And just as an FYI, I don’t idolize MLK, either. I do hold respect for the guy, that is very much true, but I also realize he has a lot of flaws. I view him as human. And quite frankly, compared to Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Malcolm X, or heck, even du Bois, he’s good by comparison.
Might as well add as one last thing: If they have the tapes, release them. That’s the ONLY way they can actually prove they have them, which is to release them. Until they do that, all they have is talk talk talk, which isn’t enough. I know if I had the tapes, I wouldn’t even waste one second to release them to the masses.
And while I do respect MLK (not idolize him, that implies I think he has no flaws, while I do fully recognize that he does have flaws), that doesn’t mean I can’t change my mind about him (heck, I began supporting the Galactic Empire in 2016 despite rooting against them since childhood after learning/confirming from How Star Wars Conquered the Universe that George Lucas based the so-called “heroes” on the Vietcong, with absolutely no chance of going back to rooting for the Rebels after that. If I can do that, I most certainly can turn against MLK in a heartbeat with sufficient proof).