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Martin Luther King III says his father would be ‘quite disappointed’ with current world
The Hill ^ | 01/19/2025 | Laura Irwin

Posted on 01/19/2025 1:53:39 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., said his father would be “quite disappointed” with the current world, but not surprised.

King joined NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” where he was asked about the state of the nation and what his father would think.

“He’d be quite disappointed, quite frankly, that we are where we are,” he said. “Probably wouldn’t be surprised, but he certainly would be disappointed because he always infused energy that was positive, bringing out the best of who we as Americans are.”

King said that although Americans are more divided than ever, there’s good that can come during these times.

“Unfortunately, in great tragedy, we see the best of who Americans are,” he said. “But when it’s over, we go back to our corners and live in bubbles and separate. We need to exhibit the behavior that we exhibit in tragedy universally, all the time.”

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Isnt his son a lefty?
1 posted on 01/19/2025 1:53:40 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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Your father was a homophobe, Martin Luther King III.

He’d get cancelled on Day One of his return.


2 posted on 01/19/2025 1:56:36 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

King was a communist.


3 posted on 01/19/2025 1:59:18 PM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: Jonty30

He had the diddy parties before the diddy party


4 posted on 01/19/2025 1:59:59 PM PST by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep. He should be happy about DEI, equity, official segregation and the Democratic belief that, “Your skin color is your uniform.”


5 posted on 01/19/2025 2:00:45 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt ( Fascist, deplorable and proud of it.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

His married father hired white prostitudes for sex and then after the sex was achieved, his father would beat up the white woman prostitude.


6 posted on 01/19/2025 2:01:20 PM PST by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Trumpet 1

Commie trained Socalist also.


7 posted on 01/19/2025 2:05:51 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING 0F AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Trumpet 1

And his father’s alcoholism was getting worse. Pundits say his popularity was starting to fail and that he not been shot, he would have faded into obscurity.


8 posted on 01/19/2025 2:10:44 PM PST by LouAvul (Rom 8:9b: if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who couldn’t say that about their father? Raise hands.


9 posted on 01/19/2025 2:11:09 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Jonty30

And a traitor.


10 posted on 01/19/2025 2:12:31 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I believe so, yes.


11 posted on 01/19/2025 2:12:41 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Jonty30

**King was a communist.**

Come on. Inauguration is on MLK day. We get nothing on by dissing him. Trump will acknowledge him in his speech. He should say he was a republican and let the left have a cow over it.

Yes your heads people.


12 posted on 01/19/2025 2:16:19 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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13 posted on 01/19/2025 2:32:24 PM PST by Dick Bachert (=)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
“Unfortunately, in great tragedy, we see the best of who Americans are,” he said. “But when it’s over, we go back to our corners and live in bubbles and separate. We need to exhibit the behavior that we exhibit in tragedy universally, all the time.”

Seems too reasonable to be a lefty.

14 posted on 01/19/2025 2:33:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: kiryandil
What makes you think King would have remained unchanged? Almost everyone "evolves" with the culture.

If King were alive today, he'd celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

15 posted on 01/19/2025 2:36:50 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

disagree


16 posted on 01/19/2025 2:38:35 PM PST by Mr. K (no consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Jonty30
King was a communist.

So was Thomas Sowell in his youth.

17 posted on 01/19/2025 2:39:13 PM PST by nwrep
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think the reverend doctor professor Martin Luther the king would have loved the present. All that crack and not to mention he could order his hoes off of the internet. He would have been like a pig in slop just as he was when he was alive, the worthless piece of garbage.


18 posted on 01/19/2025 2:44:29 PM PST by Strict9
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To: DIRTYSECRET

> We get nothing on by dissing him. <

Correct. MLK had many faults. But more is to be lost than gained by dissing him in public.
Same goes with unions. They are corrupt. But more is to be lost than gained by dissing them in public.

Trump gets that. And that’s one reason why he won the popular vote in 2024.

Disclaimer: I’m not advocating self-censorship. After all, I just said unions are corrupt. I’m advocating a bit of strategic thinking, that’s all.


19 posted on 01/19/2025 2:46:22 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think we are all quite disappointed.


20 posted on 01/19/2025 2:49:43 PM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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