(December 12, 2013 at 9:25 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Well, he was a well known-breed of a leader, a nationalist that was supported by internationalists, and what he did was basically to advocate "black" nationalism in South Africa. Don't think that he was much of a human rights activist, but more like an armed revolutionary who supported use of violence to archive their goals, which is fine by me, though why he later on went to be idolized as a human rights activist is beyond me, whereas his intentions were nothing but nationalistic in nature.
The fact that South Africa went worse after his rule does not mean that his struggle was in vain. Like, not everything in this world is money, or food. National dignitiy is sometimes more important than materialistic things.
So he set out to oust the white colonists from the rule and reinstate the Bantu-africans as the ones that call the shots. The slogans ""Kill the boer, kill the farmer" and "one settler one bullet" were chanted through his era which shows us that we were not looking at a human rights struggle, but a fine example of a race war.
Nelson Mandela was the leader of the Blacks in this war, and after he was set free and became the head of the state, attacks against boer farmers increased with each day passing.
Don't get me wrong, its really none of my business, but to mourn this man as a human rights activist is a bit too much.
And those who ought to mourn his passing are the south african Bantus, not anyone else.
Damn, HELLO, that is PART of his life and mainly the beginning of his struggle. Did he say "fuck whites" when he got out of prison? NO. He did the opposite and let the past go in the interest of peace.
Same bullshit people pull with Malcolm X. Yes Malcolm for a good portion of his activism was rejection and separation from his oppressors. But when you look at the end of his life he did change and came to the rightful conclusion that we are all in this together.
