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ronnie624

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4. Apartheid is racial inequality,

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 27, 2016, 11:26 AM

Nov 2016

not a lack of whatever it is, that you call 'freedom'.

And of course, the unspoken premise for your view, is that America is motivated in its conduct, by a desire to distribute 'freedom' throughout the world. An examination of the historical record however, reveals exactly the opposite.

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Well done Huffpo - Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro [View all] malaise Nov 2016 OP

So, supporting freedom abroad means you don't have to support it at home? brooklynite Nov 2016 #1

Apartheid is racial inequality, ronnie624 Nov 2016 #4

Whatever you call freedom is right malaise Nov 2016 #5

The word is never the same thing when imposed on others ronnie624 Nov 2016 #6

Right to the point, well said independentpiney Nov 2016 #7

Apartheid denied civil rights to 90% of the South African population... brooklynite Nov 2016 #9

They had a much lower infant mortality rate after the Revolution, ronnie624 Nov 2016 #10

No civil rights or social rights malaise Nov 2016 #14

Apartheid denied every fugging right to the native populations of South Africa malaise Nov 2016 #11

Yeah, but I'll give that poster a '10', for gymnast worthy contortions. n/t ronnie624 Nov 2016 #13

Mandela also supported the 40-year war Castro fought in southwest Africa Recursion Nov 2016 #2

Depends on which people you speak with malaise Nov 2016 #3

So we're okay with authoritarian dictators... Adrahil Nov 2016 #8

The US has always been okay with authoritarian dictators, military dictators malaise Nov 2016 #12