Tory grandee smears Nelson Mandela and claims apartheid was harder for WHITE South African leader

mirror.co.uk ^ | December 09, 2013 | Jason Beattie

[taxcontrol]

One conversation that is missing is WHY was apartheid implemented in the first place? The answer no one wants to discuss is the fact that there was uncontrolled illegal immigration into South Africa.

[colorado tanker]

Actually, the controversy in the 1948 election was the government permitting legal immigration of English speakers. The Boers were worried that if enough English speakers immigrated they would out-vote the Boers. The Boers loved their low-cost black labor, who couldn’t vote anyway.

[the scotsman]

Yes, it is.

And there has been a huge public backlash.

[GeronL]

The MSM has all tried to rewrite history on this. Everyone who knows the truth must be pretty stunned at the lack of facts and balance in this coverage

[grania]

I don't know the answer to this....Did Nelson Mandala do all that he could to protect the white population of South Africa during the end of apartheid? Does South Africa protect their interests now?

If not, the praise to Mandala and his followers is not justified.

[MrB]

So, was their country better off after Mandela -
poverty, crime, class mobility, etc?

I don’t think anyone could make an honest case for this.

[GeronL]

any MSM coverage of that?

[GeronL]

There is nothing honest about the veneration of a terrorist

[saleman]

One day, hopefully not, but one day Patriots here may be called upon to take back our country. And it won't be pretty. So, assuming that their goals are reached, will the next generation demonize the men who brought liberty back to our Nation?

Mandela was no saint. Very few of us are. He waged a war against injustice. War is a dirty business. He also was the only man who could have governed after the end of apartheid without the country disintegrating.

I'm no Mandela fan. Really don't give a squat. Just some thoughts....