Setting the record straight on Mandela and the American Right
by David Atkins
Al Sharpton provides a breath of fresh air, pointing out that in South Africa America chose the wrong side, calling the ANC Marxists and terrorists:
One thing the left must do a better job of is not letting conservatives rewrite history. It would be great if progressive media outlets could spend more time regularly featuring the past statements of conservatives about Medicare, Social Security, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, etc., and comparing them to those of today. At the very least conservatives should not be allowed to appropriate the scorned progressive heroes of yesteryear. Their words should hang around their heads like millstones for generations.
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