Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
Mandela has been widely hailed as a saint, but those who adore him ignore some little known facts about his actions and past.
Error: Many people believe he was put in prison for speaking out or for political beliefs.
FACT: He went to prison for organizing the ambush murder of police officers, a fact he never denied nor expressed regret for.
Error: Many people believe he was a pacifist in his politics.
FACT: Mandela advocated violence and organized violence against political rivals. A favorite technique of murder and intimidation was "necklacing," putting a gasoline-soaked tire around the neck of an opponent and burning him alive.
Error: Many people believe his wife, Winnie Mandela, was a decent person.
FACT: Even those South Africans who admire Mandela agree that his wife was a crook and a total thug. She diverted donations to Nelson to her own ends, building a palace for herself overlooking Soweto. She surrounded herself with goons, known as the "soccer club" because they dressed in soccer style uniforms. Winnie participated in the torture/beating to death of a young boy, by herself and members of her "soccer club" while Nelson was in prison.
Mandela has been widely hailed as a saint, but tho... (
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Add to all that, he was a communist.