http://thinkprogress.org/home/2013/12/06/3030781/nelson-mandela-believed-people-wont-talk/
i was reluctant to post this in first few sentences it sounded like right win slam, i read on and was surprised i was in agreement with an exception to Bin Laden, i found he was not extreme or IMO off track there was truth in all he said.
America is to hung up on condemnation if one did it they all are guilty "MUSLIMS"?
In the desire to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s life — an iconic figure who triumphed over South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime — it’s tempting to homogenize his views into something everyone can support. This is not, however, an accurate representation of the man.Mandela was a political activist and agitator. He did not shy away from controversy and he did not seek — or obtain — universal approval.Before and after his release from prison, he embraced an unabashedly progressive and provocative platform. As one commentator put it shortly after the announcement of the freedom fighter’s death, “Mandela will never, ever be your minstrel.Over the next few days you will try so, so hard to make him something he was not, and you will fail. You will try to smooth him, to sandblast him, to take away his Malcolm X. You will try to hide his anger from view.”
can any fair minded person deny his personal views after his life experiences? we are not what some keep trying to label us as and i wonder if we ever were. those who disagree are maybe why he felt that way, those who blind eye him do themselves and everyone else a disservice, rewriting history books is why we are discovering the true nature of those "heroes" that were less than portrayed
please be sure and read those 6 things. they beat down First lady because she said after Pres. exceptance by majority of Americans as their President, that "for the first time in my life i'm proud of my country" right was livid but she was right and had the right to speak her mind 1st amendment which they are using as an excuse to hate and corporations to deny it's workers contraception but denied it when it came to her.
since they leap on any little thing trying to create controversy and de Americanize the first family, it doesn't work their base is tiring of rancid red meat and refuse to be used any longer.
also click next to see the mindset of republicans as they try to tarnish Mandela. REST IN PEACE MADIBA
