Dr Martin Luther King saved this country

[LeftofLeft]

Let’s get it straight.
I was alive at the time and I saw how US CONSERVATIVES treated Dr King.

They called him a Communist, Whore Monger, racist
Read this thread….you can see they still do

It was Republicans who fought against a Dr King Holiday because they did not think him worthy

Those CONSERVATIVES you speak of were Kennedy, Johnson, and the rest of the Democrat Party

 

[MarcATL]

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

Well said.

 

[rightwinger]

Those CONSERVATIVES you speak of were Kennedy, Johnson, and the rest of the Democrat Party

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

 

[rightwinger]

I look at Dr King as an American Patriot on par with the founders of our Country.

Like our founders, Dr King fought for Liberty and Justice for Americans who were being deprived of equal treatment.

Dr King gave his life for the cause.

If you read the Declaration of Independence there is a list of grievances justifying Independence.
Those grievances included lack of representation, taxes, housing of troops in peoples homes.

They pale in comparison to the grievances blacks had against this country.

 

[Polishprince]

Dr King gave his life for the cause.

The civil rights laws were already enacted by the time MLK got his ass clipped in Memphis so the cause was completed.

Dr. Ray never really confessed, so we still don't know his motivations for the deed.

 

[rightwinger]

The civil rights laws were already enacted by the time MLK got his ass clipped in Memphis so the cause was completed.

Dr. Ray never really confessed, so we still don't know his motivations for the deed.

No reason to kill King outside of his prominence on Civil Rights

Dr King was not done

 

[Polishprince]

No reason to kill King outside of his prominence on Civil Rights

Dr King was not done

Actually, there were plenty of people with motivation to whack King other than civil rights.

He was fucking other people's wives, and a lot of southern men care about that kind of thing. Further, there were guys like Jesse Jackson who hoped to rise in prominence and MLK stood in their way.

 

[rightwinger]

Actually, there were plenty of people with motivation to whack King other than civil rights.

He was fucking other people's wives, and a lot of southern men care about that kind of thing. Further, there were guys like Jesse Jackson who hoped to rise in prominence and MLK stood in their way.

What a stupid response

 

[WelfareQueen]

Sad to see todays Republicans working to reverse Dr Kings legacy.
Reverse Affirmative Action
Gut social programs
Take away healthcare

Talking points. None of them true except Affirmative Action because it's racist.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Never have and never will celebrate this horrible man. Its sad that this country makes a national holiday for such a vile man.

Sealed FBI audio tapes allege Martin Luther King Jr. had affairs with 40 women and watched while a friend raped a woman, a report claims

An article by David Garrow set to be released on Thursday will detail FBI memos that describe the tapes, The Times reported.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Polishprince]

What a stupid response

You've never heard of men getting violent if their wives are fucking around? Or women getting violent if their husbands were?

Not "stupid" at all. A lot more guys assume room temperature for those reasons than for the alleged and never proven theory on why MLK was capped.

 

[theHawk]

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

What’s funny is his message falls on deaf ears in the Democrat Party of today.

Judge people by their character? Assess people on their abilities and not their skin color?

As if!

Now the Dems are all about race based discrimination. Whites are bad and we must promote “minorities” all the time. “Diversity” now means non-whites only.

Protests should always be peaceful? Tell that to BLM rioters and mobs that attack people based on their skin color.

The radical left now hate MLK’s actual message.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

You've never heard of men getting violent if their wives are fucking around? Or women getting violent if their husbands were?

Not "stupid" at all. A lot more guys assume room temperature for those reasons than for the alleged and never proven theory on why MLK was capped.

Thats right. You go committing numerous adulterous affairs, you'd better be looking over your back................

 

[jc456]

What’s funny is his message falls on deaf ears in the Democrat Party of today.

Judge people by their character? Assess people on their abilities and not their skin color?

As if!

Now the Dems are all about race based discrimination. Whites are bad and we must promote “minorities” all the time. “Diversity” now means non-whites only.

Protests should always be peaceful? Tell that to BLM rioters and mobs that attack people based on their skin color.

The radical left now hate MLK’s actual message.

Affirmative action was not part of MLK

 

[rightwinger]

Talking points. None of them true except Affirmative Action because it's racist.

Republicans killed Affirmative Action.
They have also attacked low cost healthcare, and social programs

No denying it

 

[rightwinger]

Affirmative action was not part of MLK

MLK was a proponent of Affirmative Action

 

[Desperado]

Never have and never will celebrate this horrible man. Its sad that this country makes a national holiday for such a vile man.

Sealed FBI audio tapes allege Martin Luther King Jr. had affairs with 40 women and watched while a friend raped a woman, a report claims

An article by David Garrow set to be released on Thursday will detail FBI memos that describe the tapes, The Times reported.

www.businessinsider.com

They only did it to placate the blacks, same reason that george floyd is held in high esteem

 

[rightwinger]

What’s funny is his message falls on deaf ears in the Democrat Party of today.

Judge people by their character? Assess people on their abilities and not their skin color?

As if!

Now the Dems are all about race based discrimination. Whites are bad and we must promote “minorities” all the time. “Diversity” now means non-whites only.

Protests should always be peaceful? Tell that to BLM rioters and mobs that attack people based on their skin color.

The radical left now hate MLK’s actual message.

Dr King supported Affirmative Action
He also would have objected to police abuse of suspects who are handcuffed

Your claim that pointing out racial injustice is somehow racist is laughable

 

[jc456]

They only did it to placate the blacks, same reason that george floyd is held in high esteem

Manipulation again by Demofks

 

[rightwinger]

They only did it to placate the blacks, same reason that george floyd is held in high esteem

Dr King was an American Patriot just as much as our founding fathers. Cost him his life.
He deserves to be honored as such