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Skidmore

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12. Republicans let go of the past very slowly.

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 09:20 PM

Dec 2013

As recently as the 1980s, this nation had labeled Nelson Mandela and the ANC as a terrorists. Reagan and Thatcher denounced Mandela and the ANC as terrorists . Israel was among the nations who joined in support of the apartheid government of South Africa. Because the Soviet Union supported the movement to end apartheid, the conservatives of this nation viewed the movement as a Communist threat. It took worldwide protests, including ones in this nation, to force the end of apartheid and to get the man released from prison. Many lost their lives in this endeavor. It does not surprise me that this attitude is so fiercely engrained in the right wing psyche, given that the extremists on the right tend to be racist in their outlook. It is such a righteous anger because those godless Commies are rolled up in their fear of other as well.

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Why so much hate for Mandela on the part of the GOP base? [View all] applegrove Dec 2013 OP

gee I can't possibly imagine arely staircase Dec 2013 #1

Winner winner chicken dinner. NightWatcher Dec 2013 #2

in a country where 92% of the population is African malaise Dec 2013 #4

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2013 #10

The face of the base.. phasma ex machina Dec 2013 #27

Remember Falwell telling people in the early 80s to buy Krugerrands? hatrack Dec 2013 #3

underpants posted a timeline of Mandela haters in Good Reads. Here's the link: Electric Monk Dec 2013 #5

He's black. (n/t) Iggo Dec 2013 #6

It's not just the base of GOP voters who hate Mandela, despite the "nice" speeches by their AlinPA Dec 2013 #7

Because. all minorities are scary but the ones that giftedgirl77 Dec 2013 #8

Being black is not being a minority in South Africa MiniMe Dec 2013 #9

The question was pertaining to the GOP.... giftedgirl77 Dec 2013 #13

Typifies what the GOP is. The party base was invested in keeping a racists South Africa bluestate10 Dec 2013 #11

Republicans let go of the past very slowly. Skidmore Dec 2013 #12

You got it. Steeped in St. Ronnie, his gospel is all there to it. Dead and still rotting America. freshwest Dec 2013 #20

he is not an american caucasian. spanone Dec 2013 #14

Is this a trick question. grantcart Dec 2013 #15

The same reason they hate MLK. n/t duffyduff Dec 2013 #16

Because of the way SA Chuuku Davis Dec 2013 #17

The hell are you talking about? XemaSab Dec 2013 #18

Uh Chuuku Davis Dec 2013 #19

What are you talking about. For once the needs of 85% of the country are actually on the agenda applegrove Dec 2013 #21

Respectfully disagree Chuuku Davis Dec 2013 #23

You attribute all that to Mandela winning the presidency? mynaturalrights Dec 2013 #24

So the Southern US today is not as great a place as the Southern US during slavery. Because there applegrove Dec 2013 #25

Oh sure. Because these ignorant assholes just care so much about a place they can't Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2013 #22

He's black. And mzteris Dec 2013 #26

He wrecked their ideal of the perfect country Warpy Dec 2013 #28

That's it, applegrove.. by Jove you've got it! Cha Dec 2013 #29