Pirates to Pedos thanks English speaking diaspora

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These weak ass somalis are killing me. This white boy came late to beat the dead horse and you got this ass say wallahi in the comments talking about "I'm ashamed"

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[caano_shaah]

Thank god for making me Somalilander

Dont delude yourself and let the secessationist propaganda get to your head. No foreigner would make that distinction. We are the same people, same culture, same religion, same everything. Yall are in this too whether you like it or not.

 

[SpaceyCadet]

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[Idilinaa]

All of this talk of ‘rep’ is futile. Accept this and understand this, until Somalis get their act together and clean up their country and deal with the poverty and the corruption, we will always be looked down upon. No PR will save a society like ours until we become a wealthy one in which we as a gov and society can establish an image that works to our advantage. But when you have people living in camps, chaos, Karxiis, severe poverty, this is the end result. Even this Nigerian girl you’re complaining about is silly since Nigeria doesn’t have a good rep as well. Heck most of SSA doesn’t have a good rep and that’s due to rampant poverty and weak gov structures.

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I half agree with you, especially on the need to invest in our own media and tell our own story. But wealth alone won’t fix Somalia’s image. Look at Saudi Arabia: it’s rich, its citizens enjoy a high standard of living, yet its global reputation is still negative. Every attempt at PR just gets dismissed as 'sportswashing' or 'image laundering.'

For Somalis, there’s an added layer we’re Muslims, Africans, and in some ways Arab-adjacent. That means we’ll always be filtered through an unfavorable lens. On top of that, Somalis aren’t docile; we’re outspoken, defiant, politically and economically active, and committed to self-sufficiency. That rubs a lot of people the wrong way. So the stereotypes placed on Arabs, Africans, or Muslims often get projected onto us, amplified by the 'middleman minority' effect.

That said, the picture you describe poverty, instability, camps, doesn’t reflect most people’s reality. Somalia today is more stable than outsiders think, and the majority don’t live in severe poverty. Progress has been real and significant across sectors, often achieved faster and with fewer resources than elsewhere. The problem is that it’s driven by communities, diaspora, and the private sector, so it doesn’t get captured in international narratives.

That’s why the focus shouldn’t just be on complaining about reputation but on showing the progress that’s happening and building on it. Reputation follows substance, but only if we’re the ones narrating it. Even if outsiders don’t acknowledge it, change is happening on the ground and that lived reality matters more than perception

That's how i see it.

 

[caano_shaah]

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[Barkhadle1520]

Dont delude yourself and let the secessationist propaganda get to your head. No foreigner would make that distinction. We are the same people, same culture, same religion, same everything. Yall are in this too whether you like it or not.

Idgaf I rebuke all the stereotypes, we starting over with a new ethnicity Somali name got stained too much

 

[Barkhadle1520]

Sxb, it doesnt matter how many new ethnicities you start, you will always be a target by western media and Christians as long as you're Muslim and all the same stereotypes will still apply. Allah already told us this in the Quran.

"Never will the Jews or Christians be pleased with you, until you follow their faith. Say, “Allah’s guidance is the only ˹true˺ guidance.” And if you were to follow their desires after ˹all˺ the knowledge that has come to you, there would be none to protect or help you against Allah." [2:120]

No need to worry about what these gaalos think as long as you have your deen.

Surprised you didnt see through the sarcasm

 

[caano_shaah]

Surprised you didnt see through the sarcasm

went right over my head

 

[SpaceyCadet]

They never cared about the women or girls. It’s just hate from these kenyans.

 

[Barkhadle1520]

They never cared about the women or girls. It’s just hate from these kenyans.

Im telling you all madows just jumped on the opportunity to dunk on us they dont gaf about whats happening

 

[Zak12]

Look at Saudi Arabia: it’s rich, its citizens enjoy a high standard of living, yet its global reputation is still negative.

To be fair, most of their negative image stems from their own actions such as their blatant human rights violations including the horrible treatment of African and Asian workers, their geopolitics such as petro-Islam and their role in the war in Yemen. By contrast Oman, another rich Muslim Arab country hardly receives any negative PR because they are generally quiet and mind their own business.

 

[Idilinaa]

To be fair, most of their negative image stems from their own actions such as their blatant human rights violations including the horrible treatment of African and Asian workers, their geopolitics such as petro-Islam and their role in the war in Yemen. By contrast Oman, another rich Muslim Arab country hardly receives any negative PR because they are generally quiet and mind their own business.

Yeah, I know, but my point was that wealth alone isn’t what will improve Somalia’s image. Saudi hasn’t addressed the issues you mentioned, they just throw money at PR campaigns, and it backfires.

Reputation follows substance. For Somalia, that means resolving our political challenges and consistently sharing the tangible progress already happening. That’s where real change in perception will come from, and I’ll do my part in highlighting it.

At the same time, we also have to accept that there will always be people who are prejudiced toward Somalis for different reasons, no matter what we do. They’ll jump at every chance to slander or spread hate, and that’s largely outside our control. What is in our control is building our own independent media ecosystem, one that tells balanced truths to our own people first. Once we do that, others who aren’t biased against us will naturally pick it up and amplify it.

It might not be obvious because social media thrives on outrage, but there are plenty of people who love Somalis and genuinely want to see Somalia succeed, they just don’t get the coverage, nor have we given them the tools to express it.

 

[MaliMohamed]

Thank god for making me Somalilander

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