Belgian court sends Etienne Davignon to trial over Lumumba killing
Posted by Ollyfer@reddit | anime_titties | View on Reddit | 11 comments
Posted by Ollyfer@reddit | anime_titties | View on Reddit | 11 comments
SongFeisty8759@reddit
Interesting, Let's see how far they go with this.
Jersey_2019@reddit
Just for show bro , most Belgium people adore that king , they literally have his statues
ww2639@reddit
Belgian here to add context to a cynical comment. Nobody here adores him. We all recognize that colonialism under him and after was bad.
His (remaining) statues are desecrated quite often, actually. The only argument that some people make here for keeping his statues is so that we don't hide our history away. Not that I agree with that, but it's certainly not in admiration.
Also Lumumba was killed under Baudewijn, not Leopold II.
That being said, this really is a show-trial of an old-ass dude that should've been done way sooner.
ChaoticTransfer@reddit
What statue of Boudewijn has ever been desacrated? People love him. They don´t care if he killed Lumumba.
Louitje1021999@reddit
He didn’t kill Lumumba, read some history. Also why is Lumumba even praised, the guy was absolute chaos.
SongFeisty8759@reddit
Oh yeh, The Leopold , he was an absolute prince...
Smell_the_funk@reddit
Lumumba was killed in 1961. Leopold II died in 1909.
Ollyfer@reddit (OP)
You assume netizens who speak about history had any idea about history.
Although it may be surprising to hear for just how long Belgium clutched onto Zaire, seems almost as long as Britain clutched onto Ghana (Gold Coast).
Smell_the_funk@reddit
Oh, I don’t assume much on Reddit. But Congo was already independent when Mobutu decided to change the name to Zaïre in 1971.
And although nationalist sentiment had been growing it wasn’t until the riots in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) in ‘59 that the demand for independence was made explicit. The Belgian government almost immediately acknowledged that demand and 18 months later on June 30th Congo gained independence.
So I don’t understand what you mean by ‘clutched onto for so long’. Especially when compared to some other colonial powers. Did Britain ever release a colony without bloodshed or significant struggle?
Ollyfer@reddit (OP)
I would have to read up on what Britain did subsequent to Mahatma Gandhi's marches in India, but I am sure that there was a reason why he wanted to see young, bright men to join the army of a free India. (Or at least that is how Indar Jit Rikhye recounted it when he said that to him and his father after they met him)
SongFeisty8759@reddit
Different cunt.. same family.