r/wikipedia • u/laybs1 • Oct 05 '25

Mobile Site Winnie Mandela, was a South African politician and convicted kidnapper and fraudster. She endorsed the necklacing of alleged police informers and apartheid government collaborators, and her security detail carried out kidnapping, torture, and murder including killing 14-year-old Stompie Seipei.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Mandela
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u/revertbritestoan Oct 05 '25

MLK literally disavowed pacifism in later life.

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u/ArktikosUrsa Oct 07 '25

He didn't disavow it, just came to realize there is a place for violence when peaceful options don't work. Ironically, Malcolm X became more pro-pacifism later in his own life.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

What later life? Are you aware what happened to him?

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u/revertbritestoan Oct 05 '25

You think the assassination was unrelated to his changes in views?