Posted on 01/16/2023 4:23:06 AM PST by MtnClimber
Martin Luther King Jr. was more than a great pastor and civil rights leader. He had a deeply discerning mind that focused on timeless truths. The holiday in his commemoration is not only the time to celebrate his depth, character, and accomplishments, but it is also an occasion to reflect on the conditioning and brainwashing that characterize today’s woke culture, which now accepts and seeks to normalize the legitimacy of divisive and demoralizing ideologies.
In contrast, King was all about constructive action directed at racial and social healing through truth, love, and peaceful nonviolent debate and protest. Those who claim to hold up the torch of civil rights today, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, would do well to heed both King’s own words as well as the timeless works that he often drew from.
The woke movement in the United States is the progeny of Black Lives Matter, an organization that was founded by Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza who openly admit to being Marxist organizers. For those who relate wokeness to progress, there is a gnawing question: What good ever came out of Marxism? While some newcomers to the philosophy might idealistically presuppose their cause is about a socialist utopia, the outcomes of socialism in practice in diverse nations have almost all ended in poverty and misery.
King recognized that the self-evident truth in the Declaration of Independence “that all men are created equal… with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” wasn’t realized in 1776, nor when the U.S. Constitution was ratified some 14 years later. Nor was Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” proposition “that all men are created equal” fulfilled through the Civil War’s Emancipation Proclamation.
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I wonder what MLK would think of BLM.
That’s a fine bit of writing by Powell. It contains 3 or 4 resounding King quotes. I love some of his quotes. He was extremely erudite. Compare him to Jesse Jackson and you’ll find a giant and a midget.
The premise of the whole article is wrong from the start, as it assumes wokies can actually learn something. The fact is, they are driven not by logic but by raw emotion. As such, they can’t apply the level of critical thinking needed to actually change their thinking.
The woke leadership are driven by the desire to promote a scam which will enrich them.
They want to cash in on white guilt, but in the process are making an increasing number of white people get fed up.
That they will eventually get shot?
It might be more appropriate, in light of recent politics, to swap it for Constitution Day, as it is the rule and guide of our American civilization.
Martin Luther King Jr And His Guns
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Had Pro-Life View Opposing Abortion
https://www.lifenews.com/2011/07/22/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-had-pro-life-view-opposing-abortion/
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