RE: The Political Compass
April 18, 2009 at 5:38 am
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2009 at 6:10 am by LukeMC.)
It seems agreed across the board that he was. Thing is, I'm struggling to find any sources to cite other than a fleet of forum discussions. The reliability is questionable but:
"When Gandhi addressed a public meeting in Bombay on September 26, 1896, he had the following to say about the Indian struggle in South Africa:[1]
"Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness."
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=223176
Kaffir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_(ethnic_slur)
^Just in case you aren't familiar with the word.
"When Gandhi addressed a public meeting in Bombay on September 26, 1896, he had the following to say about the Indian struggle in South Africa:[1]
"Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness."
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=223176
Kaffir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_(ethnic_slur)
^Just in case you aren't familiar with the word.
