Posted on 11/06/2019 3:39:39 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Obama had nothing to do with that one either. Approval for the King memorial passed out of Congress in 1996.
And Obama didn't have anything to do with that one either. Congress approved it in 1996.
A judge will throw it out.
You are aware of the difference between dedicating something and being responsible for it being there, aren’t you? Had Obama not dedicated it the statue would still be there.
Why is it always Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard? ...Chicago has King Drive names after that King.
The Paseo is a well known and historical street in KC. Why didnt they pick another street?
Sadly, you are right. His message is lost today.
Here is some off topic, but related good news....
It looks like Washington state voters have rejected an attempt by the legislature to “legalize” affirmative action.
The ballot measure - Referendum 88 - is currently close to a 52-48 rejection.
Unfortunately, we use mail-in ballots, so it can take weeks to get a final vote count.
About 1 million ballots were counted today. About 330,000 still need to be counted.
About 130,000 are uncounted in King County (Seattle).
If the current trend continues, it will be rejected.
But, in Washington state, no election is ever completely over until the Democrats win.
By the way - is the name “Martin Luther” King an example of “Cultural Appropriation?”
You sure have it right. The Paseo in KC is a very historical name for a lovely 125 year old boulevard that has been the center piece of the black community and all of Kansas City for 40 years. While it is not the commercial drive it is like naming Michigan Avenue something else.
One downside. Now you won’t know which street to stay away from. In most cities you’re warned by the MLK signs to go somewhere else. People in KC won’t have that information. Bad things could happen.
Have the riots started yet?
“Aaahh...... a small victory over Africanization of America”
They are quite rare these days.
King was far too conservative for today’s democrats just like JFK.
The majority of people and businesses along the 7 or 8 mile long (?) “Paseo Boulevard” did not appreciate that they were forced to bear the cost of going out and changing their addresses on all their licenses, business registrations, buisness stationary and in any federal or state registrations, forms, or filings, and on any Internet sites through which they advertised.
The KC City council just decided this would be a good thing to do without much citizen input. Next time they need to inflict this on a sparsely populated 4 block east west street in a blighted neighborhood and rename that street MLK Blvd as a demonstration of how it can make people proud and lift that neighborhood out of poverty and raise the general standard of living.
“Leave it up to the one guy on FR that gives stupid hot takes like that.”
Even a lot of bees have become Africanized.
A compromise might have been to name the road Lincoln Avenue.
While Kansas was not in the Confederacy, it had a number of Jim Crow segregationist laws that continued into the 1950s. It is not difficult to understand in that context how Dr King meant something positive to blacks in Kansas.
That is not a defense of the over reach that some federal “civil rights” laws took in the 1960s. Most of those were written by white Leftist/Liberals and not the “blacks” they claimed they were writing them for.
One can sympathize with the former situation and not applaud everything in the latter federal legislation that followed.
I don’t know about that. Just go down any road named after him after dark. I am sure you will see plenty of people honoring his legacy.
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