Dr Martin Luther King saved this country

[rightwinger]

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

Martin Luther King saved this nation from what? Overwhelming success?

Unlike what our President believes.......a Great Nation does not maintain second class citizens

 

[rightwinger]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

Our President cheated on multiple wives

But conservatives continually use it to besmirch Dr King while they celebrate Trump

 

[Correll]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

We lost a President's day for him. MLK was not of a status of Washington or Lincoln.

 

[Correll]

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

Martin Luther King saved this nation from what? Overwhelming success?

Unlike what our President believes.......a Great Nation does not maintain second class citizens

Says the man dreaming of the day when Whites are completely marginalized.

 

[Correll]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

Our President cheated on multiple wives

But conservatives continually use it to besmirch Dr King while they celebrate Trump

So, which is it to YOU? Important or not?

 

[Bush92]

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

Martin Luther King saved this nation from what? Overwhelming success?

Unlike what our President believes.......a Great Nation does not maintain second class citizens

Says the man dreaming of the day when Whites are completely marginalized.

He was a communist to the core.

 

[Bush92]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

We lost a President's day for him. MLK was not of a status of Washington or Lincoln.

Bullshit PC liberalism has created a holiday for a communist.

 

[rightwinger]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

We lost a President's day for him. MLK was not of a status of Washington or Lincoln.

Dr King was as much a Patriot as either

He fought for Liberty and Justice........Gave his life for freedom

 

[Bush92]

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

Martin Luther King saved this nation from what? Overwhelming success?

Unlike what our President believes.......a Great Nation does not maintain second class citizens

Blacks are not victims nor second class citizens. That is a state of mind. Get off your ass, stop smoking dope, raise your child “babies daddy”, and stop being a gang banger piece of shit.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

MLK would be extremely...extremely disappointed and outraged at what has happened to black culture in the past 30 years.
Exactly as he predicted, if the black man accepted white handouts the game is over.
Sad.

 

[Bonzi]

The guy was a douche for messing around on his wife, but, otherwise, had good and true things to say...

 

[Bush92]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

We lost a President's day for him. MLK was not of a status of Washington or Lincoln.

Dr King was as much a Patriot as either

He fought for Liberty and Justice........Gave his life for freedom

You are completely indoctrinated aren’t you?

 

[rightwinger]

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

Martin Luther King saved this nation from what? Overwhelming success?

Unlike what our President believes.......a Great Nation does not maintain second class citizens

Says the man dreaming of the day when Whites are completely marginalized.

Not being able to marginalize others is not marginalization

 

[Correll]

If King had been white and had been conservative on even a few major issues, I wonder if liberals would be so quick to ignore the fact that he assaulted one of his mistresses the night before his death (he "knocked her across the bed" and the two proceeded to have "a full-blown fight"), frequently cheated on his wife, swore profusely in private (not exactly conduct you'd expect from a "reverend"), and cheated in college.

This said, I agree that King's public works are worth honoring, that he did a great deal of good in his public actions. However, I think Booker T. Washington was and is more deserving of a holiday than King.

We lost a President's day for him. MLK was not of a status of Washington or Lincoln.

Dr King was as much a Patriot as either

He fought for Liberty and Justice........Gave his life for freedom

Washington was the Father of the Nation.


Lincoln ended slavery.


MLK, made serious advances in Civil Rights.



HE does not rate.



It is, at best, pandering of the worst sort.

 

[Bush92]

The guy was a douche for messing around on his wife, but, otherwise, had good and true things to say...

I totally disagree with his Marxist politics. But he was correct on segregation policies in a small portion of the United States.

 

[Bush92]

MLK would be extremely...extremely disappointed and outraged at what has happened to black culture in the past 30 years.
Exactly as he predicted, if the black man accepted white handouts the game is over.
Sad.

He would be disappointed the first time he saw a black male with his pants hanging off his ass listening to that fucking trash rap music.

 

[Bonzi]

African Americans were brought here, unwillingly.

Think about that....

 

[Correll]

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

Martin Luther King saved this nation from what? Overwhelming success?

Unlike what our President believes.......a Great Nation does not maintain second class citizens

Says the man dreaming of the day when Whites are completely marginalized.

Not being able to marginalize others is not marginalization

Your lies to yourself do not stop you from being a bad person.

 

[Bonzi]

MLK would be extremely...extremely disappointed and outraged at what has happened to black culture in the past 30 years.
Exactly as he predicted, if the black man accepted white handouts the game is over.
Sad.

He would be disappointed the first time he saw a black male with his pants hanging off his ass listening to that fucking trash rap music.

Why? If the man that did this was loving and giving, I don't think he'd care.

 

[Esmeralda]

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

I've taught in four countries outside the States, in international schools with kids from around the world. Everyone knows about King. Everyone admires what he did. He's our Nelson Mandala, whom they also know and respect. People don't like racism and bigoty. They admire those who fight against it. MLK represents the best our country has to offer. Too bad what we have in the WH today is the worst.