I was so angry for days I couldn't post about MLK
This man did more for humanity period than any of the keyboard jockeys negating his historic life and all the lives he changed and saved. Any man who would lay down his life for the love of his fellow man is more important than any of them will ever be.
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Worse than Malcolm which I have my own opinion of what Malcolm said and how right he was, I won't post it here but Malcolm never killed anyone. I love Malcolm and his message is all I will say here, MLK respected Malcolm is what history leaves out.
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I've seen people here appropriate him in cynical ways, but militant? 
He is like Ghandi in terms of non-violent restraint.
This country has gone so far to the right, particularly on matters of race and gender, and it is reflected here. But that comment. Unreal.
because he made them feel threatened. And they still do. That wasn't his fault—it was their warped and self-centered POV. Sure, he was a 'militant' in the same way that Ghandi was a militant, and Jesus too!—the way some very small-minded righties say Obama is a pinko socialist communist dictator. Anything that even mildly confronts the old out-dated status quo is a red-alert threat that must be labeled 'militant,' 'terrorist,' or something else awful and really, really SCARY. 
That's how they manipulate the sheeple into hate, using evil words that play on people's fears.
Doesn't change who and what Martin really was—a towering hero of tremendous vision, principle, and integrity, who had the courage of his convictions few have had throughout history.
Let the idjits talk. Don't worry one second about them. We know who Martin is and was, and his legacy will never die. 
