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Originally Posted by jacqui

Because he is what he is a senile Uncle Tom.
I will never respect this man for his behavior towards his ex wife who held the ANC together while his *** was locked up. He then get released and all of a sudden he can not forgive her for what he was told she did but he can forgive all of those whites for the atrocities committed against his south african co horts.

• White Folks do not send black men to prison for 27 years for being Uncle Toms.
• No sane person who heard Mandela's speech on February 11, 1990 would try to argue that he was senile then. As to if he is now, well, most people do get that way by the time they are 90 years old, if they live that long. But, I personally have seen no indication of that as yet.
• While her husband was in prison, Winnie had at least one affair that Nelson knew about. No one can judge her for that because 27 years is a long time for a sista to do without. But, after 27 years of being apart, and other bed partners becoming involved, you also can't judge her husband for choosing to move on as well.
• When Nelson was arrested, he was 44 years old and both he and his wife were cool with the use of violence to end apartheid. Remember that, at the time of his arrest in 1962, he was the leader of the ANC's armed resistance wing, Umknonto we Sizwe. Obviously, the brother was not a Uncle Tom.
• But, upon his release, he was a wiser elder who now saw the wisdom of reserving violence as a last, reluctant, resort. But, the younger Winnie was still very much into militant struggle. At the time of Mandela's release, they were two different people headed in opposing directions. They were, to borrow a phrase from the bible, unequally yoked together.