Dr Martin Luther King saved this country

[C_Clayton_Jones]

No, those CONSERVATIVES were registered Democrats in the South. Democrats in the North were liberals who supported Civil Rights
Today, those Conservatives are Republicans

Exactly.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Nope! The issue you won’t admit is MLK was an adulterer, will you? You will expose you don’t do facts

The right’s fear of MLK is consistent with conservatives’ fear of facts and the truth concerning slavery, Jim Crow, black codes, and segregation – facts and the truth conservatives attempt to hide, ignore, and whitewash with revisionist lies.

 

[jc456]

The right’s fear of MLK is consistent with conservatives’ fear of facts and the truth concerning slavery, Jim Crow, black codes, and segregation – facts and the truth conservatives attempt to hide, ignore, and whitewash with revisionist lies.

Jim Crow was demofks, FACT

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

I grew up in the 60's and saw most of the Civil Rights movement. Like most Americans, I was outraged at the assasination of Dr King. When we talked about giving him a national holiday ten years later, I looked at it as a form of appeasement for outraged blacks.....a way of giving them their own holiday to quiet them down.

In reading about the Civil Rights movement in subsequent years, I realized what a great American Dr King was. Black Americans came back after WWII to find that despite fighting and dying in defense of their country, they were still treated like lesser Americans. They found they were not allowed to mingle with whites, were not welcome in much of the country they had fought for. Blacks were considered to be dirty, diseased and sub human. Some whites were outraged at the thought of eating with blacks, using the same restrooms, riding on public transportation with them.

As black Americans began to protest their treatment in their own country they were met with harsh resistance from both white militants and governments who swore to support inequal treatment. Blacks were denied the right to vote, to freely associate, rights to a fair trial. Those who resisted were met with terrorist attacks. Lynchings, bombings, arrest and assasination of their leaders.

Most of us faced with such horrific treatment in our own homeland would fight violence with violence. How would you react if someone spat on your child for trying to go to school?

When the courts did not protect blacks, armed conflict would seem a reasonable response. Dr King knew violence would only result in more violence against you. He modeled the Civil Rights movement around Gandhis peaceful resistance theories. By using cameras to document the treatment of peaceful protestors he saved this country from an armed violent protest that would have destroyed this country.


America returned from WWII as an economic and military superpower. But a country that does not treat its citizens with respect is not a moral superpower. By changing the way we treat our citizens, Dr King, more importantly, saved our soul. By forcing us to look in a mirror and see who we really are, he enabled us to become a truly great country.

On this Martin Luther King day I hope everyone can reflect on what a great American he was and how much better off we all are

 

[rightwinger]

The right’s fear of MLK is consistent with conservatives’ fear of facts and the truth concerning slavery, Jim Crow, black codes, and segregation – facts and the truth conservatives attempt to hide, ignore, and whitewash with revisionist lies.

The right has been trying to rewrite the legacy of MLK into a Republican who opposed affirmative action and welfare

They have misrepresented the I have a dream speech to support their purposes

 

[rightwinger]

Jim Crow was demofks, FACT

So was legislation ending it

 

[LeftofLeft]

I, too, was alive at the time and remember well the right’s attacks on MLK; then – as today – conservatives sought to vilify and demonize Dr. King, and lie about his message and goals.

Again, the CONSERVATIVES or THE RIGHT were JFK, RFK, LBJ, GORE, FULBRIGHT. That’s a mix of northern and southern DEMOCRATS. Look up how many times these Democrats held up Civil Rights Legislation Bills until they finally passed it in 1964. Why did it take so many times?

Democrat Party Legacy.

 

[otto105]

Who wanted to lock up nonvaxers? Fascism is you friend. You seem afraid to say it though. Why? Need a lesson on what it actually is? It’s anyone wanting to lick up anyone who doesn’t agree with you

Nobody.

It’s the current maga belief system.

You are a fascist, but only if it’s YOUR fascist leader.

No, we can all see it in the maga movement now.

And the mandatory called the violence. How fascist of you.

 

[rightwinger]

Again, the CONSERVATIVES or THE RIGHT were JFK, RFK, LBJ, GORE, FULBRIGHT. That’s a mix of northern and southern DEMOCRATS. Look up how many times these Democrats held up Civil Rights Legislation Bills until they finally passed it in 1964. Why did it take so many times?

Democrat Party Legacy.

LBJ signed the historic Civil Rights legislation
He could have easily killed it

 

[jc456]

Nobody.

It’s the current maga belief system.

You are a fascist, but only if it’s YOUR fascist leader.

No, we can all see it in the maga movement now.

And the mandatory called the violence. How fascist of you.

Next you’ll lie and say hitlery didn’t say lock up trump supporters

 

[Lastamender]

Amen

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

Sounds like you think the Democrats own him. That is how plantations run.

 

[rightwinger]

Conservative is not the word that matters.....considering Republican, religious conservatives started the Abolitionist movement, and freed the slaves and MLK himself was a deeply religious conservative....

The word that actually matters is "Democrat," the party that owned the slaves, started a Civil War to keep the slaves, and enacted Jim Crow, lynching, and members who started the KKK.........and fought every single Civil Rights act till the very end, when LBJ told them they had to finally vote for the last one if they wanted to win national elections....

The word that actually matters is Southern Conservative

It has determined the Culture of the South for hundreds of years

 

[Lastamender]

The word that actually matters is Southern Conservative

It has determined the Culture of the South for hundreds of years

Looks like more than one word to me. You are perpetuating calculated lies we call propaganda.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

No....the democrat party has always been the party of racism.....and still is.....

But he likes to say democrats were the conservatives but now their liberals they've always been control freaks regardless what he wants to call them then and now.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

The word that actually matters is Southern Conservative

It has determined the Culture of the South for hundreds of years

Yes I know the democrats of the 60s and still are democrats today's and just as racist today as they were years ago

 

[2aguy]

The memory and commemoration of MLK frightens the racist right, exposing the racism, bigotry, and hate of conservatives.

Again....it was Right Wing, religious, conservative republicans who fought for the Civil Rights movement....after freeing blacks from the slavery of the democrat party....

The democrat party fought the Civil Rights movement, and a democrat murdered MLK...

 

[2aguy]

I, too, was alive at the time and remember well the right’s attacks on MLK; then – as today – conservatives sought to vilify and demonize Dr. King, and lie about his message and goals.

You mean democrats.......they were the ones attacking blacks, republicans and the Civil Rights movement.

 

[LeftofLeft]

LBJ signed the historic Civil Rights legislation
He could have easily killed it

I don’t dispute that while you overlook how many times in the 20 years prior different Civil Rights legislations were shot down including the 1957 version that Kennedy voted against? LBJ could get legislation done when he had to as a Senator, VP, and President. The 1964 version took a lot of deal making and arm twisting on his part to get it done.

 

[rightwinger]

I don’t dispute that while you overlook how many times in the 20 years prior different Civil Rights legislations were shot down including the 1957 version that Kennedy voted against? LBJ could get legislation done when he had to as a Senator, VP, and President. The 1964 version took a lot of deal making and arm twisting on his part to get it done.

You have to look at the difference between Senator LBJ who represented the views of Texas and President LBJ who was looking out for the US

 

[2aguy]

You have to look at the difference between Senator LBJ who represented the views of Texas and President LBJ who was looking out for the US

No....you have to look at racist LBJ vs. Politician LBJ who wanted to get elected and for his political party to have power so he had to accept that blacks were going to be able to vote...considering he voted against every Civil Rights and the anti-lynching laws until the very lasts one....