Honoring the King Myth

The New American ^ | January 4, 1999 | John F. McManus

[f.Christian]

Most minorities perceive oj as innocent---the situation is hopeless!

[Tailgunner Joe]

It all depends on how you define 'is.'

[MosesKnows]

perception is reality

Once again, proof positive that Reagan was a great thinker. Perception will trump truth virtually every time.

Never ignore the power of ignorant people in large groups.

[MosesKnows]

It all depends on how you define 'is.'

True.

Is is is or is is ain't?
Yes is is with one constraint:
Is is never is becuz
Once you've said is is is wuz!

[Libertarianize the GOP]

This is what is being taught in schools.

In another, Al Sharpton is said to hail from a "long tradition of activist ministers like Martin Luther King Jr." and Louis Farrakhan is described as a "black American of achievement" who bears a "message no American can ignore."

Fact vs. Fiction (No wonder we have problems in schools, this is a hoot!)
FoxNews ^
Posted on 12/30/2002 0:07 AM PST by chance33_98
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[N. Theknow]

Speaking of myths...

Happy Kwanzaa!

[mg39]

Dr. King was a great man who saved America from itself. He helped us live up to our greatest ideals, instead of wallowing in our worst impulses.

Was he perfect? No, who is? Was he one of this country's greatest heroes? YES!

Y'all can have a pity party with Trent Lott, but your views belong to a forgotten and rotten past.

[butter pecan fan]

OJ is not currently committing a murder or any other crime, therefore "OJ is innocent."

[ImphClinton]

Did he do more for America than any other man in America's history??

He is the only man with his own holiday. Washington's birthday is actually a holiday for all former presidents. So don't tell me about that one. Furthermore prior to MLK day we also celebrated Lincolns Birthday as a paid holiday.

I suppose it is fitting that MLK replaced Lincoln as they both did much to bring Blacks into mainstream America. I suppose it could be argued MLK did more in that what he did is more appliciable to the 21st century. However without Lincoln slavery could have continued in the South for another hundred years perhaps.

[Mensch]

MLK for better or worse (probably the better) is now part of the American mythology. It would behoove us all to suck up our misgivings, (and for some I fear resentments) take the great Ronaldus Magnuses advice, and move on. To do otherwise merely lends credence to the liberal argument that we are all a bunch of racists.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

To tie this story in with today's (or yesterday's) newspapers, do you know who was the gatherer and conduit of NY cash for ML King? None other than Harry Belfonte. So these events are still very much with us today, witness Belafonte's recent attacks on Rice and Powell.

[07055]

On December 8, 1975, for instance, the Washington Post pinpointed New York attorney Stanley Levinson as the "important secret member of the Communist Party" who was discovered by the FBI to have been King’s mentor, financier, and confidante for 12 years.

Where is the proof?

I don't usually rely on the Washington Post as a source for anything important.

And somehow I doubt the accuracy of this quote.

[Sonny M]

Its an irony in that Martin Luther King is heralded as is Malcom X, yet in reality, they both hated each other. Martin Luther King would probably fit into that Christian Socialist category, Jesse Jackson is a more pure socialist in that he has essentialy turned his back on his faith. Malcom X was anything but a socialist and was a sepratist to boot. Al Sharpton is a pretty much out and out racist and socialist, but unlike Martin Luther King and Jesse Jackson (who he now despises more then any white man alive probably) is not a womanizer and actual believes in the crap he spews. He also is not as big into the extortion game as Jackson. I fear that as america has taken the perseption of Martin Luther King and made into a false reality, it will eventually do the same with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Y'all can have a pity party with Trent Lott, but your views belong to a forgotten and rotten past.

Do you mean like from 1776 to the present. We revere the words of the founders and depend upon moral values and common sense.

Will you condemn the ex-Senate Pro Tempre, Robert Byrd? What about the Clintons? Otherwise, your opinions are of little value.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

MLK for better or worse (probably the better) is now part of the American mythology.

In retrospect, what MLk, JFK, and RFK said and did was very conservative though they seemed liberal at the time. Yet, it doesn't hurt to fill in the blanks about the unknown aspects of their lives. We all need to know the truth, the whole truth, about all politicians and make our decisions based on all the facts.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

He is the only man with his own holiday. Washington's birthday is actually a holiday for all former presidents. So don't tell me about that one. Furthermore prior to MLK day we also celebrated Lincolns Birthday as a paid holiday.

And the logical connection is?? Surely you don't consider the emotional responses of vote-hungary politicians as an indication of an act's worth.

I suppose it is fitting that MLK replaced Lincoln as they both did much to bring Blacks into mainstream America.

Your understanding, perhaps knowledge rather than understanding, of history is lacking. Blacks were in mainstream America prior to each. Each exploited the issue for their own personal political benefit at the time but they didn't create the issue.

I suppose it could be argued MLK did more in that what he did is more appliciable to the 21st century. However without Lincoln slavery could have continued in the South for another hundred years perhaps.

You make a statement then weakly undermind your own position. Slavery was under attack and probably on its way out before Lincoln. Lincoln simply used slavery as a moral justification of his attack on the right to secede from the union and later, with the Emancipation Proclamation, in hopes of inciting the blacks to support the union in the Civil War. He failed.

A logical and reasonable argument can be made that MLK, LBJ, and the Great Society, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, delayed and perhaps prevented, harmonious relations between the races. Without all the race-baiting politicians and poverty pimps it is likely that Christian principles and moral pursuasion would have reached a better outcome and would have done it sooner.

[vetvetdoug]

I will always view MLK as the man hidden under the hotel desk at the Holiday Inn in Memphis crying that they were out to get him. It took the manager and a couple of employees to drag him out (he was refused to stay at the Holiday Inn because he and his group did not pay their bills when they stayed there. That is why he was staying at the Lorraine on his subsequent visits). Such a great man that MLK..

[Commander8]

Thank you for reminding us that Martin Luther King was a plaigerist, an adulturer and a communist to boot.