I withhold judgment until proven but will say from some of his past exploits, it wouldn’t surprise me terribly.
“I withhold judgment until proven ...”
Ditto
Myths of Martin Luther King==By Marcus Epstein January 18, 2003 The full explanations at the source.
There is probably no greater sacred cow in America than Martin Luther King Jr. The slightest criticism of him or even suggesting that he isn’t deserving of a national holiday leads to the usual accusations of racist, fascism, and the rest of the usual left-wing epithets not only from liberals, but also from many ostensible conservatives and libertarians...
Today, the official conservative and libertarian movement portrays King as someone on our side who would be fighting Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton if he were alive. Most all conservative publications and websites have articles around this time of the year praising King and discussing how today’s civil rights leaders are betraying his legacy......
... many King admirers even claim to adhere to principles like freedom of association and federalism. ...They have created a mythical Martin Luther King Jr., that they constructed solely from one line in his “I Have a Dream” speech.
In this article, I will try to dispel the major myths that the conservative movement has about King.... in I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King by black leftist Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson shows that King supported black power, reparations, affirmative action, and socialism. He believes this made King even more admirable. He also deals frankly with King’s philandering and plagiarism, though he excuses them. ....
Myth #1: King wanted only equal rights, not special privileges and would have opposed affirmative action, quotas, reparations, and the other policies pursued by today’s civil rights leadership.
Myth # 2: King was an American patriot, who tried to get Americans to live up to their founding ideals.
Myth # 3: King was a Christian activist whose struggle for civil rights is similar to the battles fought by the Christian Right today.
Myth # 4: King was an anti-communist. Though never a Communist, he had knowingly surrounded himself with Communists.
Myth # 5: King supported the free market.
Myth # 6: King was a conservative.
Myth # 7: King wasn’t a plagiarist.- 45%-80%
Rather than face the truth about King’s views, they create a man based upon a few lines about judging men “by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin” – something we are not supposed to do in his case, of course – while ignoring everything else he said and did. If King is truly an admirable figure, they are doing his legacy a disservice by using his name to promote an agenda he clearly would not have supported.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2003/01/marcus-epstein/myths-of-martin-luther-king/