(an opinion piece)
MLK was an awful man...a lousy husband and a derelict father not mention a shameless plagiarist; But he was a figurehead for the people at a time when they needed hope. More than anything else about MLK it was his timing... he was at the right place at the right time backing the right issue.
For that reason people tend to look away from the particulars and focus on the larger issue which at the time was equal civil rights for all human beings. Always and forever a righteous cause!
We face a similar situation today with the onslaught of deviance attacking normalcy and tradition. Less than 1% of the population has managed to grab the public podium and are working very hard to make changes in society that 99% of society does not want. It will not succeed but it has grown into an oppressive movement using tactics like cancel culture, political arm bending and now we have moved to violence.
Charlie Kirk also had unusually good timing. He rose up in the midst of this onslaught to become a figurehead for the traditionalists, the normals.
He had a message that resonated with them and while he certainly wasn't perfect ( geez you think MLK thought about perfect when he was screwing around with the prostitutes from City to City? ) this message had a legitimate foundation.
Now with his martyrdom we will see that message amplified a thousand times. Whatever it is the confessed shooter sought to accomplish will be overturned many fold in the other direction.
Just the other day..... 24 hours after Kirk's death I drove by the YWCA mural wall in my city which up till then was inhabited by the most exquisite work of art demonstrating the growth of a young black girl into womanhood, motherhood and then old age against the backdrop of an urban setting. I grew to love that picture..... To my great dismay it was being whitewashed to be replaced by an image of Charlie Kirk.
Prophetic much?
Yes I think so.
