Civil rights meant one thing back then. Today, its become a cover for pushing socialism upon the American people. We've corrected the abuses of the past but rest assured today's civil right leaders see King's legacy as a means of promoting racial extortion, expansion of big government, and beefing up entitlement programs. If you don't believe me, all you need to do is observe the behavior of the mainstream civil rights leadership. They've tied themselves into the Democratic Party. So as much I'm proud of what happened in the country half a century ago, today civil rights is not about extending rights to Americans but stealing from them in the name of rights - like say, "equality." Please go ahead and tell me that's fair. If that's what MLK Day means in our time, you're damned right I want no part of it.
Exactly right. Todays paper here in St. Louis (Post-Disgrace) has an editorial chiding us about how little is being done to help equalize American society. The left hasn't learned a thing from the last election.