Help! My son's MLK homework

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[mommybain]

HELP! My son has to write an opinion piece for homework on what MLK would think of the war in Afghanistan if he were still alive. He's also supposed to offer an opinion on what MLK would think of his 'dream'. (Please don't flame me because my kid's in public school...)

[RLK]

Well MLK said he dreamed of a day when people would not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character,

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He said that, but scarcely believed it or acted in accordance with it. This was the same goof that cheated his way through school and was in bed with one or several other woment other than his wife a few hours befor he was shot. Judging King by his character will get you run out of town, or out of class.

King was all hot air and demogogery. He argued against stereotyping Blacks while conforming to the worst of those stereotypes.

[relee]

From MLK's I had a dream speech

..."In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."

King would be filled with pride, as every American should be, to see our government, led by President Bush, with the able assistance of Secretary of State Powell and National Security Advisor Rice, conduct the war in Afghanistan with dignity and discipline.

[RLK]

Your first two sentences are contradictory. Was it his way or violence,as you say, then he could not be violent.

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ammend the statement to say it was his superficially DECLARED way of non-violence. What he was proposing was what centential or Boolean logicians call alternation in a form so that the alternative became as validated as the superficially stated goal or method.

He also advocated a national minimum $6,400 income to be paid by the government through taxation of the wealthy. That's the equivant of about $35,000 today. He was a straight-out Marxist and revolutionary.

[breakem]

I stand by my statement of his accomplishments and what was needed in the country that practice inequality of service by governmental bodies.

Your attempt, regardless of the school of logic you espouse, to blame the violent reactions on the person holding up the mirror is ludicrous, but what can be done about you? Just as it is ludicrous to claim that black people entering a church invited others to bomb the church.

[Kermit]

Find something from Alan Keyes perhaps...

[Huck]

I like your idea.

[RLK]

Having been there at the time, and also having been politically involved, I can remember King presenting violent revolution as the alternative to accepting his positions. Whether you believe that is organization of Marxist revolution or not is immaterial. It was, and it was skillfully effective.

[Lurker]

MLK put enough pressure on LBJ to get that abomination known as the "Great Society" program rammed through Congress.

6 trillion dollars in stolen money is MLKs legacy, and the sad part is that it wasn't simply ineffective, it was downright damaging to blacks.

L

[breakem]

Ah then we have something in common. I was not privy to everything King believed. Since his effort was somewhat successful and since he publical rebuked violence, I must rely upon those personal and historical observations. But to blame the reaction on the initial reaction, when so many alternate reactions were available is of course ludicrous. You did not deal with my examples, so I am unable to interpre the meaning of your omission. You also did not comment on the success of his non-vilent approach.

Now my wife has this thing about going to bed together. I must say goodnight. If I remain interested and have time tomorrow, I'll check in.

[koba]

Have to second this, I don't think MLK thought too much about anything except where he was going to get his women on any particular night. MLK had "handlers". He was something of a dummy corporation. He was a great speaker, or, if you prefer, a great actor. He was reading lines someone else wrote him. Therefore your son should get someone else to write his paper and sign his name to it.

[Bloody Reaper]

I am not trying to tell your son what to say but my opinion is that if MLK should suddenly resurrect today, that old communist bass-tard would immediately start trolling for some young pus.

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[RLK]

Har!

[AshleyMontagu]

That'll get the kid an A for sure! Actually he'd be sent out for re-education right quick.

[MissAmericanPie]

Buwahahahahahaha

[Bloody Reaper]

And this great american hero(yuck) spent his last hours on this Earth doing what?

[RLK]

Actually he'd be sent out for re-education right quick.

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Telling the truth about king always will. He was basically a piece of trash that conformed to every stereotype promoted by the KKK. He was a left wing organizer who made it big with support from the leftist media. He has since been made into a saint who we are all compelled to adore.

My views of him haven't changed in 35 years. They are not going to change one bit even until the day I throw ace-deuce.

[Coleus]

I believe one of King's daughters is pro-life as well. It's the best kept secret in the Negro community.

[pke]

Shouldn't the question be what side would MLK be on if he knew his family was following the tradition of Jesse Jackass and Al Sharplard in extorting money from the American taxpayer for MLK documents?

[Bloody Reaper]

He would proudly say, "I taught them well".