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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPrediction: in 10 years, we will be reading op-eds on how Mandela was "actually" a conservative
Anybody foolish enough to take that bet?
JustAnotherGen
(31,917 posts)Having watched the white washing of America's Civil Rights pioneers - in 15 years it will be that Mandela was "actually working on behalf of white males" in order to make him palatable to the spoiled brats in this world.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)I really, really wish I could...
Everybody loves the "non-violent". And they completely ignore the "direct action", which tends to be much more effective than bombs in the long run...
jmowreader
(50,566 posts)And in twenty years they'll try to sell him as a caucasian...he Had to have a drop of Caucasian blood in him, right?
JustAnotherGen
(31,917 posts)Another person who sees how things go! Thanks for even MORE unreal reality!
gollygee
(22,336 posts)That's been done to MLK, right? We'll hear about how Mandela would have been a Republican if in the US, and how Reagan was his biggest supporter. I bet you're right.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,917 posts)Thanks for the heads up . . .
Javaman
(62,534 posts)when some bubble headed newscaster makes the claim.