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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts) Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:24 PM Dec 2013

Al Sharpton Slaps Meet The Press Revisionists about Nelson Mandela. We chose The Wrong Side

Today on Meet The Press great tributes were given to Nelson Mandela. However, there was an attempt to give the implication that America as whole was supportive of this man.

Al Sharpton silenced the Meet The Press round table for a few seconds as he placed into context America’s role South Africa’s liberation. America was not a supporter of Nelson Mandela. Many are attempting to rewrite history. Al Sharpton ensured that all around that table people got the truth. He ensured that of those listening were well aware that Conservative stalwarts like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher did not embrace freedom. They uttered the words but it was just for a select few.

“I think it is a betrayal of history to act as though as Nelson Mandela evolved the world embraced it. There was a real battle in this country,” Al Sharpton said. “So when Randall Robinson and Maxine Waters and Reverend Jackson led that fight … there was major contention. They were attacked for supporting communists. Let’s remember the ANC that he refers to, they were pursuing freedom. Many of the communist nations embraced them. This country did not. So it is not like they were born Marxist. They were born people seeking to be free. Some of the Marxist nations, either genuinely or in a self-interest way, tried to embrace that. This country did not, and fought that, and denounced them, and denigrated them. And I think that for us now to sugarcoat that is a betrayal of history. We chose sides. We chose the wrong side”

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Al Sharpton Slaps Meet The Press Revisionists about Nelson Mandela. We chose The Wrong Side (Original Post) egbertowillies Dec 2013 OP

Hey, JimboBillyBubbaBob Dec 2013 #1

The Conservatives are sure out trying to renovate Dear Ronnies...leagacy Historic NY Dec 2013 #2

Nothing can clean the Reagan shitstain from history! santamargarita Dec 2013 #8

The right should not be able to cop out and claim MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #3

Rewriting history is what America does best. nt valerief Dec 2013 #4

History is written by and with the perspective of the wealthy. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #5

That was beautiful. Way to go, Rev! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #6

Al Sharpton Was All Sharpness . . . cer7711 Dec 2013 #7

Such pathetic Losers always on the wrong side of history. Thank you, Cha Dec 2013 #9

Damn Al... progressoid Dec 2013 #10

I'm not familiar enough with the subject to assess these versions of history posted by YURBUD. proverbialwisdom Dec 2013 #11

K&R Coyotl Dec 2013 #12

Way to go Rev. AL.......The truth somtimes hurts....SO BE IT! Tippy Dec 2013 #13

JimboBillyBubbaBob

(1,389 posts)

1. Hey,

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:48 PM

Dec 2013

Big Al, metaphorically speaking, speaks the plain truth here. I remember well the use of ANC and communist in most reporting during the 1980s. It simply doesn't matter now, Mandela changed the world.

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)

2. The Conservatives are sure out trying to renovate Dear Ronnies...leagacy

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Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:55 PM

Dec 2013

http://tinyurl.com/kq2vgxl

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/07/why-nelson-mandela-was-on-a-terrorism-watch-list-in-2008/

santamargarita

(3,170 posts)

8. Nothing can clean the Reagan shitstain from history!

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:18 PM

Dec 2013

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)

3. The right should not be able to cop out and claim

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 02:52 PM

Dec 2013

they were sceered of commies. It was a blatant show of racism and nothing more.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

4. Rewriting history is what America does best. nt

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Sun Dec 8, 2013, 02:53 PM

Dec 2013

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

5. History is written by and with the perspective of the wealthy. nm

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Sun Dec 8, 2013, 03:11 PM

Dec 2013

Enthusiast

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6. That was beautiful. Way to go, Rev!

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:03 PM

Dec 2013

I watch Reverend Al nearly every evening.

cer7711

(502 posts)

7. Al Sharpton Was All Sharpness . . .

Reply to egbertowillies (Original post)

Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:08 PM

Dec 2013

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. . . and corrective truth-telling there. Right on, Al!

Some other notable moments down the collective memory hole: Dr. King's marching in solidarity with striking sanitation workers shortly before he was killed; Muhammad Ali's pointed observation that "no Viet Cong ever called me nigger"; H. Rap Brown's uncomfortable and oh-so awkwaaaaard assertion that "violence is as American as apple pie."

Yeah. Just sayin'.