re: #54 Gus

Mandela even invited a former prison guard to his inaugural no? He never sought “revenge.” He was quite gracious.

From Jonathan Chait’s review of 12 Years a Slave

Notably, the most horrific torture depicted in 12 Years a Slave is set in motion when the protagonist, Solomon Northup, offers up to his master engineering knowledge he acquired as a free man, thereby showing up his enraged white overseer. It was precisely Northup’s calm, dignified competence in the scene that so enraged his oppressor.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/12/12-years-a-slave-and-the-obama-era.html

I think part of what makes the RW so grumpy about Mandela is that he competently helped prevent a bloodbath in South Africa.