accusations are deemed to be true by consumers as if the motive was actually proven in a court of law. \u00a0Also, the media and SMC\u2019s tend to be very inconsistent when classifying crimes as hate crimes, creating the impression amongst some that they are biased or trying to censor. \u00a0To give an example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A recent case of a horrific rape and murder of a lesbian. \u00a0The media and SMC\u2019s immediately classified the crime as a corrective rape hate crime, although no anti-gay motive was obtained from the perpetrator. \u00a0The motive was assumed because the victim was lesbian and due to the aggravating circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A recent case of a brutal torture and murder of an elderly farm couple. \u00a0Although this was an interracial crime and aggravating circumstances existed, the media and SMC\u2019s declined to attach a racial motive to the crime.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the latter is called a \u201cracist farm murder\u201d or \u201cwhite genocide\u201d, critics are quick to claim \u201ccrime affects all\u201d, \u201cwe have a high murder rate so obviously these farmers will be murdered\u201d and \u201cfarmers are more vulnerable because they are isolated\u201d etc. \u00a0Then why is it that when a lesbian is raped it\u2019s called \u201ccorrective rape\u201d? \u00a0Doesn\u2019t \u201ccrime affect us all\u201d? \u00a0When we have over 3000 rapes per day isn\u2019t it obvious that lesbians will also be victims of rape? \u00a0Are lesbians not vulnerable because men are usually more powerful and often hunt their victims in packs? \u00a0Yet both cases are not treated the same.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pure double standards in my book and most probably one of the reasons why the likes of Steve Hofmeyr go to extreme lengths to protest and create awareness regarding farm murders and white genocide.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">White genocide<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just to touch on the main misconceptions about genocide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Numbers don\u2019t matter. \u00a0According to the definition of genocide, \u201can individual criminal may be guilty of genocide even if he kills only one person, so long as he knew he was participating in a larger plan to destroy the group [or part of a group]\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It only takes ONE individual to kill ONE person, if that individual knew he was participating in a larger plan to destroy the people. \u00a0That means that if only ONE individual interprets a statement like \u201cShoot the Boer\u201d by his commander and chief for instance, to be an order to commit genocide and acts on it, that individual will be guilty of committing genocide, plain and simple.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are indicators that genocide could be happening on a larger scale, for example, widespread rape, torture and executions of Afrikaners on their farms, with perpetrators stealing few or no valuables. \u00a0However the existence of an organised plan to commit genocide is unknown and will be extremely difficult to prove. \u00a0Regardless, individuals can be perpetrators of genocide by definition. \u00a0In the two cases I mentioned before, the Rawstorne family and the Lotters, it can easily be debated that these are cases of genocide. \u00a0After a healthy debate, you will at best prove that these cases are racist hate crimes, which I\u2019m afraid is not much worse than genocide.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are a high number of Afrikaners being murdered on their farms. \u00a0Often there is rape and torture involved and in many cases nothing is stolen. \u00a0There are numerous death threats posted on Facebook, Twitter and even at political rallies, mostly directed at this group. \u00a0On top of this, there are cases where the racist motive cannot be denied. \u00a0Although few of these cases exist, they further strengthen the perception that farm murders in general are racially motivated and that white genocide may exist. \u00a0There is clear evidence for the Afrikaner minority group to feel vulnerable and threatened and it appears that their fears and outrage of unjustly treated by the media, social media commentators and even the government. \u00a0Besides the compelling evidence in their favour, even their human nature is criticised and they are persecuted for this.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0[followbutton username=&#8217;djkevking&#8217; count=&#8217;true&#8217; lang=&#8217;en&#8217; theme=&#8217;light&#8217;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kevin King [followbutton username=&#8217;djkevking&#8217; count=&#8217;true&#8217; lang=&#8217;en&#8217; theme=&#8217;light&#8217;] \u201cEvery action has an equal but opposite reaction\u201d \u2013 Sir Isaac Newton In life, actions (physical or otherwise) also have reactions. \u00a0Somehow, an unknown number of actions, reactions and re-reactions got us to where we are today, causing this RedOctober march, the allegations of white genocide and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Farm murders, white genocide and 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