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Progressives avoiding MLK's most famous quote
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:20 pm
Blatantly obvious that the famous quote about content of character being judged over the color of skin is being downplayed at the very least and pretty much ignored by alot leftists now.
I have seen more different quotes than his most famous one used this week and I think that is completely by design.
If they quote the man....how do they reconcile their twisted ideology?
They just ignore it I guess. Just like the media does with some events. Just like progressives do with their Bibles and the US Constitution.
These folks just continually warp and create new pseudo realities.
This is such a bizzaro world right now.
I have seen more different quotes than his most famous one used this week and I think that is completely by design.
If they quote the man....how do they reconcile their twisted ideology?
They just ignore it I guess. Just like the media does with some events. Just like progressives do with their Bibles and the US Constitution.
These folks just continually warp and create new pseudo realities.
This is such a bizzaro world right now.
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Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:28 pm to crazyatthecamp
One thing I noticed yesterday was a lot of people quoting MLK’s letters from jail in Birmingham, where he excused his breaking the law in response to a letter from religious leaders asking for him to wait the results of the election between Bull Conner and another more moderate guy.
I thought that the letter to MLK was thoughtful and disagreed with a few points. I thought his response was thoughtful but disagreed with a few points.
Everybody acts like his word was gold until it got to the things people don’t like talking about today. Character over race. Homosexuality. Equality not equity.
It was an interesting day. Normally I’m all about MLK day and what it represents but yesterday was definitely knives out.
I thought that the letter to MLK was thoughtful and disagreed with a few points. I thought his response was thoughtful but disagreed with a few points.
Everybody acts like his word was gold until it got to the things people don’t like talking about today. Character over race. Homosexuality. Equality not equity.
It was an interesting day. Normally I’m all about MLK day and what it represents but yesterday was definitely knives out.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:36 pm to crazyatthecamp
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I have seen more different quotes than his most famous one used this week and I think that is completely by design.
Are you really big mad that there exist other people who have a different favorite MLK quote than your favorite, which incidentally is not his most famous quote? I mean, dude had a lot to say. It could be that other people have a stronger preference for one of the hundreds of other good ones from which to choose, alternatively it could be all a giant conspiracy against you to make you feel bad.
"There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:52 pm to longwayfromLA
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He openly discussed homosexuality while writing an advice column for Ebony Magazine in 1958. According to a transcript released by Stanford University, an anonymous boy asked: “My problem is different from the ones most people have. “I am a boy, but I feel about boys the way I ought to feel about girls. I don’t want my parents to know about me. What can I do? Is there any place where I can go for help?”
Dr King replied: “Your problem is not at all an uncommon one. However, it does require careful attention. The type of feeling that you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally acquired. “Your reasons for adopting this habit have now been consciously suppressed or unconsciously repressed. “Therefore, it is necessary to deal with this problem by getting back to some of the experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. “In order to do this I would suggest that you see a good psychiatrist who can assist you in bringing to the forefront of conscience all of those experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. “You are already on the right road toward a solution, since you honestly recognise the problem and have a desire to solve it.”
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:55 pm to crazyatthecamp
"Where the white women at?"
Or
"Rosa should have created her own buslines"
Or
"Rosa should have created her own buslines"
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:57 pm to longwayfromLA
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longwayfromLA
Jimmy just used MLK’s words to call you a fig lol
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:58 pm to jimmy the leg
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He openly discussed homosexuality while writing an advice column for Ebony Magazine in 1958. According to a transcript released by Stanford University, an anonymous boy asked: “My problem is different from the ones most people have. “I am a boy, but I feel about boys the way I ought to feel about girls. I don’t want my parents to know about me. What can I do? Is there any place where I can go for help?”
Dr King replied: “Your problem is not at all an uncommon one. However, it does require careful attention. The type of feeling that you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally acquired. “Your reasons for adopting this habit have now been consciously suppressed or unconsciously repressed. “Therefore, it is necessary to deal with this problem by getting back to some of the experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. “In order to do this I would suggest that you see a good psychiatrist who can assist you in bringing to the forefront of conscience all of those experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. “You are already on the right road toward a solution, since you honestly recognise the problem and have a desire to solve it.”
