I saw a great MLK quote for the first time yesterday, and...

[Iceberg Louie]

5. It boils down to two things

The first is willful ignorance. Among the "useful idiots", this has been skillfully crafted by their suitors in the GOP to be perceived as a virtue by demonizing "intellectual snobs"/"coastal elite". The second is moral superiority, which, in the case of CON-servatives, means that proclaiming themselves to be Christian grants them the high ground by default. It also seems to serve as an umbrella under which they are able to ambiguously lump patriotic superiority. It never ceases to amaze me how ferociously the right works to revise historical fact and try to assert the idea that the Founding Fathers were avid Christians and that the Bible is deeply rooted into the fabric of the Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution. Studies have shown that self-professed religious people get a high off the feelings of persecution and martyrdom. Groups like the Westboro Baptist Church are extreme examples of the drug-like effect of holier-than-thou confrontationalism, but it is just as evident to varying degrees among groups like the Tea Party, Million Moms (hahaha!), Focus on Family, and/or Rick Santorum supporters. The irony is in, by the actual teachings of Jesus, how un-Christian these groups tend to be in deed. I challenge any Republican to reconcile the specifics of their behavioral values with Biblical passages.

Anyway, thanks for posting the MLK quote. It's really given good food for thought.

Peace and respect