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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:27:51 PM EDT
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MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:28:04 PM EDT
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Someone will be along shortly to remind you that he was a Socialist.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:28:04 PM EDT
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He was visionary....almost prophetic. He saw what could happen decades beforehand and tried to head it off.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:28:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: Thats true.MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:28:59 PM EDT
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Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. This is the tragedy bigger than his assassination. The fact that his vision has been transformed to do exactly what he did NOT want.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:29:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. I would like to think so but a small part of me thinks as he aged he would have became a poverty pimp like Jackson, Sharpton and Rangel |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:29:07 PM EDT
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MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. Damnit, beat me to it So, uh, yeah......first post and all 
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:29:43 PM EDT
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Quoted: Someone will be along shortly to remind you that he was a Socialist. he's a socialist, adulterer and plagiarizer |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:30:34 PM EDT
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Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. Yeah, I agree with that. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:30:36 PM EDT
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Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:31:25 PM EDT
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I would disagree. Being a good man involves more than just making good speeches and having marches.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:32:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. I would like to think so but a small part of me thinks as he aged he would have became a poverty pimp like Jackson, Sharpton and Rangel We can't see the future, we don't know, maybe his assasination changed the minds of many black leaders back then and this is the result of what we see today. But regardless, he never reached that point in his life where he believed in that, so he was must judge him on that merit alone, not what he COULD have been. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:33:27 PM EDT
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Just another demagogue.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:34:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. It's amazing how often I (right here in MLK central –– I can see the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church from my office window) have to explain that to people.  |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:34:51 PM EDT
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MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. jizzy jackoff and al sharpton have made a lot of money in the civil rights industry. I think if he could come back MLK would beat the shit out of those money grubbing charlatans. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:35:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: Just another demagogue. I beg to differ |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:37:08 PM EDT
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MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. 
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:39:34 PM EDT
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He was a great man.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:40:14 PM EDT
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I was watching a documentary and he was quoted as saying he didn't like the Democrat party because he believed in earning your own keep, pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and was against government buying votes with handouts. I like to listen to MLK's sermons. He definatelt understood what it means to be human and he had an excellent understanding of the gospel. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:41:04 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:44:36 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. So? |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:44:41 PM EDT
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Not really
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He was a great man. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:45:43 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson was an adulterer and perennial deadbeat. Find a black person involved in the Civil Rights movement (Okay Mac came up with some guy from the 19th century) that General Discussion doesn't hate.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:46:12 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. So? Thanks for proving my point. You think a liar & cheater is a 'good man'. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:46:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. You ever heard of a guy named Thomas Jefferson? |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:47:00 PM EDT
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Quoted: Not really Quoted: He was a great man. Yes, really. He might not be a 'good man' because he was an adulterer, but that doesn't have anything to do with being a great man. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:47:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson slept with his help, whom he owned. MLK's message was great, the man? Flawed, like all of us. Some more than others. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:47:35 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson was an adulterer and perennial deadbeat. Find a black person involved in the Civil Rights movement (Okay Mac came up with some guy from the 19th century) that General Discussion doesn't hate. I wouldn't call TJ a good man either. I agree with 80% of his political philosophy but that doesn't make either of us good men. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:47:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. So? Thanks for proving my point. You think a liar & cheater is a 'good man'. What point? I didn't say he was a 'good man' I said he was a 'great man.' Read more carefully. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:49:45 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. So? Thanks for proving my point. You think a liar & cheater is a 'good man'. What point? I didn't say he was a 'good man' I said he was a 'great man.' Read more carefully. Sorry, you think a liar & cheater is a great man. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:50:00 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson slept with his help, whom he owned. MLK's message was great, the man? Flawed, like all of us. Some more than others. Couldn't have said it better myself. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:50:46 PM EDT
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I was watching a documentary and he was quoted as saying he didn't like the Democrat party because he believed in earning your own keep, pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and was against government buying votes with handouts. that's why they killed him 
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:51:49 PM EDT
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Meh, a scripted picketer. I don't see why he is worshiped to be honest.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:53:00 PM EDT
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And how....MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:53:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. So? Thanks for proving my point. You think a liar & cheater is a 'good man'. What point? I didn't say he was a 'good man' I said he was a 'great man.' Read more carefully. Sorry, you think a liar & cheater is a great man. Many of them have been |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:53:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. completely true. but i think it's important for us not to make the mistake of identifying the message with they who hijacked it. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:54:51 PM EDT
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Pretty sure he was a Republican wasn't he?
