Martin Luther King was a flawed human being as all human beings are. A redeemed sinner who sought to do good, not evil. We do not have to agree with every position he took on everything in order to appreciate that he had it right that non violent persuasion was the best way to end racism, and not race riots or SJW militancy and shouting and self-serving opportunism that keeps racism alive and well in America.
I use the analogy that racism ends when we see skin color as of no more importance than eye or hair color. MLK used the analogy that racism ends when we judge people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin.
A summary of the MLK doctrine of non violence:
King’s notion of nonviolence had six key principles:
--First, one can resist evil without resorting to violence.
--Second, nonviolence seeks to win the “friendship and understanding” of the opponent, not to humiliate him (King,
Stride, 84).
--Third, evil itself, not the people committing evil acts, should be opposed.
--Fourth, those committed to nonviolence must be willing to suffer without retaliation as suffering itself can be redemptive
-- Fifth, nonviolent resistance avoids “external physical violence” and “internal violence of spirit” as well: “The nonviolent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent but he also refuses to hate him” (King,
Stride, 85). The resister should be motivated by love in the sense of the Greek word
agape, which means “understanding,” or “redeeming good will for all men” (King,
Stride, 86).
--The sixth principle is that the nonviolent resister must have a “deep faith in the future,” stemming from the conviction that “The universe is on the side of justice” (King,
Stride, 88).
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MLK preached a strong doctrine of replacing hate with Christian love:
Here's MLK's solution to racism and what compelled him
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And in the midst of it, MLK worked tirelessly to end the injustices of Jim Crow laws. Jailed on trumped up charges, it would be JFK who ordered his release. And it was almost certainly MLK's popularity and influence that prompted LBJ's 1964 Civil Rights Act that ended institutional racism once and for all whatever unintended negative consequences came from that.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights, SCLC, Nonviolence: Recognizing the need for a mass movement to capitalize on the successful Montgomery action, King set about organizing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which gave him a base of operation throughout the South, as well...
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I have no problem with MLK being honored for his place in the history of America even though racists of all colors ignore his philosophy and still work to promote racist ideas and policy for their own self interests.