Dr Martin Luther King saved this country

[Zincwarrior]

Al Gore Jr. isn't a "strong supporter" of civil rights at all.

In fact, he had an opportunity at Al Gore Sr's funeral to denounce him but actually didn't. That shows me where his true feelings are.

Al Gore hasn't been in office for almost 25 years.

 

[rightwinger]

Never, thanks to the army, navy, air force and marines.

Who was going to invade us?
From where?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Who was going to invade us?
From where?

Liechtenstein. Never trust Lichtenstein. They are out there...waiting..

 

[Indeependent]

Who was going to invade us?
From where?

BLM...From within.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Interestingly, the US invaded Canada several times: the War of 1812, and the lesser known Finian Raids. Canada fucked the invaders hard. Never mess with Canada. They have never lost a war, eh!

 

[Zincwarrior]

BLM...From within.

You are very scared of the darkies aren't you.

 

[Indeependent]

You are very scared of the darkies aren't you.

Do you live in a slum or near a slum?

 

[rightwinger]

BLM...From within.

Who did BLM invade?

 

[Indeependent]

Who did BLM invade?

The US, moron, and you damn well know it.

 

[DukeU]

Republicans are trying to rewrite history to turn civil rights from a North/South issue into a political issue.

Civil Rights was passed almost unanimously on a bipartisan basis of those who did not reside in the South

Who filibustered the Civil Rights Act?

 

[miketx]

Who was going to invade us?
From where?

Shirley you aren't this ignorant? Oh, it's more howler babble, never mind.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Do you live in a slum or near a slum?

Do you? I didn't know Moscow had slums. Learn something every day I guess.

 

[Indeependent]

Shirley you aren't this ignorant? Oh, it's more howler babble, never mind.

RWer owes his pension to the leader of his Democratic Party Club.

 

[Indeependent]

Do you? I didn't know Moscow had slums. Learn something every day I guess.

I didn't know you live in Moscow.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Shirley you aren't this ignorant? Oh, it's more howler babble, never mind.

Stop calling me Shirley!

 

[BackAgain]

Dr King saved us from violent revolution and saved us from our own immoral treatment of blacks. We were not the great country we claimed to be.

He was a great American Patriot, as deserving of honor as our Founding Fathers.

I’m perfectly fine with honoring his life, work and his memory. (I don’t need your self-serving lectures about what a good man he was in that regard. Your virtue signaling is creepy.)

But there are only about 261 working days in a year minus a boat load of holidays. Each new national holiday subtracts one more of those days. Economically, these holidays have a genuine economic impact.

Does recognition of Dr. King require another lost work day? Probably not. There ought to be better ways for us to note his contributions. (I mean, we did combine various presidential birthdays into one “President’s Day.” So we do grasp this concept.)

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Dr King saved us from violent revolution and saved us from our own immoral treatment of blacks. We were not the great country we claimed to be.

He was a great American Patriot, as deserving of honor as our Founding Fathers.

And the racist right seeks to return America to that immorality.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I was a teenager in the 1960's and I remember Dr. King being vilified and called a "communist" by the right.

Racist conservatives continue to do so today.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Amen

Here comes the republicans to claim him as one of their own, happens every year.

Denying reality again I see.

Most blacks were Republican until LBJ bought them off and destroyed black families and culture

 

[BackAgain]

I was a teenager in the 1960's and I remember Dr. King being vilified and called a "communist" by the right. I remember he was disparaged, mocked and hated.

You don’t remember that. What you do remember is that some people did that.

The radical right shot and killed the man,

No no, stupid. That was just one crazed asshole. James Earl Ray. He isn’t a stand in for any part of “the right.”

and it took until the turn of the century for the nation to honour him.

I don’t know what country you’re from, but wherever it is, you aren’t an American. And it only took 15 years from his assassination to having his holiday become law. So your “facts” are inaccurate at best.

Even then, Republicans staunchly opposed MLK Day.

Reagan signed that law, you dishonest dolt.