“Brother Martin would not be invited to the very march in his name"

[TheKentuckian]

44. So, your argument is that Dr. King would support or even be tolerant of dragnet surveillance, drone

attacks, "free trade" agreements, coddling bankers, and wars without borders, duration, or clear enemies on an unending basis?

Or are you saying that despite being against such things Dr. King would have an honored place in the debate even if was running counter to "leadership"?

Or are you saying that whatever Dr. King believed during his live that he would have become a "sensible centrist" by now?

What is West so wrong about? Just because Dr. King wasn't Malcolm doesn't mean he was a woodchuck. Far further from it than it is comfortable for many to even contemplate.

I see no reason Dr. King wouldn't be WAY under the bus without the aura of his martyrdom and the separation of decades because he might well be more radical than Dr. West and I've not seen an iota of evidence that remaining consistent to his values that such would be tolerated. He'd be shouted down like anyone else who dares speak up about anything.

Of course economic justice and peace arguments of that magnitude and power would have been snuffed out by hook or by crook by this late date or maybe things would not be allowed to slip so far which is why many with the message have either been slain, derided, locked away, marginalized.