Dr Martin Luther King saved this country

[rightwinger]

Whatever King had to say was leached out by his alcoholism, whoring, plagiarism, and ultimately embezzling from his church to fund his partying lifestyle.

Amazing watching the racists resort to the same smears they used 50 years ago.
Only difference is you left off Commie

 

[IM2]

Whatever King had to say was leached out by his alcoholism, whoring, plagiarism, and ultimately embezzling from his church to fund his partying lifestyle.

Wrong.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

If not for MLK, this country would resemble South Africa before Mandela.

How about Malcom X? Have you forgotten what he did?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

And the Right Wing, religious, Conservative Republicans created the abolitionist movement and fought to end slavery.....

Republicans wanted to conserve the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the democrats wanted to conserve slavery.

LOL! Nope..at that time..the Republicans were the left-wing party..progressives. The Abolitionist movement was not really a political movement..although it had its political elements, to be sure. If anything, it was a religious movement first..and a grassroots cultural movement.
The Constitution codified slavery..and 'saving' it had no bearing at all on Republican positions in 1860.
Most of the fight was to preserve the Union...ending slavery was some people's goals..and it made for a great populist slogan.

Dude, no matter how hard your ilk tries..there is no way any intelligent person is going to conflate the Republican and Democrat parties of 1860 and the parties as they are now..no one. You can howl until you're blue, it just is not true. Like trying to make Nazi's into Socialists and Fascists into left-wingers...it's a non-starter.
Anyone who presents shit like that seriously loses all intellectual credibility and shows themselves to be brainless tools.

Oh yeah, and in 1860..by our lights..everyone was a Racist..everyone...even the abolitionists. Abe Lincoln, along with every almost White man living at the time...thought that Blacks were inferior. Some thought that it was possible to 'uplift' Black folk..some thought it was a waste of time. About the only real difference was that the abolitionists conceded the Black man's intrinsic humanity..the South didn't even allow that.

 

[2aguy]

LOL! Nope..at that time..the Republicans were the left-wing party..progressives. The Abolitionist movement was not really a political movement..although it had its political elements, to be sure. If anything, it was a religious movement first..and a grassroots cultural movement.
The Constitution codified slavery..and 'saving' it had no bearing at all on Republican positions in 1860.
Most of the fight was to preserve the Union...ending slavery was some people's goals..and it made for a great populist slogan.

Dude, no matter how hard your ilk tries..there is no way any intelligent person is going to conflate the Republican and Democrat parties of 1860 and the parties as they are now..no one. You can howl until you're blue, it just is not true. Like trying to make Nazi's into Socialists and Fascists into left-wingers...it's a non-starter.
Anyone who presents shit like that seriously loses all intellectual credibility and shows themselves to be brainless tools.

Oh yeah, and in 1860..by our lights..everyone was a Racist..everyone...even the abolitionists. Abe Lincoln, along with every almost White man living at the time...thought that Blacks were inferior. Some thought that it was possible to 'uplift' Black folk..some thought it was a waste of time. About the only real difference was that the abolitionists conceded the Black man's intrinsic humanity..the South didn't even allow that.

The democrats owned the slaves.......they started the Civil War to keep the slaves, when the republicans beat the democrats, they freed the slaves.........the democrats then started jim crow and founded the kkk......

Today, the democrats are still the party of the racists.....they just accepted racists of all skin colors like barak obama......the racist and anti-semite......they seek to segregate society by race, and they use racism as their tool and weapon.....those are facts.....

 

[LeftofLeft]

Southern Democrats voted No

Ultimately, enough of them and significant Southern Democrats cut a deal or got their arm twisted by Johnson to support it. The myth is that Soithern Democrats got a conscience overnight and realized how horrible they and their ancestors had treated Blacks for a century following the Civil War. They realized Blacks could be converted to votes if Civil Rights came from them. To this day, look how Democrats conditionally treat Blacks.

 

[Dragonlady]

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

Suppressing the non-white vote. Don't forget that one.

 

[Dragonlady]

The democrats owned the slaves.......they started the Civil War to keep the slaves, when the republicans beat the democrats, they freed the slaves.........the democrats then started jim crow and founded the kkk......

Today, the democrats are still the party of the racists.....they just accepted racists of all skin colors like barak obama......the racist and anti-semite......they seek to segregate society by race, and they use racism as their tool and weapon.....those are facts.....

There were no Democrats before 1830 - so no the "Democrats" didn't own the slaves.

Thank you for proving you have no knowledge whatsoever of US history and politics. Your endless parroting of the brainwashed lies you believe is just pathetic. You should be locked in a room and forced to read the history of the USA without input from right wing media.

 

[rightwinger]

There were no Democrats before 1830 - so no the "Democrats" didn't own the slaves.

Thank you for proving you have no knowledge whatsoever of US history and politics. Your endless parroting of the brainwashed lies you believe is just pathetic. You should be locked in a room and forced to read the history of the USA without input from right wing media.

Conservatives also try to claim ownership of the legacy of Martin Luther King and that he espoused their values

 

[rightwinger]

Today, the democrats are still the party of the racists

It is Republicans who defend the Confederacy, embrace white supremacy and built a coalition by convincing white males that society is out to get them

 

[citygator]

Off topic: Crazy to scroll through this thread and see some of you posting here for more than a decade.

 

[jc456]

Those Democrats were Conservatives....fact.

Those were demofks.

 

[jc456]

There were no Democrats before 1830 - so no the "Democrats" didn't own the slaves.

Thank you for proving you have no knowledge whatsoever of US history and politics. Your endless parroting of the brainwashed lies you believe is just pathetic. You should be locked in a room and forced to read the history of the USA without input from right wing media.

Says a Canadian

 

[jc456]

Suppressing the non-white vote. Don't forget that one.

Blacks are inferior for you?

 

[Redfish]

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

affirmative action is discrimination

which social programs have republicans cancelled?

Whose healthcare have republicans taken away?

or, can we discuss the billions wasted in Ukrraine? how about the millions in bribes sitting in Biden family accounts?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Says a Canadian

...who knows her history....unlike your ilk!

 

[rightwinger]

affirmative action is discrimination

which social programs have republicans cancelled?

Whose healthcare have republicans taken away?

or, can we discuss the billions wasted in Ukrraine? how about the millions in bribes sitting in Biden family accounts?

Affirmative Action opened up opportunities to those who were not White males
Republicans have attacked Medicaid, SNAP, child care, Obamacare
Republicans voted to take away the healthcare of 40 million Americans

MLK did not care about Ukraine

 

[MarcATL]

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

He was ******* 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.

This guy is a liar....



But we all already knew that.

 

[Polishprince]

Affirmative Action opened up opportunities to those who were not White males
Republicans have attacked Medicaid, SNAP, child care, Obamacare
Republicans voted to take away the healthcare of 40 million Americans

MLK did not care about Ukraine

So in your view, MLK's legacy was to establish a permanent Affirmative Action State that would seek apologies from the honkies for all of eternity? Not too much of a "dream" IMHO

 

[rightwinger]

So in your view, MLK's legacy was to establish a permanent Affirmative Action State that would seek apologies from the honkies for all of eternity? Not too much of a "dream" IMHO

Actually, MLKs legacy is to force us to realize that the world is not just White Males

More so he made us look in a mirror and realize we are not the bastion of freedom and liberty that we told the world we are.
He made us realize that “All men are created equal” means just that