Liberals, what are your thoughts and feelings about Nelson Mandela - "convicted felon"?

I greatly admire him.

When I went to South Africa, I visited his home in Soweto and also traveled to Robben Island, where he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison.

Mandela spent 27 years in prison for opposing South Africa’s apartheid system. He faced harsh conditions meant to break his resolve, but he refused to give up his efforts to achieve equality for all people.

Despite the terrible personal cost of imprisonment, Mandela continued to act as a leader and mobilized his fellow political prisoners. After he was released, Mandela helped negotiate an end to apartheid and became the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

Mandela was fighting against a repressive political system.

Trump fought against not being held accountable.

I'm not sure. Did he ever rape someone?

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the bit at the end Appendix is there in case people express hate towards a certain Orange convict that may or may not have inspired this question?

Mandela was innocent - he didn’t get a civil conviction - nor was he writing of hush money as a business expense to a porn star. Mandela was released because South Africa was a apartheid political state - much like the convicts in North Korea or Russia held under dubious laws - if rule of law is broken it becomes apparent by how neighbours and international authorities view it. The country itself would not be an objective source of scrutiny

I look forward to a debate around this - as it relates to your question. If you feel it’s worth debating please do so! If you feel the urge to delete my reply - I’m sure it will be screenshotted by a few people! Maybe the ratio of deleted replies will outnumber the few that made the censorship ministry’s laws 🙂

If not, I am equally happy for my reply to join the sea of other replies you choose to delete - (thin-skin/ snowflake topic) I guess free speech is only for the replies that didn’t challenge the covfefe man? ❄

He's proof that governments aren't infallible and that history is written by the winners

He also served prison time 😒

He was convicted of an unjust law denying equality and freedom. Trump paid porn stars and cooked the books.

He he he.

Nelson Mandela was a convicted felon for fighting for racial equality. Nothing like any current political figure in today's society. Money and ignorance fuel the corrupt, not injustice and equality.

I wonder why he did not take the offer by John Voster to be released from jail just by denouncing violence. Did he prefer violence?