{"id":1567,"date":"2007-12-14T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T10:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/14\/usa-should-listen-to-tutu\/"},"modified":"2007-12-14T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T10:44:54","slug":"usa-should-listen-to-tutu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/14\/usa-should-listen-to-tutu\/","title":{"rendered":"(U)SA should listen to Tutu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Desmond Tutu seems to be one of few outspoken and visible Apartheid heroes that still speaks a lot of sense. The quotes below are from this article<\/a> on the Mail & Guardian, where Tutu is talking about Mbeki and Zuma in SA, but I think America has a lot to gain from his insights, too.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to be talking about policy differences between the two leaders. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s merely a question of personality and how much attraction the one candidate has over the other.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d…<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re feeling insecure because of the violence and crime and it makes us feel very worried indeed. Living behind locked doors and high walls and electric fences is not good for us and our leader needs to know this.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d…<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My father used to have an expression: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcImprove your argument, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t raise your voice\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a very good saying. The public discourse has deteriorated in quality and now we have leaders who are not the sharpest thinkers and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re carrying the day and we shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow that to happen.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We should be frank and talk about the things that are not okay in our society… There are far better things in which to invest energy and resources.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bishop Desmond Tutu seems to be one of few outspoken and visible Apartheid heroes that still speaks a lot of sense. The quotes below are from this article on the Mail & Guardian, where Tutu is talking about Mbeki and Zuma in SA, but I think America has a lot to gain from his insights, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics","category-re-blog-tidbits","category-uncategorical"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-ph","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":998,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/24\/bushs-illegal-domestic-spying-has-echoes-of-apartheid\/","url_meta":{"origin":1567,"position":0},"title":"Bush’s illegal domestic spying has echoes of apartheid","author":"nathaniel","date":"24 December 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"from americablog, quoting newsweek.... 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