Myths of Martin Luther King

www.lewrockwell.com ^ | January 18, 2003 | Marcus Epstein

[marron]

Probably the most effective used governmental channels, such as Truman and Eisenhower , and even under the hated Nixon the number of black children attending all black school in the south dropped from 68% in 1968 to 8% in 1972

Eisenhower was the first to use federal power to confront Jim Crow. But it goes way beyond this. It is the legacy of the Republicans that it was they who fought for color-blind citizenship, all during the bad old days. Obviously, not the Democrats.

the real legacy of King is a black populace which votes 90% for the 'rats, who advocate dramatic, facile solutions such as King seemed to promise, rather than 'pubs, who take a more deliberate, substantial approach.....

I call it "Stockholm Syndrome". It is a deadly shame, that after a century of upholding precisely those principles that would lead to their full freedom, black voters now pull the levers for the party of their oppression.

The excuse is that a couple of high profile segregationists joined the Republicans, which is true, but of course that means that all of the rest, all of the rest, remained in the Democratic party. So, yes, its sad and shameful.

As for King, the people who attacked him in life, who shot at him, who jailed him, who killed members of his following, and who eventually killed him, were all Democrats. They were the same people Republicans had to confront all during the dark days, so I feel no sympathy for his attackers. King was a Democrat, of course, he was a socialist. What else would he be? So were his killers.

[Nataku X]

After having been exposed to the male culture of pornography and alcohol and sports, I am not surprised that males commit over 90% of violent crimes when they compromise less than 50% of the population here in America. They now make up a minority of college students & graduates, and their high school graduation rates are rapidly dropping.

I'm offended by males; they have got to shape up.

[RobbyS]

King was one of the most significant Americans of the 20th Century. The civil rights movement was in fact a kind of revolution, almost a civil war. Like all revolutionaries he created disrespect for the law both among his enemies and his followers. But he had guts. He lived more than ten years with the knowledge that he could die at any moment. Yet he carried on. Only one Southerner of the century surpassed him in boldness: Huey Long.

[TaZ]

"Only one Southerner of the century surpassed him in boldness: Huey Long."

ROFLMAO!!!

Great comparison :p

[rdb3]

He doesn't have much to say. All he and his cronies he's pinging have is an agenda.

Do not ever, EVER speak for me. You have no clue as to what I will or will not say at any time.

Be vigilant and always be ready.

What? Are you calling for some type of war? To that I say, "Bring it."

Bring it...

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[RobbyS]

Huey was a great man with many of King's appetites. I understand that Roosevelt was scared to death of him.

[RobbyS]

Texas banks used to celebrate Jefferson Davis' birthday.

[rdb3]

Few Negroes...

And just who the hell are you referring to as "Negroes?" The year is now 2003. Negroes? That day is over.

American, or nothing.

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[RLK]

What I said was clear and not negotiable.

[marron]

At least the truth about the phony that was Michael King is getting some exposure.

His enemies were the segregationists, Democrats all. That makes his enemies my enemies. To stand up to those people was very dangerous, and not everyone had the nerve to do it. King did it. Call him whatever you want to, the fact remains that he did it, and most others did not.

If you are a Republican, your heritage is precisely the struggle for color-blind citizenship. It is a shame that the man most famous for braving the guns and the dogs was a socialist, but that is the way it is. Republicans worked slowly over a century and still hadn't managed to persuade anyone. King stood up, and in 10 years it was gone.

So, I don't really care what his name was.

[rdb3]

What I said was clear and not negotiable.

You bet. It was extremely clear.

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[rdb3]

It may have been a neat idea forty years ago, but desegregation has been a miserable failure.

What am I to make of this statement? Shall we have remained segregated as a matter of law?

I see you are new. Brand new like today in fact. There was a poster before who got kicked because he praised apartheid. I don't know if you are that poster reincarnated or not, but you are beginning to sound like he did.

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[rdb3]

I ignored nothing you said.

Again, it's 2003. We aren't "Negroes."

Period.

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[rdb3]

I have no desire to speak for you, pal. I'm merely commenting on your comments.

I'm not your pal. You speak as if you have a lot of knowledge about people here for a newbie.

Like I said, "Bring it."

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