With respect to MLK Jr. you mean “leftist or progressive repubs who are cowards” like former Cong. Ron Paul — who declared during the January 2012 GOP primary debate in New Hampshire that:
“And one of my heroes is Martin Luther King because he practiced the libertarian principle of peaceful resistance and peaceful civil disobedience, as did Rosa Parks.”
What makes YOU think that YOU are the most competent and final arbiter of whom is, or is not, a genuine conservative? Why should we accept your premise that YOU represent any sort of principled conservatism?
Yeah I don’t see that Ron Paul should have any need to apologize to anyone.