Martin Luther King: Terrorist

WorkingForChange.com ^ | 1-16-04 | Geov Parrish

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I wanted to repost the story about the Battle of Athens in which black WWII veterans defended the Republic right at home by enforcing their right to vote with firearms.

I think the JPFO account is best. This thread is good enough a place to mention it.

About Marting Luther King? I'd like to think that if he had lived to lead the civil rights movement it would have turned out better than it has. But it's up to us the living to make sure that it finishes well. I'm sure he would have expected us to uphold that idea. Charlton Heston marched with Dr. King and I think that says a lot about what a true patriot was doing in the 1960s about racism.

Heston at an event where he would meet King.

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My comment was not to say what was right or wrong but to say how things were at that time. Most people don't realize that segregation was forced on you by law and not a matter of choice.

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Do we have any anti-dumb ass laws in effect?

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My comment was not to say what was right or wrong but to say how things were at that time.

And my point is that although Dr. King used emotional appeal and strident rhetoric, it was well past time for a change. He became the catalyst we needed to push us forward into the next historic phase in our effort to undo the mistakes of the past.

Change often comes with discomfort. And while Malcolm X and later Jesse Jackson were to take the emotionalism and hatreds brought about by slavery and racial oppression and use them as political tools for personal gain and self-aggrandizement, King at least stayed on message: America should be what it has always promised -- for everyone living here.

Slavery and government-enforced stratification of the races are and hopefully will remain our darkest, vilest mistake. It'll only be with continued sacrifice and reflection among all the races living here in this great land that we can escape our ugly heritage as a nation.

We will, I'm sure of it.

Most people don't realize that segregation was forced on you by law and not a matter of choice.

Rosa Parks and many people like her had the courage to stand up to those laws. It's a good thing, too.

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Well I think we are going to find out here in Georgia if Herman Cain can make a difference. Check the Georgia FReeper talk on him.