Which celebrity/historical figure has a dark past that everyone seems to ignore?
- Abraham Lincoln.
He is known as the president who abolished slavery in America in 1865. But many people do not know that he did this solely for the political stability of the country.
In a presidential debate in 1858, he himself had stated that he did not believe in racial equality or that Black people should be allowed to vote.
- Winston Churchill.
In Europe, everyone sees him as a good man who played an important role in stopping World War II.
After the First World War, the Ottoman Empire fell apart, and the British controlled a few parts of it in the Middle East at the time due to conflict.
And this is what he had written in a memo: "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes" when the British were there in 1919.
Also, under his leadership, millions of Indians died of famine when the British still held India.
- Nelson Mandela,
the former South African president, is a massive symbol of civil rights who spent nearly three decades in prison protesting against the apartheid regime. While
most people believe his imprisonment was due to mere racism, the fact is that Mandela belonged to a terrorist splinter group of the African National Congress that employed sabotage, torture, and rigid tactics in their operations and was collectively responsible for over 130 deaths.
In 1961, he broke with fellow African National Congress members who advocated non-violence, creating a terrorist wing.
Mandela even proposed cutting off the noses of Black people considered collaborators.
- Mahatma Gandhi
is known for making India independent from the British in a loving and peaceful way.
However, he did not always practice what he preached.
Despite this, he had many affairs with women.
He is said to have slept right next to underage girls.
And he also said racist things about Black South Africans.
- Martin Luther King
had prostitutes and relationships with as many as 40 women.
And he also plagiarized a number of works.