Quote:Ah, such blatant hypocrisy. Mandela and the ANC accepted support from and supported despots. Do you really want to go there, given the not so distant histories of some of the greatest democracies of our times, most notably ours?

 

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Again, I pose the question. Where is the line drawn when freedom is denied?

 

The man endured years of oppression, and more years of imprisonment, yet emerged to heal a country, reconcile with and include his oppressors in the new South Africa, and avoided the bloodbath that occurred in so many other similar situations.

 

Rev. Meshoe is an admirer of Nelson Mandela. He understands what he meant to South Africa.

 

 

As disappointed as I am in Rev. Meshoe's commentary,  I'm of the opinion that he took a similar less resistance path as Allen West and Ted Cruz did.   I have great respect for these people otherwise.  Yet,  in this case, instead of speaking the truth about Nelson Mandela like a sizeable portion of the supporters of West and Cruz,  they went with the popular opinion this time around.   The same with many other leaders who normally don't hold back their opinions,  even though they aren't popular with the masses and of course the media.  

 

Even after Mandela achieved his objectives for South Africa,  he continued to support some of the most hideous leaders on the planet.  Individuals that would kill us if given the opportunity. 

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