Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day Everyone!

[Elegiac]

the funniest, but also sad, parts are when some people think he would be conservative in modern times..

It's comparable in many ways to the 'white guy friendly with the Indians' trope you saw back in the 90s; it's easier to deal with an unpleasant past by distancing yourself from it and refusing to imagine you're precisely the sort of person MLK would have been critical of.

[Cheerbleeder]

Happy MLK day. Oh and Martin Luther King Jr. was a REPUBLICAN just like Frederick Douglass.

[Elegiac]

Happy MLK day. Oh and Martin Luther King Jr. was a REPUBLICAN just like Frederick Douglass.

"I don't think the Republican party is a party full of the almighty God nor is the Democratic party. They both have weaknesses ... And I'm not inextricably bound to either party."
- King Jr., Martin Luther (2000). Carson, Clayborne; Holloran, Peter; Luker, Ralph; Russell, Penny A., eds. The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr: Symbol of the Movement, January 1957 – December 1958. University of California Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-520-22231-1.

Don't let me get in the way of you blatantly lying, however.

[Ghostpanther]

Hmmm this smacks of dwelling on the gentrified version of King. Popular with privileged internet denizens. While also ignoring the many lawful and peaceful demonstrations over the past two years.
The idea that King would oppose this generation’s most prominent struggle for racial justice is absurd, of course, but appreciate the recent New Yorker cover making the point explicitly that Kaep and Michael Bennett and the rest of those who kneel and march in service of justice today are firmly in keeping with King’s legacy. In his time, King was in many ways an American radical.

He wasn’t murdered for being a moderate.

Yes, I think he would have supported those who knelt at sporting events. He was murdered for being successful in his cause. And no, the radical one was the leader of the Black Panthers. I would not call Martin Luther King a radical. He would not have condoned any of the violence taken place at some BLM protests for sure.

[Cheerbleeder]

the funniest, but also sad, parts are when some people think he would be conservative in modern times..

He was a conservative. Democrats are still stuck in 20th century politics with everything being about skin color. Also he was a church man.

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Don't let me get in the way of you blatantly lying, however.

In their families own words . . . .

[Ripster42]

Happy MLK day. Oh and Martin Luther King Jr. was a REPUBLICAN just like Frederick Douglass.

The southern strategy hadn't culminated yet. He would not belong to the GOP.

[JohnBrown1917]

He was a conservative. Democrats are still stuck in 20th century politics with everything being about skin color. Also he was a church man.

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In their families own words . . . .

[video=youtube;nXEwO7lM25g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEwO7lM25g[video]

He was anti-capitalist, a social democrat(which does not refer to US dems) or maybe even a socialist.

[Dug]

And to think the right wing mongs of today would be bitching about his protests blocking muh traffic.

[Ghostpanther]

Happy MLK day. Oh and Martin Luther King Jr. was a REPUBLICAN just like Frederick Douglass.

Some of the strongest advocates against his cause were Democrats. A higher percentage of Democrats in congress at the time, voted against the Civil Rights bill than Republicans did.

[Doctor Amadeus]

More important than what a man would kill for, what he would fight for is what a man would lay down his life and die for. Love is the Miracle!

[Ghostpanther]

He was anti-capitalist, a social democrat(which does not refer to US dems) or maybe even a socialist.

You are wrong.

[Cheerbleeder]

He was anti-capitalist, a social democrat(which does not refer to US dems) or maybe even a socialist.

No he was not. How many videos do I have to link of his family. They were all Republicans. Open a history book.

[JohnBrown1917]

Some of the strongest advocates against his cause were Democrats. A higher percentage of Democrats in congress at the times, voted against the Civil Rights bill than Republicans did.

And modern Republicans are Conservative as hell, so good luck with that argument.

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No he was not. How many videos do I have to link of his family. They were all Republicans. Open a history book.

You should read his own words, not his families.

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You are wrong.

This 'white washing' of MLK is hilarious

[Elegiac]

In their families own words . . . .

As opposed to -his- own words? Like how in 1956 he stated that he hadn't made a decision between Stevenson and Eisenhower but said "In the past I always voted the Democratic ticket", or how he said in his autobiography that he voted for Kennedy in 1960?

The reality is that he was an independent, not a Republican. Again, stop lying.

[IIamaKing]

He was a conservative. Democrats are still stuck in 20th century politics with everything being about skin color. Also he was a church man.

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In their families own words . . . .

My Grandpa was a Nazi. (he wasn't, he fought and killed Nazis, But "by his family's own words" he is) Your Logic is poor, I will take HIS words over those of his family.

[Elegiac]

Some of the strongest advocates against his cause were Democrats. A higher percentage of Democrats in congress at the time, voted against the Civil Rights bill than Republicans did.

Man it couldn't possibly because MLK lived during the era of the New Deal Coalition, could it?

[Ghostpanther]

And modern Republicans are Conservative as hell, so good luck with that argument.

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You should read his own words, not his families.

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This 'white washing' of MLK is hilarious

I have. How you get he was a socialist is only in your own mind and those who think like you do.

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Man it couldn't possibly because MLK lived during the era of the New Deal Coalition, could it?

I am sure there were .....reasons. :P

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As opposed to -his- own words? Like how in 1956 he stated that he hadn't made a decision between Stevenson and Eisenhower but said "In the past I always voted the Democratic ticket", or how he said in his autobiography that he voted for Kennedy in 1960?

The reality is that he was an independent, not a Republican. Again, stop lying.

I agree with that.

[IIamaKing]

Also, Id like to point out, it matters not one bit at all if he was Dem or Rep, it has 100% ZERO bearing on the weight of his words and actions. Stop trying to tie the man to your wagon twats.

[I Push Buttons]

The answer is no, he wouldn't necessarily be 'okay' with violent protests but he would probably advocate putting the blame where it belongs - on the system - rather than blaming black people for being 'ungrateful' or whatever the All Lives Matter crowd believes in these days.

I hate it when 'the system' rolls through town destroying people's property!

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On topic, happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he was a great man.

[JohnBrown1917]

I have. How you get he was a socialist is only in your own mind and those who think like you do.

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I am sure there were .....reasons. :P

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I agree with that.

I called him a social deemocrat, read more carefully next time.




Not that I'd be wrong.