He was not perfect.
But he did preach non-violence and “content of your character”
Today’s generation has no clue what that means.
You beat me to it with that reply, and did it better. I agree.
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He was not perfect.
But he did preach non-violence and “content of your character”
Today’s generation has no clue what that means.
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Amen
MLK was flawed and that said, without him, Blacks would be much worse off and things would have taken longer to dissolve the racist Jim Crow laws.
Most ignorant masses don’t know all MLK’s flaws; you know what? They never will. And we have to pick out battles. Do we want to die on the hill of MLK was a socialist, aldulterer, etc.? I don’t. I am comfortable knowing he was and letting my black brethren have that point and not spoil things for them.
I would rather educate and inform on Black Israelites who are racists in the face of the students from Covington, KY, and the fake Indian who paid by Soros confronted them and the MSM who spewed the false narrative and haven’t walked it back yet...that hill I will stand on.
Pick your battles...if you want unity, you won’t win all of them and some, just know you are right in your heart and be good enough with that.
Well said.
> He was not perfect. But he did preach non-violence and “content of your character” <
Well said. And as Sans-Culotte noted, MLK showed great personal courage.
Every great person had his weaknesses. There is nothing wrong with mentioning those faults. But I find it sad how some people will focus almost exclusively on them. It makes me wonder what their true agenda is.
A good example of that is when George Washington is discussed. He was a man of great vision and courage. But some people will pound the fact that he was also a slave owner. So don’t celebrate all the good Washington did! Let’s instead focus on the slavery thing.
And every year on MLK day, King gets the same sort of treatment.
He was not perfect.
But he did preach non-violence and “content of your character”
Today’s generation has no clue what that means.
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As I learned at the 11 annual MLK Day all day sessions I attended at the university from which I just retired, the other factions including the Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X and H.Rap Brown types considered MLK hopelessly old fashioned and needlessly nonviolent but recognized that his faction was needed to make progress and he had to be honored to keep the movement together for its goals. It didn’t last as MLK was soon gone, of course.
At a session I attended in 2017 the leader showed a white board list of phrases.
The one “All people are equal and should be treated equally and have full rights without regard to race.” was a good thing in MLK’s lifetime but IS A BAD STATEMENT TODAY.
Why? Black people have to have special, extra rights to make up for white privilege and white rights of the past which require reparations and new laws today. “Equal rights” is thus an insult and a call to arms by blacks.
This was a college instructor lecturing students, faculty and staff in a room in a university.
“Equal” isn’t good enough.
Wow.