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Re:Africans are mainly rich or poor, but not middle class by dang on Sunday November 08, 2015 @06:07PM (#10530414)
Please stop turning this HN thread into a flamewar.
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Re:Africans are mainly rich or poor, but not middle class by puredemo on Sunday November 08, 2015 @11:43PM (#10531438)
Sounds like an accurate statement to me, how is it incendiary?
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Re:Africans are mainly rich or poor, but not middle class by dang on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:42AM (#10531557)
That's not a factual statement, it's a made-up one taking the form of one. But that doesn't matter. Scattering dramatic claims with no common element other than a generic colonialism-was-good guarantees a flamewar whether factual bits are in there or not.

Repeatedly moving the goalposts to keep the drama going is a sign of flame-fanning as well.

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