See, everyone gets a favorite MLK quote. Kind of weird and telling choice, but whatever floats your boat.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:59 pm to longwayfromLA
There is no question his most famous quote is the content of character one. It has historically been the most cited.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:01 pm to crazyatthecamp
“The “I have a dream” speech is his most widely known speech. In that speech, the line “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” is the most quoted line...period.
To suggest otherwise is moronic.
To suggest otherwise is moronic.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:03 pm to longwayfromLA
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Kind of weird and telling choice
Why is that?
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:04 pm to Rekrul
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Jimmy just used MLK’s words to call you a fig lol
Sweet burn, right? I bet that turns you on, huh Rekrul? Makes you want to suck his cock? It's 2021, Hoss I'm not judging. Do your thing, Queen
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:04 pm to jimmy the leg
Jimmy Leg is correct.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:06 pm to crazyatthecamp
His "I have a dream" message is wildly overlooked.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:07 pm to jimmy the leg
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Why is that?
I mean, if you reach in a bag of MLK quotes and come back as your favorite with an anti-homosexual rant that was fairly standard from a Southern preacher in the 1960s it means you either missed the point of the man or you're trolling. It's solid trolling, I'll admit.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:16 pm to longwayfromLA
It illustrates that he was a man that should be viewed in the context of his “profession” and timeframe. No different then other historical figures.
FWIW, in spite of this and his other alleged issues, his impact on society has been immense and should be respected as such.
The hypocrisy of the left though, will not allow him to be viewed in the vein of reality. To me, that is sad. If you can accept someone in spite of their flaws, then celebrating their good qualities should be easy.
FWIW, in spite of this and his other alleged issues, his impact on society has been immense and should be respected as such.
The hypocrisy of the left though, will not allow him to be viewed in the vein of reality. To me, that is sad. If you can accept someone in spite of their flaws, then celebrating their good qualities should be easy.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:18 pm to xxTIMMYxx
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There is no question his most famous quote is the content of character one. It has historically been the most cited.
Is that actually true? Do you like, have a cite on this? If you do I'll accept it.
I'd wager "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." or "The time is always right to do what is right.” or "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" are more cited.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:24 pm to jimmy the leg
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The hypocrisy of the left though, will not allow him to be viewed in the vein of reality. To me, that is sad. If you can accept someone in spite of their flaws, then celebrating their good qualities should be easy.
This is nonsense. I don't think anyone looks at MLK as a saint. Everyone knows he was a cheat in multiple was his whole adult life. He did some other stuff too. Indeed, the main critique about the way MLK remembered that I see from the left is that that he is now seen as some sanitized kumbaya, let's all get along, Care Bear instead of the incorrigibly insistent radical that he actually was until he died as one of the least popular men in America. Long arc indeed...
This post was edited on 1/19/21 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:33 pm to longwayfromLA
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Indeed, the main critique about the way MLK remembered that I see from the left is that that he is now seen as some sanitized kumbaya, let's all get along, Care Bear
Sooooooooo
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The hypocrisy of the left though, will not allow him to be viewed in the vein of reality.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:38 pm to longwayfromLA
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"There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
Yea play your little game dude, but after his "I have a dream" speech, his preference to judgement of character over color is considerably higher on the list than that needle in a haystack you just googled.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:41 pm to jimmy the leg
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Sooooooooo
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The hypocrisy of the left though, will not allow him to be viewed in the vein of reality.
You misunderstand. The critique from the left is that mainstream society misunderstands the man they now deify. The left, is perfectly comfortable with MLK the radical. For instance, Kelly Loeffler sees no tension in favorably posting a quote from radical, liberal, socialist MLK yesterday a few weeks after calling Senator-Elect Warnock a radical, liberal Marxist-sympathizer.
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