[Tall_Texan]

Since you've apparently moved a topic from another thread onto this one, can you at least let me in on the discussion?

FWIW, my point wasn't to disrespect King or his memory at all. It was to point out what happens when political correctness is thrust back at the liberals and how they object to it.

The whole premise behind political correctness is to remove or alter things or words that make others (i.e. those whom liberals value) feel offended or marginalized. We can't have Christmas anymore because non-Christians might be offended, etc.

So along comes a group that wishes to expand on MLK's birthday and make it more inclusive and the reaction of some is "hell, no, you can't go change **our** holiday for **our** people - why, that's a slap in the face."

I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of the left - yet again.

[Tall_Texan]

(slightly) more info from the radio station's website:

(sorry for the all-caps, this is cut-and-paste)

LAST MONTH WHEN CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW HOLIDAY,THEY VOTED TO CALL MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY,"CIVIL RIGHTS DAY." BUT, THAT OFFENDED MANY PEOPLE. CEDAR PARK'S BLACK FORMER MAYOR, GEORGE DENNY,SAYS CHOOSING THAT NAME WAS A MISTAKE. WHEN CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETS ON THURSDAY, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE IT BACK TO
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY.

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Since you've apparently moved a topic from another thread onto this one, can you at least let me in on the conversation?

Absolutely, Tall-Texan.

Although you're not the offending party, this is another reaction to FR's annual trashing of MLK. It makes no sense.

For example, see post #2. "A slap in MLK's face!!!" What on earth was that?

No one wants to talk about why MLK was needed (and he was definitely needed). They'd rather berate his character, and he did indeed have flaws. No man is perfect.

He's not a personal hero of mine. But I do appreciate him for holding a mirror in America's face and forcing her to realize that she was being a complete hypocrite.

Brave black men fighting and dying in her wars, yet the government they fought for denied them the right to vote and deemed them second-class citizens under the law. Black men and women paying taxes, on the federal and State level, yet these governments took their tax money and then segretated them?

No! That wasn't cool. It was evil. Pure evil.

So FReepers annually trash this man. Yes, he was an adulterer. Yes, he was too friendly with socialism. No one will get an argument from me there. But what about the why behind the movement?

None who berate him in his person want to discuss that.

We're not talking about ancient history here. It's not Revolutionary War era history here. Nor is it the Civil War era history here, either. You have millions upon millions of people who are living today who lived through that time when King lived. Those who knew the evil of Jim Crow, being denied the right to vote, being denied the freedom of association. Those who no matter how honorably and lawfully they lived their lives were still nothing more than niggers in this land. They're still here.

Yet and still, these who berate him seem to have forgotten. Well, I'll remind them.

That was the subject. I did not mean to hijack your thread. If I did, I apologize.