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Reply to comment by bosunmoon in by !deleted20335

That is (at the very least) a major overstep. Say that MLK was only one facet of a movement with incredibly diverse tactics, sure. Say his tactics didn't push the movement forward as much as the more radical participants, sure. Say that his philosophy was too easy for liberal America to adopt, sure.

But to downplay what he did do and pretend wasn't a major force toward liberation of Black americans is either ignorant or pointlessly edgy. We should look up to MLK while also learning from his strategic limitations.

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bosunmoon wrote

Firstly. He wasn't a doctor he was a plagiarist. Secondly. He didn't practice what he preached. Thirdly . The end result of his efforts gave us more conflict between races.

Most people that would quote him are misinformed about the man and only know about the legend.

He was a charlatan, and an all around bad person.

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OdiousOutlaw wrote

Firstly. He wasn't a doctor he was a plagiarist. Secondly. He didn't practice what he preached. Thirdly . The end result of his efforts gave us more conflict between races.

Damn, MLK was even cooler than I thought.

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bosunmoon wrote

I'm not a hateful person lettuceleafer, and I certainly didn't make an account just because I don't like MLK. I made an account because I'm looking for a place to belong, and that's hard for a mixed race person to do.

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bosunmoon wrote

Well from my experience most people are too eager to hate on the internet. Thank you for your reasonable response.

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bosunmoon wrote

Which aspect of his quality's to you find most admirable? Was it the Plagiarism, violence, divisiveness or was it just his skin color? I think it was the latter. All you can see is skin color because you're a racist.

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OdiousOutlaw wrote

Which aspect of his quality's to you find most admirable? Was it the Plagiarism, violence, divisiveness or was it just his skin color?

It's so hard to choose! They're all great qualities!

I think it was the latter.

Shit, probably.

All you can see is skin color because you're a racist.

It's true. I have a medical condition where I can only see skin color; really held me back in elementary school, everyone learned their ABC's and I could only see the various skin tones of biracial people. Fuckin' sucks. And, yeah, I am a racist; who doesn't like race cars?

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