[LS]

In "A Patriot's History of the United States," we more or less side with Williams. King was brilliant in that he recognized America's basic goodness and used it to force moral Americans to do the right thing. So it matters if the marchers were only adults? Somehow turning water cannons and dogs on peaceful adults denied the right to sit at a freakin' lunch counter is reasonable? And let's see, how is one to get a permit in a state that doesn't even recognize you as a citizen because of your color? Does ANYONE think Reagan would have tolerated color bans? Not when he was in office, and not when he was in any position of power he didn't.

King understood that America was fundamentally good, unlike the tyrant who is in office today. Too bad Coulter is clueless on this one.

[cripplecreek]

King was a mixed bag as are all mere mortals.

Personally I find Malcom X to be a more interesting individual and would be interested in seeing where he would have settled ideologically.

[Skip Ripley]

Yep...King should have filed petitions and sought permits to be recognozed as an equal citizen. You can’t tell a man he isn’t a man forever, you can’t tell a man when he gets to be a man. There will be consequences for trying to do that. America is lucky that we didn’t have a full blown race war in the 1960’s and Dr King’s leadership was one of the reasons we didn’t.

[driftless2]

While I think Coulter would be a great president, I don’t see eye to eye with her on certain issues. Like WFB did not understand the civil rights movement, Coulter does not always understand the force of history on certain issues. Civil rights was one of those issues. King forced America to look at her treatment of non-white citizens. Was he a perfect human and all his tactics good? Probably not. But here Coulter is nitpicking. Not all liberals were/are evil, and not all conservatives were/are good.

[driftless2]

While I think Coulter would be a great president, I don’t see eye to eye with her on certain issues. Like WFB did not understand the civil rights movement, Coulter does not always understand the force of history on certain issues. Civil rights was one of those issues. King forced America to look at her treatment of non-white citizens. Was he a perfect human and all his tactics good? Probably not. But here Coulter is nitpicking. Not all liberals were/are evil, and not all conservatives were/are good.

[ken5050]

Well said, my FRiend...Coulter is waay off base on this one.

I was a teenager back then. Already conservative, I recognized that then my NYC was just a racist as the south, though it wasn't as institutionalized. The turning point for me was when the three kids from NYC ( sadly, I can't remember their names now) were murdered. I realized that the southern system was rotten, evil, and had to be overturned,a nd they woudl not do it themselves. So sadly, but true, it was was the murder of three WHITE kids who showed me the true evils of racism.