Would I have stood with MLK?

Jarod

Jarod

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In honor of MLK, I wanted to share this quote from Untamed by Glennon Doyle. “I imagined myself to be the kind of white person who would have stood with Dr. King because I respect him now. Close to 90 percent of white Americans approve of Dr. King today. Yet while he was alive and demanding change, only about 30 percent approved of him—the same rate of white Americans who approve of Colin Kaepernick today. So, if I want to know how I’d have felt about Dr. King back then, I can’t ask myself how I feel about him now; instead I have to ask myself: How do I feel about Kaepernick now? If I want to know how I’d have felt about the Freedom Riders back then, I can’t ask myself how I feel about them now; instead, I have to ask myself: How do I feel about Black Lives Matter now? If I want to know how I’d have shown up in the last civil rights era, I have to ask myself: How am I showing up today, in this civil rights era?”
 
Nice quote, thanks. I well remember how reviled he was in his time. In modern times right here on this forum I witnessed someone revile Kaep for months for the #TakeAKnee thing. Yet on Dr. King's holiday she posted quotes from him as though she isn't a racist who wants people of color to just sit down and STFU.
 
Jarod said:
In honor of MLK, I wanted to share this quote from Untamed by Glennon Doyle. “I imagined myself to be the kind of white person who would have stood with Dr. King because I respect him now. Close to 90 percent of white Americans approve of Dr. King today. Yet while he was alive and demanding change, only about 30 percent approved of him—the same rate of white Americans who approve of Colin Kaepernick today. So, if I want to know how I’d have felt about Dr. King back then, I can’t ask myself how I feel about him now; instead I have to ask myself: How do I feel about Kaepernick now? If I want to know how I’d have felt about the Freedom Riders back then, I can’t ask myself how I feel about them now; instead, I have to ask myself: How do I feel about Black Lives Matter now? If I want to know how I’d have shown up in the last civil rights era, I have to ask myself: How am I showing up today, in this civil rights era?”
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It's a shame that so many blacks and their white enablers go against the words of MLK. He wanted blacks to be judged by the content of their character not their skin color yet programs exist where the latter is used in order to benefit those that have no character. Strange how those that say skin color shouldn't be used have no problem using it to their benefit when character doesn't exist.
 
Jarod said:
In honor of MLK, I wanted to share this quote from Untamed by Glennon Doyle. “I imagined myself to be the kind of white person who would have stood with Dr. King because I respect him now. Close to 90 percent of white Americans approve of Dr. King today. Yet while he was alive and demanding change, only about 30 percent approved of him—the same rate of white Americans who approve of Colin Kaepernick today. So, if I want to know how I’d have felt about Dr. King back then, I can’t ask myself how I feel about him now; instead I have to ask myself: How do I feel about Kaepernick now? If I want to know how I’d have felt about the Freedom Riders back then, I can’t ask myself how I feel about them now; instead, I have to ask myself: How do I feel about Black Lives Matter now? If I want to know how I’d have shown up in the last civil rights era, I have to ask myself: How am I showing up today, in this civil rights era?”
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If I may ask, what does standing with #BLM mean to you? Because it’s become a thing (in the Bay Area at least) that (white) people will put #BLM signs in their yard and will post support for #BLM on social media and then do nothing else. And you have black people saying while that’s nice and all it’s easy for you (white people) to do because it changes nothing in your life.

We as individuals can only do so much of course but do you find yourself doing anything different in your life to support #BLM?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Nice quote, thanks. I well remember how reviled he was in his time. In modern times right here on this forum I witnessed someone revile Kaep for months for the #TakeAKnee thing. Yet on Dr. King's holiday she posted quotes from him as though she isn't a racist who wants people of color to just sit down and STFU.
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MLK said he hoped there would be a day when blacks were judged by the content of their character. What does Colin Kaepernicks behavior tell us about his character? He was paid millions of dollars to play a children's game but all the while referring to the people he would call if he was in danger, pigs.
 
Red Jenkins said:
MLK said he hoped there would be a day when blacks were judged by the content of their character. What does Colin Kaepernicks behavior tell us about his character? He was paid millions of dollars to play a children's game but all the while referring to the people he would call if he was in danger, pigs.
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His character tells me that he gave that up for his principles. You all treated him exactly as MLK was treated back in his day, except that so far Kaep has escaped assassination.

Crawl back under your rock.
 
Red Jenkins said:
MLK said he hoped there would be a day when blacks were judged by the content of their character. What does Colin Kaepernicks behavior tell us about his character? He was paid millions of dollars to play a children's game but all the while referring to the people he would call if he was in danger, pigs.
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When doing that produced results blacks didn't like, they blamed racism and began supporting programs that judged them based on their skin color.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
His character tells me that he gave that up for his principles. You all treated him exactly as MLK was treated back in his day, except that so far Kaep has escaped assassination.

