You are right about all of the mythology surrounding Dr. MLK Jr. who has been all but deified in our history, our politics, our culture, and our schools. In my daughter’s public school, all they teach about is MLK Jr and Cesar Chavez. Practically nothing about our Founding Fathers, legendary industrialists, or great military leaders.
There is indeed a dark side of Dr. MLK Jr. which is rarely even mentioned. Even though he was a man of the cloth, he smoked and drank. He plaigerized speeches. He was a notorious womanizer who cheated on his wife with wild abandon, and he associated with known Communists and embraced just about every Left wing cause of his day. This IMHO is not a man worthy of national holiday and so much undue glorification.
It is worth noting that when JFK was assassinated, he too was all but canonized and raised to a level of cult personality status. Fawning books were written like 1000 Days, and Johnny We Harldy Knew You, and then all of that mindless fawning crap mythology about Camelot.
At least though, in the case of JFK, after a few decades had passed since his assassination, a number of professional historians, biographers, and researchers did begin to take a more unbiased look at him and JFK was revealed for the man was he really was. It’s not just that he was sex addict...he was....it was the sheer recklessness of his sexual escapades. Sharing a mistress with the Chicago mob boss while he was president. Sharing Marilyn Monroe with his brother. Sleeping with a woman with close Nazi ties during WWII. It was completely reckless and irresponsible. And the father....please don’t get me started on him...virtually a crime family boss in his own right.
Hopefully the truth about MLK Jr will also come out one day as well.
Nothing wrong with a little smoke. Between Sunday School and Worship Service, all the deacons would go outside to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. :) Drinking? Nothing in the bible against a little nip. Lots and lots against being drunk, though. Womanizing is, of course, a BIG no-no. So is lying and theft, something that every leftist must do.
This is an interesting read on MLK, the civil rights movement, and Marxism (if you can find a copy):
I testify: My years As An F.B.I. Undercover Agent Paperback – January 1, 1966
by Julia Clarice Brown (Author)
Ms. Brown was a Black lady who infiltrated the Civil Rights movement for the FBI and exposes its Communist roots.
I actually met Julia Brown when I was in grade school. She came to my family’s home for lunch (along with some bodyguards). I wish I would have been older so that I could have remembered and grasped the conversation.
Here is an article written about her in Ebony magazine:
The truth about MLK is there, but Ronald Reagan wouldn’t and the American people still won’t read it.