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:55:04 PM EDT
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Its a shame he turned into an anti-war nut near the end of his life. I'm pretty sure he switched parties too.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:55:16 PM EDT
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MLK was a Republican because he was from the South... and therefor knew who wore the white hoods and who didn't.
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Posted: 12/14/2010 1:55:57 PM EDT
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Quoted: Pretty sure he was a Republican wasn't he? yes |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:01:59 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson was an adulterer and perennial deadbeat. Find a black person involved in the Civil Rights movement (Okay Mac came up with some guy from the 19th century) that General Discussion doesn't hate. I wouldn't call TJ a good man either. I agree with 80% of his political philosophy but that doesn't make either of us good men. Honestly, complaining about the lips that spoke a good idea is like saying you don't like a wonderful gift because of the manner in which it was wrapped. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:05:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: Its a shame he turned into an anti-war nut near the end of his life. I'm pretty sure he switched parties too. Don't know if he switched parties, but his talk about Vietnam made you wonder if he lived in the same reality as the rest of the world. Poor oppressed Vietcong terrorists of color, being held down by the evil white capitalist Imperialist American Army, and all. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:09:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson was an adulterer and perennial deadbeat. Find a black person involved in the Civil Rights movement (Okay Mac came up with some guy from the 19th century) that General Discussion doesn't hate. James Meredith? He's a pro-gun, anti-Affirmative Action conservative Republican and always has been. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:11:54 PM EDT
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He was a great man. You have much lower standards than I do. MLK was an adulterer, plagiarist, etc. Thomas Jefferson was an adulterer and perennial deadbeat. Find a black person involved in the Civil Rights movement (Okay Mac came up with some guy from the 19th century) that General Discussion doesn't hate. I wouldn't call TJ a good man either. I agree with 80% of his political philosophy but that doesn't make either of us good men. Honestly, complaining about the lips that spoke a good idea is like saying you don't like a wonderful gift because of the manner in which it was wrapped. Then it would be better to say MLK had some great ideas. A bad man is capable of great ideas. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:13:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Someone will be along shortly to remind you that he was a Socialist. he's a socialist comunist, adulterer and plagiarizer Fixed it for ya... |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:16:09 PM EDT
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Someone will be along shortly to remind you that he was a Socialist. he's a socialist comunist, adulterer and plagiarizer Fixed it for ya... Yep, he was. He may have accomplished some great things, but he was not a great man. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:17:09 PM EDT
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MLK's legacy has been hijacked by political opportunists. his family.. |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:17:48 PM EDT
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While he did some good things I think his poor peoples campaign
pretty much keeps me from seeing him as anything other than a would-be socialist (Republican affiliation or not). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_People%27s_Campaign "Jobs, income and housing were the main goals of the Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign would help the poor by dramatizing their needs, uniting all races under the commonality of hardship and presenting a plan to start to a solution[3]. Under the "economic bill of rights," the Poor People's Campaign asked for the federal government to prioritize helping the poor with a $30 billion anti-poverty package that included a commitment to full employment, a guaranteed annual income measure and more low-income housing[4]. The Poor People’s Campaign was part of the second phase of the civil rights movement. While the first phase had exposed the problems of segregation, King hoped to address the "limitations to our achievements" with a second, broader phase[2]." |
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:18:48 PM EDT
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He was a great man. great men cheat on their wives? claim the work of another as their own? believe in Socialism? 
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Posted: 12/14/2010 2:18:50 PM EDT
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He was good up until the Vietnam war started....then he went full retard.
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