Jan 15 is MLK day. Why do we honor a white-hating racist?

[Michelle420]

 

[Pogo]

MLK was an alcoholic whoremaster and a plagiarist.

Nope. He was a Capicornian. Just like Jeebus.

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[CleanJean]

Scores of us have already set you straight on myriad bullshittery since you got here --- why don't you listen?

You can lead a horse to wisdom but you can't make it think. That's why.

I prefer no myriad bullshittery. That's why I haven't listened.

 

[Faun]

Since MLK said to judge a person by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, anybody who followed these words would be AGAINST affirmative action.

He advocated for equal rights, and not for the special privileges we see today.

He was a Republican.

Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., affirms that her uncle was a Republican during his lifetime.

LOL

Conservatives are such idiots.

Put Political Strife Out to Pasture
By Dr. Alveda C. King

I have few regrets in my life. At the top of the list is the demise of two children in my womb, and one miscarriage. Next to that, I regret having said to a group of peers that my Uncle M. L. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) was a Republican. I said that without having all the facts.

My grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a registered Republican. Uncle M. L. was an independent, who in his own words tended to vote Democrat. I assumed that since granddaddy was a Republican, Uncle M. L. was too. After all, before the election of President John F. Kennedy, the majority of African-American voters were Republicans.​

 

[Pogo]

Since MLK said to judge a person by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, anybody who followed these words would be AGAINST affirmative action.

He advocated for equal rights, and not for the special privileges we see today.

He was a Republican.

Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., affirms that her uncle was a Republican during his lifetime.

LOL

Conservatives are such idiots.

Put Political Strife Out to Pasture
By Dr. Alveda C. King

I have few regrets in my life. At the top of the list is the demise of two children in my womb, and one miscarriage. Next to that, I regret having said to a group of peers that my Uncle M. L. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) was a Republican. I said that without having all the facts.

My grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. was a registered Republican. Uncle M. L. was an independent, who in his own words tended to vote Democrat. I assumed that since granddaddy was a Republican, Uncle M. L. was too. After all, before the election of President John F. Kennedy, the majority of African-American voters were Republicans.​

She's been given that like five times. Watch her post it yet again as if it never happened, expecting different results.

From the rest of Alveda King's narrative:

>> The truth of the matter is that God isn’t a Republican or a Democrat or a tea party voter. God doesn’t vote. The squabbling and division among the parties is tragic.

.... Uncle M. L. followed a pattern of not publicly endorsing a U.S. political party or candidate. He wrote: "I feel someone must remain in the position of non-alignment, so that he can look objectively at both parties and be the conscience of both — not the servant or master of either." <<
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So here's a poster trying to use Alveda King as a credible source, while simultaneously disregarding King's warning about partisanship, desperate to claim MLK for her "team", oblivious to the sage advice about doing just that --- from her own source.

Hard to believe.

 

[Faun]

Since MLK said to judge a person by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, anybody who followed these words would be AGAINST affirmative action.

He advocated for equal rights, and not for the special privileges we see today.

He was a Republican.

Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., affirms that her uncle was a Republican during his lifetime.

In Chapter 23 of his autobiography, King writes this about the 1964 Republican National Convention:

The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism. All people of goodwill viewed with alarm and concern the frenzied wedding at the Cow Palace of the KKK with the radical right. The “best man” at this ceremony was a senator whose voting record, philosophy, and program were anathema to all the hard-won achievements of the past decade.

Senator Goldwater had neither the concern nor the comprehension necessary to grapple with this problem of poverty in the fashion that the historical moment dictated. On the urgent issue of civil rights, Senator Goldwater represented a philosophy that was morally indefensible and socially suicidal. While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulated a philosophy which gave aid and comfort to the racist. His candidacy and philosophy would serve as an umbrella under which extremists of all stripes would stand. In the light of these facts and because of my love for America, I had no alternative but to urge every Negro and white person of goodwill to vote against Mr. Goldwater and to withdraw support from any Republican candidate that did not publicly disassociate himself from Senator Goldwater and his philosophy.

King barnstormed the country on behalf on Johnson in 1964, “maintaining only a thin veneer of nonpartisanship,” according to biographer Nick Kotz. King called Johnson’s win a “great victory for the forces of progress and a defeat for the forces of retrogress.”

Here is what King had to say about Ronald Reagan, the hero of modern Republicans:


When a Hollywood performer, lacking distinction even as an actor can become a leading war hawk candidate for the Presidency, only the irrationalities induced by a war psychosis can explain such a melancholy turn of events.

He said he never endorsed either party. But he leaned Republican because back then the southern democrats were part of the problem with the sundown towns and Jim Crow laws.

