Elsegood’s “Klippies & Coke” version of history
When it comes to those who so passionately defend the Boer War myths, there is an obvious link between these True Believers and the extreme Right of Afrikanerdom. This is hardly surprising, as the myths these types so adore were enthusiastically perpetuated by the Apartheid regime, for the specific purpose of pushing the nonsense of
‘Not a[n] invasion!’
One of the strangest things about True Believers is their inability to understand what the word ‘invasion’ means. For the sake of those who have an English-reading age of less than 5, here is a widely accepted Dictionary definition of the word: noun: an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force
‘It almost bankrupted the Empire!’
One of the favourite squeals of True Believers is that the Boer War was so extraordinarily long, and so outrageously expensive, that it ‘almost bankrupted the British Empire’. Though shouting things like that makes a certain sort of fellow feel a bit better about themselves, it is – like pretty much everything else these types
125 years ago today
Exactly 125 years ago today, the Boer War started with a republican invasion of the British territories of Natal and the Cape Colony. One is left to wonder if certain people will still be denying this inconvenient reality in another 125 years.