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In reply to the discussion: The Freepers note Nelson Mandela's death... [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)52. The line is "Mandela is communist-backed and advocates violence"
That statement was more or less factually true for a while, but misleading (ANC took money from the Fifth International and then ignored them; Mandela's views on armed resistance changed over time).
Mostly they don't like black equality in South Africa (or anywhere) and think that the country is in much worse shape now than 25 years ago.
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Human compassion is like kryptonite to the rightwing. Hate is their only emotion.
JaneyVee
Dec 2013
#1
god help the soul that can't distinguish between nelson mandela and dick cheney
spanone
Dec 2013
#10
Dick Cheney supported South African apartheid and called Mandela a terrorist
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#33
Yep, that uppity Mandela struggling for the freedom of his people in his own land.Cheney should be
The Wielding Truth
Dec 2013
#56
But deep inside the shriveled little piece of gristle that they call a heart they know one thing ...
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#6
History ignorant jerks need to consider how George III considered our revolution
Mike Daniels
Dec 2013
#36