I was recently made aware of this outlandish statement on one of the various Boer War Facebook sites: Of course, and as we all know, the True Believers simply make things up to try to keep their myths of victimhood stumbling on a little longer...
I was recently made aware that a Defender of Apartheid-era Myth posted this extraordinary claim online: The narrative that the Boer Republics fell into a trap set by the British to dismantle them is not purely a National Party or Afrikaner...
As expected, almost a fortnight later, and still no True Believers have had the courage to accept my previous challenge, and to dispute any of the inconvenient facts I presented in a recent blog article...
Some years ago, I answered a question on Quora, ‘Why were the Boer Wars so brutal?’ My answer was: Brutal compared to what, though? If you mean brutal compared to other guerrilla wars throughout the rest of the 20th Century, then the...
Unfortunately for we Boer War aficionados, the conflict has not really captured the imagination of film-makers over the years. Indeed, there’s only really been one semi-famous film made about it, 1980’s ‘Breaker Morant’. I was watching it again...
This quote perfectly describes the way True Believers choose to perceive the Boer War. Not only is their refusal to acknowledge blatant facts the only way they can keep the Apartheid-era myths staggering on a little longer, but also proves their...
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