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re: 50 years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis
Posted on 4/4/18 at 2:48 pm to stout
Posted on 4/4/18 at 2:48 pm to stout
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4. One of King’s closest friends, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, wrote a book in 1989 in which he talked about King’s obsession with white prostitutes. King would often use church donations to have drunken sex parties, where he would hire two to three white prostitutes, occasionally beating them brutally. This has also been reported by the FBI agents who monitored King. King was married with four children.
Yeah, I'm going to take what J Edgar Hoover's FBI said with a grain of salt.
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Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:09 pm to stout
If I were a racist bigot what kind of stuff could I make up about him to make people not like him?
Stole the speeches, funded communism, hired white hookers AND beat them...oh and he pulled the legs off puppies.
Stole the speeches, funded communism, hired white hookers AND beat them...oh and he pulled the legs off puppies.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:32 pm to GetCocky11
You can't read very well can you.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:38 pm to cypresstiger
That quote was from a HuffPo article. Just google MLK and capitalism.
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:43 pm to Salviati
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Snopes said it was true. So, AGAIN, Snopes is NOT people bending over backwards to defend him.
The guy from the university that Snopes quoted was soft pedalling the whole issue.
Anything negative about King gets handled with baby gloves by most media. We all know it. He gets the ultimate of passes for any bad behavior because for many of you he is yor ultimate hero.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:45 pm to QJenk
quote:Exactly. Applaud Trump for banging porn stars, but want to tar and feather MLK's legacy. And they wonder why people call them the R word. It is because they let their racial bias shine bright
It's amazing how people will pull up the most ridiculous claims on MLK to paint him as a terrible person.
What's next, will you tell us about how he use to get in trouble at home for coming past curfew. Or maybe that one time he was 10 and stole a pack of gum from the convenience store. Or maybe even how he got detention in high school for getting into a fight 1 time.
The fact is, he was one of the greatest people to walk the earth. Most of the claims against him listed are not even true. They were just made by poeople who would do anything to tear down King. Sure, he liked to get drunk and bang hot women on the road. Who doesnt? Multiple presidents including the current have done the same. Sure, he plagiarized some of his doctoral work. Stop calling him Dr. King then, that's fine. It's a good thing he is honored for being a civil rights leader and not a top scholar.
He worked tirelessly until the day he die so that black people could be free in this country. He risked his life everyday so that black people could have basic rights that white people already had. He withstood things that 98% of people would never do or go through. He doesn't have to be a perfect man in order to be a great man.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:48 pm to GetCocky11
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Already been addressed in this thread.
With the post you pulled out of your arse?
Nobody has ever located any proof that Michael’s name was legally changed to Martin.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:50 pm to weagle99
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Nobody has ever located any proof that Michael’s name was legally changed to Martin.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:51 pm to stout
I found this article that is titled "The 3 reasons Martin Luther King Jr Rejected Communism".
Rejected Communism,
Rejected Communism,
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:51 pm to weagle99
You're upset. Show us on the memorial where a black man touched you
Posted on 4/4/18 at 3:52 pm to QJenk
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Sure, he liked to get drunk and bang hot women on the road. Who doesnt?
Not a great look for a ‘Reverend’
Posted on 4/4/18 at 4:15 pm to stout
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He was a communist, a drunk, and a whore monger.
I was around when he was shot. Feelings about him never changed over the years. Some have a tendency to want to re-write history by romanticizing it. He wasn't worth it.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 4:17 pm to damnedoldtigah
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I was around when he was shot.
prayers
Posted on 4/4/18 at 4:57 pm to weagle99
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weagle99
Still upset about desegregation, aren't you?
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 4/4/18 at 5:38 pm to damnedoldtigah
Some of you will not like him no matter what because he is black.
Look at the founding fathers of this country. They did some great things, but they were far from perfect. Ben Franklin was a womanizing drunk.
Why do some of you get so worked up when it comes to MLK? He was a black man trying to fight for equal opportunity. Blacks were treated as 2nd class citizens, that's one thing no one can argue against. As an American, I don't think anyone should be treated as less of a citizen just because of the color of their skin. They couldn't even vote, yet the U.S. expected them to go fight in wars. frick that.
If you can't understand why that was a problem then there is no point in discussing this issue with any of you.
Look at the founding fathers of this country. They did some great things, but they were far from perfect. Ben Franklin was a womanizing drunk.
Why do some of you get so worked up when it comes to MLK? He was a black man trying to fight for equal opportunity. Blacks were treated as 2nd class citizens, that's one thing no one can argue against. As an American, I don't think anyone should be treated as less of a citizen just because of the color of their skin. They couldn't even vote, yet the U.S. expected them to go fight in wars. frick that.
If you can't understand why that was a problem then there is no point in discussing this issue with any of you.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 5:40 pm to GetCocky11
Go ahead and use your magic ‘R’ word. I know you are itching to do it.
Anyone who doesn’t genuflect to King is a bigot, right?
Anyone who doesn’t genuflect to King is a bigot, right?
Posted on 4/4/18 at 5:41 pm to northshorebamaman
Who give a shite?
Obviously his dad cared because he wanted them both to be called Martin Luther.
Obviously his dad cared because he wanted them both to be called Martin Luther.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 5:42 pm to weagle99
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Obviously his dad cared because he wanted them both to be called Martin Luther.
Exactly. His dad cared. Why would you? Can you give a good reason for those of us not in MLK's immediate family to GAF?
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 4/4/18 at 5:50 pm to weagle99
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Go ahead and use your magic ‘R’ word. I know you are itching to do it.
Anyone who doesn’t genuflect to King is a bigot, right?
No, but you clearly have issues with a man who led the non-violent charge for equal rights for blacks. I can only speculate why.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 5:56 pm to northshorebamaman
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Can you give a good reason for those of us not in MLK's immediate family to GAF?
I would assume those of you constantly showering him with supernatural type reverence would want to know his legal name.
Actually I’m not going to make that assumption. You have your mythology that you don’t want disturbed.
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 5:57 pm
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