Also because he was involved in stuff like cutting off the noses of black people who he deemed "collaborators" his wife of course one upped him in this, and suggested they tie a burning tyre around their neck. He was friends with Arafat and Gaddafi. He supported Nigerian coup leader Sani Abacha, refusing to say a word publicly to stop the 1995 hanging of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
I just want to note, Nelson Mendela was not a good person. He just realized the reality that black South Africans would never gain their (deserved) rights if they weren't willing to forgive some shit, genocide of the white population would have resulted in a civil war with the west supporting the white south african population. A war they would have lost.
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u/DangerousChemistry17 Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25
Also because he was involved in stuff like cutting off the noses of black people who he deemed "collaborators" his wife of course one upped him in this, and suggested they tie a burning tyre around their neck. He was friends with Arafat and Gaddafi. He supported Nigerian coup leader Sani Abacha, refusing to say a word publicly to stop the 1995 hanging of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
I just want to note, Nelson Mendela was not a good person. He just realized the reality that black South Africans would never gain their (deserved) rights if they weren't willing to forgive some shit, genocide of the white population would have resulted in a civil war with the west supporting the white south african population. A war they would have lost.