Hmmmm this doesn't sound 'leaning Republican' to me:

Martin Luther King Jr. talking about the GOP National Convention where they nominated Barry Goldwater for President:

The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism. All people of goodwill viewed with alarm and concern the frenzied wedding at the Cow Palace of the KKK with the radical right. The "best man" at this ceremony was a senator whose voting record, philosophy, and program were anathema to all the hard-won achievements of the past decade.

It was both unfortunate and disastrous that the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater as its candidate for President of the United States. In foreign policy Mr. Goldwater advocated a narrow nationalism, a crippling isolationism, and a trigger-happy attitude that could plunge the whole world into the dark abyss of annihilation. On social and economic issues, Mr. Goldwater represented an unrealistic conservatism that was totally out of touch with the realities of the twentieth century. The issue of poverty compelled the attention of all citizens of our country. Senator Goldwater had neither the concern nor the comprehension necessary to grapple with this problem of poverty in the fashion that the historical moment dictated. On the urgent issue of civil rights, Senator Goldwater represented a philosophy that was morally indefensible and socially suicidal. While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulated a philosophy which gave aid and comfort to the racist. His candidacy and philosophy would serve as an umbrella under which extremists of all stripes would stand. In the light of these facts and because of my love for America, I had no alternative but to urge every Negro and white person of goodwill to vote against Mr. Goldwater and to withdraw support from any Republican candidate that did not publicly disassociate himself from Senator Goldwater and his philosophy.

That’s MLK Jr., calling on Republicans to take a forthright and positive position on civil rights.” That didn’t make him a Republican.

 

[Syriusly]

Scores of us have already set you straight on myriad bullshittery since you got here --- why don't you listen?

You can lead a horse to wisdom but you can't make it think. That's why.

I prefer no myriad bullshittery. That's why I haven't listened.

in other words, you prefer your mind uncluttered by the facts.

 

[CleanJean]

I didn't vote for Trump. You obviously know nothing about where I stand politically. Move on.

If you didn't vote for Trump, then you have no business complaining about racism!

 

[Syriusly]

He had spiritual intelligence.

And a talent for cheating on his wife, much like Bill Clinton.

Much like Donald Trump.

Proof? No? Figures.

Proof? You mean like being out with his mistress while still married to his first wife?

You mean like that?

Donald Trump's history with women: adultery, objectification

That is not proof.

Not only has he committed adultery- he has admitted trying to get other women to commit adultery with him

Donald Trump in 1990: Adultery is Not a Sin

“I did try and fuck her. She was married,” Trump said. “I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married,” Trump continued

 

[Syriusly]

I didn't vote for Trump. You obviously know nothing about where I stand politically. Move on.

If you didn't vote for Trump, then you have no business complaining about racism!

Anyone surprised that CleanJean is a Trump voter?

 

[Syriusly]

MLK was an alcoholic whoremaster and a plagiarist.

And Republicans wonder why African Americans don't vote for them.....

 

[Pogo]

He was a Republican.

Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., affirms that her uncle was a Republican during his lifetime.

In Chapter 23 of his autobiography, King writes this about the 1964 Republican National Convention:

The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism. All people of goodwill viewed with alarm and concern the frenzied wedding at the Cow Palace of the KKK with the radical right. The “best man” at this ceremony was a senator whose voting record, philosophy, and program were anathema to all the hard-won achievements of the past decade.

Senator Goldwater had neither the concern nor the comprehension necessary to grapple with this problem of poverty in the fashion that the historical moment dictated. On the urgent issue of civil rights, Senator Goldwater represented a philosophy that was morally indefensible and socially suicidal. While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulated a philosophy which gave aid and comfort to the racist. His candidacy and philosophy would serve as an umbrella under which extremists of all stripes would stand. In the light of these facts and because of my love for America, I had no alternative but to urge every Negro and white person of goodwill to vote against Mr. Goldwater and to withdraw support from any Republican candidate that did not publicly disassociate himself from Senator Goldwater and his philosophy.

King barnstormed the country on behalf on Johnson in 1964, “maintaining only a thin veneer of nonpartisanship,” according to biographer Nick Kotz. King called Johnson’s win a “great victory for the forces of progress and a defeat for the forces of retrogress.”

Here is what King had to say about Ronald Reagan, the hero of modern Republicans:


When a Hollywood performer, lacking distinction even as an actor can become a leading war hawk candidate for the Presidency, only the irrationalities induced by a war psychosis can explain such a melancholy turn of events.

He said he never endorsed either party. But he leaned Republican because back then the southern democrats were part of the problem with the sundown towns and Jim Crow laws.