Crawl back under your rock.
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Impossible. That POS has no principles. He was treated exactly as a whiner deserves to be treated.
 
cawacko said:
If I may ask, what does standing with #BLM mean to you? Because it’s become a thing (in the Bay Area at least) that (white) people will put #BLM signs in their yard and will post support for #BLM on social media and then do nothing else. And you have black people saying while that’s nice and all it’s easy for you (white people) to do because it changes nothing in your life.

We as individuals can only do so much of course but do you find yourself doing anything different in your life to support #BLM?
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Oh, is this the Aunt Bea's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Show? lol

The only thing "different" I do is debate with RW morons who insist that BLM is violent, Marxist, antifa, blah blah blah by showing that they are wrong. Other than that I gift my g-kids with books and toys and dolls that don't favor white characters over non-white characters. And I treat my white g-kids the same as my mixed-race g-kids who self-identify as black. </virtue-signaling> lol
 
Red Jenkins said:
MLK said he hoped there would be a day when blacks were judged by the content of their character. What does Colin Kaepernicks behavior tell us about his character? He was paid millions of dollars to play a children's game but all the while referring to the people he would call if he was in danger, pigs.
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It is not a childs game. It is one of the biggest industries in the country. He protested cops beating and killing blacks and other minorities.He did it silently and was it was no problem until Trump saw a way to get press off of it.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
His character tells me that he gave that up for his principles. You all treated him exactly as MLK was treated back in his day, except that so far Kaep has escaped assassination.

Crawl back under your rock.
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Who is "you"? Are you always this unreasonable? What principles exactly was he staying up for?
 
MLK is the oposite of BLM

MLK stood for empowerment of individuals of all colors. BLM is factionalized along skin color
 
Nordberg said:
It is not a childs game. It is one of the biggest industries in the country. He protested cops beating and killing blacks and other minorities.He did it silently and was it was no problem until Trump saw a way to get press off of it.
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It is a child's game made into an industry. How big itbis doesn't change what it is. Doesnt behavior have consequences? He protested and there are consequences. This stuff doesn't only happen in one direction does it?
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Oh, is this the Aunt Bea's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Show? lol

The only thing "different" I do is debate with RW morons who insist that BLM is violent, Marxist, antifa, blah blah blah by showing that they are wrong. Other than that I gift my g-kids with books and toys and dolls that don't favor white characters over non-white characters. And I treat my white g-kids the same as my mixed-race g-kids who self-identify as black. </virtue-signaling> lol
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you'd be hard pressed to find toys that aren't "diverse" -if they even exist.

ANTIFA/BLM riots belie the rest of this hackery
 
CFM said:
When doing that produced results blacks didn't like, they blamed racism and began supporting programs that judged them based on their skin color.
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Yeah the entire message seems to have been perverted. It's like when blacks say there hasn't been any "honest" conversation about race in America. By "honest" it appears that they mean bash white people but rarely does "honest" include looking the role of blacks.
 
In 1963 I did march with the blacks in Detroit. The protests actually took place in most major cities. The marches in Detroit took place for months before I saw MLK. I did not know who he was, but he was treated as being special. He had an entourage that appeared to be bodyguards. When I heard him talk, I was annoyed at his preacher type of speech. I am not religious. At one point I was about 5 ft away from him as he was being hustled to the stage.
I marched because black people have been mistreated for over a century and it is wrong. They are people just like anyone else and deserve equal rights and equal treatment.
 
anatta said:
MLK is the oposite of BLM

MLK stood for empowerment of individuals of all colors. BLM is factionalized along skin color
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How very wrong you are. He was seen in the 50s and 60s *exactly* as Kaep and/or the BLM movement is seen now by the RW racists. We all knew, both white and black, who he was trying to raise up. It wasn't us whites.
 
Nordberg said:
In 1963 I did march with the blacks in Detroit. The protests actually took place in most major cities. The marches in Detroit took place for months before I saw MLK. I did not know who he was, but he was treated as being special. He had an entourage that appeared to be bodyguards. When I heard him talk, I was annoyed at his preacher type of speech. I am not religious. At one point I was about 5 ft away from him as he was being hustled to the stage.
I marched because black people have been mistreated for over a century and it is wrong. They are people just like anyone else and deserve equal rights and equal treatment.
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good for you.
then dont act like the Civil Rights act of 1964 never happened and supports such nonsense that BLM puts out
like this is a white privledged society, and we are still suffering from slavery.

we are not. and if you buy into it, you are stoopid, as well as making excuses for failure, which MLK would never do
 
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