That said, I, probably like you, have children, and I want them to live in an America that is better, not worse than the one we grew up in. The left is destroying (or trying to) every American hero we can think of - particularly those who shared many of the ideals, beliefs, and dreams that many here on FR have. It does no good to fall into their trap (and it is a trap - designed to ignite differences between black and white, conservative and crazy (i.e. left), and be targeted with trying to destroy a person the left have inappropriately claimed as their own.
There are plenty, an abundance, of people who happen to have dark skin who have been or are heroes in the context of America and the world. Unfortunately, because their stories don't fit the narrative, they are ignored by the American media and American filmmakers etc. So, many in the black/non-white communities never hear of them, who they were/are, and what they've done to help make our nation great. The last thing we need to do is to destroy the image of someone they (all of us) do know. MLK’s message is beyond his reality. JFK was highly flawed, but what he did with the space program is beyond his reality.
I just want us to beat the left, and stop their cynical attempt to destroy those good things that we once stood for as a nation. Let's not play into their hands. If the left wants to take down MLK, let them. I will not play.
“The last thing we need to do is to destroy the image of someone they (all of us) do know. MLK’s message is beyond his reality.”
The newspaper publisher justified hiding the truth by saying: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
The news media still says that.
I disagree.