Hmmmm this doesn't sound 'leaning Republican' to me:

Martin Luther King Jr. talking about the GOP National Convention where they nominated Barry Goldwater for President:

The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism. All people of goodwill viewed with alarm and concern the frenzied wedding at the Cow Palace of the KKK with the radical right. The "best man" at this ceremony was a senator whose voting record, philosophy, and program were anathema to all the hard-won achievements of the past decade.

It was both unfortunate and disastrous that the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater as its candidate for President of the United States. In foreign policy Mr. Goldwater advocated a narrow nationalism, a crippling isolationism, and a trigger-happy attitude that could plunge the whole world into the dark abyss of annihilation. On social and economic issues, Mr. Goldwater represented an unrealistic conservatism that was totally out of touch with the realities of the twentieth century. The issue of poverty compelled the attention of all citizens of our country. Senator Goldwater had neither the concern nor the comprehension necessary to grapple with this problem of poverty in the fashion that the historical moment dictated. On the urgent issue of civil rights, Senator Goldwater represented a philosophy that was morally indefensible and socially suicidal. While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulated a philosophy which gave aid and comfort to the racist. His candidacy and philosophy would serve as an umbrella under which extremists of all stripes would stand. In the light of these facts and because of my love for America, I had no alternative but to urge every Negro and white person of goodwill to vote against Mr. Goldwater and to withdraw support from any Republican candidate that did not publicly disassociate himself from Senator Goldwater and his philosophy.

That’s MLK Jr., calling on Republicans to take a forthright and positive position on civil rights.” That didn’t make him a Republican.

LBJ said the same thing --- and I doubt he was a Republican........

>> Johnson and his chief political strategists on the civil rights bill --- Larry O'Brien and Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach --- began huddling within days of the assassination. Key to passage, they recognized, would be the civil rights organizations, labor, business, the churches, and the Republican party.

.... On his way to the office on the morning of December 4 [1963]--- the Johnsons were still living at The Elms --- LBJ had his driver swing by and pick up George Meany, who lived nearby. During the ride, Meany promised he would do everything possible to secure support for the civil rights bill from leaders of the AFL-CIO, no small task because the measure covered apprenticeship programs. A day later, LBJ gathered up House Republican Minority Leader Charles Halleck for the trip downtown. Halleck was noncommittal; Johnson made it plain that he was going to hold the GOP's feet to the fire on civil rights: "I'm going to lay it on the line ... now you're either for civil rights or you're not ... you're either the party of Lincoln or you're not --- By God, put up or shut up."15 <<---- LBJ: Architect of American Ambition, pp. 470-471
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[CleanJean]

That’s MLK Jr., calling on Republicans to take a forthright and positive position on civil rights.” That didn’t make him a Republican.

Being a racist is what didn't make him a Republican.

 

[Pogo]

That’s MLK Jr., calling on Republicans to take a forthright and positive position on civil rights.” That didn’t make him a Republican.

Being a racist is what didn't make him a Republican.

Racism doesn't have a political party Dumbass. It's a social construct.

But you go ahead and demonstrate to the class how if you want to embark on a career in racism you first have to register with a freaking political party.

SMH

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Since MLK said to judge a person by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, anybody who followed these words would be AGAINST affirmative action.

He advocated for equal rights, and not for the special privileges we see today.

"Whenever the issue of compensatory treatment for the Negro is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree; but he should ask nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic."

"A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[miketx]

MLK was an alcoholic whoremaster and a plagiarist.

And Republicans wonder why African Americans don't vote for them.....

I say it was more in line with blacks being stupid and gullible.

 

[Syriusly]

That’s MLK Jr., calling on Republicans to take a forthright and positive position on civil rights.” That didn’t make him a Republican.

Being a racist is what didn't make him a Republican.

CleanJean is so out of there I can't tell whether she is a trolling the Republicans or not.

 

[Syriusly]

MLK was an alcoholic whoremaster and a plagiarist.

And Republicans wonder why African Americans don't vote for them.....

I say it was more in line with blacks being stupid and gullible.

Well statements like yours and Tipsy are pretty much the reason why African Americans are informed voters when they vote against Republicans.

 

[miketx]

MLK was an alcoholic whoremaster and a plagiarist.

And Republicans wonder why African Americans don't vote for them.....

I say it was more in line with blacks being stupid and gullible.

Well statements like yours and Tipsy are pretty much the reason why African Americans are informed voters when they vote against Republicans.

You are a fool as well. Democrats have done nothing for blacks and here you wanna keep them on the plantation!

 

[CleanJean]

Scores of us have already set you straight on myriad bullshittery since you got here --- why don't you listen?

You can lead a horse to wisdom but you can't make it think. That's why.

I prefer no myriad bullshittery. That's why I haven't listened.

in other words, you prefer your mind uncluttered by the facts.

Yes, uncluttered by the facts is 100% better than be cluttered by bullshit.