Saturday, December 7, 2013

How I Got the Media to Stop Calling Nelson Mandela a Terrorist

Peter Moore writes:
Here's the 9.58 interview with the very effective propagandist Tony Hollingsworth about how it all happened. It's genuinely fascinating, a real insight into how some things happen. I remember the Wembley concert, but it might never have happened and Mandela might have remained 'the terrorist leader Nelson Mandela'.



(ht Peter Moore)

5 comments:

  1. Don't recall much concern about terrorist attacks on the apartheid regime. The regime was universally despised. The people who were critical of Mandela's tactics were generally held in low regard.

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    1. From the late '70s on, Desmond Tutu strongly condemned the ANC's violent tactics and was a fierce opponent of terrorism and Communism. You may hold him in low regard, but most people don't.

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  2. I hate Richard Gere! He is the prototypical hollywood causehead.

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  3. 3 square meals a day and a warm cot for 27 years and complete protection from crazy wives and other miscreants and .All paid for by the collective.
    What more could a commie want?
    Regardless, after reading the following from wiki................................I give Mandela a break.
    I would have a big chip too.
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    "Aged 16, he, Justice and several other boys travelled to Tyhalarha to undergo the circumcision ritual that symbolically marked their transition from boys to men; the rite over, he was given the name Dalibunga.
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    Think about it....................at.........age.........Sixteen.
    Sheeeeesh.

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  4. It's interesting the decision to make Mandela the "face" of the anti-apartheid movement was contrived.

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