re: The Kennedys and MLK were horrible people

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Scratch an egalitarian and you'll find a statist.

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I generally give civil rights leaders a pass on the ”statist question”.

Ask yourself this: Would MLK and his contemporaries have been nearly as relevant or even active if the US government (federal and state) were not intentionally discrimanatory in education, housing, or employment laws?

Yes. You have activist now, but the difference is you actually have laws on the books and evidence showing these causes are fraudulent (equal pay myth, race baiters, etc.)

You have to judge people by their time period. If you do it for General Robert E Lee or any other figure then it's only fair to look at the time period and judge by the circumstances.