Happy Martin Luther King Day

[ThatOwlWoman]

He had good intentions of wanting equality and unity. There was no reason to kill him for that. Unfortunately, his death contributed more to his cause than his life did.
I'd say he achieved his goal, well half of it, anyway. Blacks have proven they are equal (sometimes better) and can be very successful in all fields (and not just on them).
When a poor little black girl can work at it and become the richest woman in the US and most other countries as well, I'd say there's equal opportunity now.

Good post. We HAVE come a long, long way since his death. But we still have a long way to go. It's not a time to rest on our laurels and proclaim "Mission accomplished."

[Mason Melchizedek]

Hello Miss Margot Frank,



The greedy will never look at capitalism objectively.

Capitalism is always about,I!
Never about We!

[cawacko]

Hello cawacko,



Sounds like inward thinking. Ideally, we all learn how to live and coexist in the same world.

At a time in the past when we codified segregation it was almost a must. But yeah, in today's world it's not really a reality.

[CFM]

"Navy Aircraft Carrier to Be Named for Black Pearl Harbor Veteran'

You racist bastard, the next 2,999 Aircraft Carriers are going to be named after them too!

Who gives a fuck. It's a token gesture to try and appease all the guilt ridden, left wing white trash like you.

[TTQ64]

This is what I was trying to tell evince......she was repeating the racist white man talking points about how Dr. King liked capitalism.

Captialism is bad for EVERYONE especially Blacks........except the wealthy

[TTQ64]

MLK 1964 statement on the nomination of Barry Goldwater. A statement I find to be very prescient..

"While not himself a racist, "

He was a racist it just wasn't politically correct to say it out loud at the time.

See.......republicans have been this way for decades.......we tried to tell yall.

[TTQ64]

Hello Miss Margot Frank,



The greedy will never look at capitalism objectively.

Not just the greedy but the racist too.

[CFM]

Good post. We HAVE come a long, long way since his death. But we still have a long way to go. It's not a time to rest on our laurels and proclaim "Mission accomplished."

Until blacks start practicing what King said about wanting to be judged by the content of their character rather than get preferential treatment because of skin color, nothing has happened. Seems the mission you're on is to keep blacks on the Democrat plantation.

Prove your cowardice.

[CFM]

Not just the greedy but the racist too.

Nothing racist about capitalism. Because your kind can't make it doesn't mean the system is bad. It means you are.

[CFM]

This is what I was trying to tell evince......she was repeating the racist white man talking points about how Dr. King liked capitalism.

Captialism is bad for EVERYONE especially Blacks........except the wealthy

Capitalism has worked fine for many even the blacks that have chosen to turn away from the Democrat plantation and black whitey mentality. That you failed under it speaks about how shitty you are and nothing about the system under which you failed.

[CFM]

Capitalism is always about,I!
Never about We!

Since I'm not responsible for you and vice versa, nothing wrong with that.

[TTQ64]

Interesting perspective my friend posted on Facebook regarding Dr. King:

""In his last speech Dr. Martin Luther King said take our Black dollar out of any company that does not support Black people. Hit the oppressor in his pockets then watch him start paying attention to our issues. He was murdered shortly thereafter by the U.S. Government. He was saying we must learn to use our collective economic strength to truly make progress and build a solid economic base. So true today!""


My friend talks a lot about black economic empowerment and keeping black money in the black community. He uses the Chinese as an example. Not sure how easily that can be done in 2019 considering how intertwined our economy, where we live etc. is. Nor is this country mostly like white and black like in Dr. King's day. But a number of people agreed with what he said.

WE tried to do that keep money in Black communities........but the racist white man burned down thriving communities of color and made sure we didn't rebuild by not lending money to Black business's. See Tulsa and Rosewood.

You're "friend" needs to learn history other than white american history.

[Jack]

Who gives a fuck. It's a token gesture to try and appease all the guilt ridden, left wing white trash like you.

So you think he got it just because he was Black?
Or ... because he was the only one on the Island to pick up a gun and fight back?

[CFM]

So you think he got it just because he was Black?
Or ... because he was the only one on the Island to pick up a gun and fight back?

Only one my ass? If you think his skin color didn't play a role, you're a fool.

[volsrock]

King was present in a hotel room when a friend of his, Baltimore pastor Logan Kearse, raped a woman who resisted participating in unspecified sexual acts. The FBI agent who surveilled the room asserted that King “looked on, laughed and offered advice.” Other allegations include that King’s philandering—long known to be extensive—was even more rampant than historians knew; that King took part in group sex; that King may have fathered a child with one of his mistresses; and—less pruriently—that King continued taking money from his onetime ally Stanley Levison, a Communist Party member, even after he was supposed to have broken off ties.




https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...cuments-227042