When I was in first grade, I was exposed to the political philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, a notorious Christian preacher and white supremacist. He expounded principles like meritocracy, colorblindness, nonviolence, civil disobedience, and equality under the law. Today these teachings are condemned as white supremacist by proponents of critical race theory. It turns out that conservative black people are secretly white inside! Like Joe Biden said: if you don’t vote for him, “you ain’t black”. And if you do vote for him, Hunter will give you some crack rock.
"Beyond Vietnam" is a great speech that challenges people only familiar with King having a dream.
Your analysis and following exhortation calls to mind two other directions: Simone Weil's "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" and Robert Williams' "Negros With Guns." Conversations I've had with students and friends who read these with me always led to great conversations, especially given the myth they've absorbed about MLKJr.
It was a disappointment for me to dig into MLKJr's thesis and find out, but I have taught and learned from murderers, crooks, psychopaths, fascists, thugs, monsters and poets. We are all here together, but like Plato suggests, some of us came back while others are ready to go.
If you are a Satanic, genocidal, anti-human supremacist force for destruction and death whose premier political agenda is "let's you and him fight," then MLK gotta go.
"Beyond Vietnam" is a great speech that challenges people only familiar with King having a dream.
Your analysis and following exhortation calls to mind two other directions: Simone Weil's "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" and Robert Williams' "Negros With Guns." Conversations I've had with students and friends who read these with me always led to great conversations, especially given the myth they've absorbed about MLKJr.
It was a disappointment for me to dig into MLKJr's thesis and find out, but I have taught and learned from murderers, crooks, psychopaths, fascists, thugs, monsters and poets. We are all here together, but like Plato suggests, some of us came back while others are ready to go.
If you are a Satanic, genocidal, anti-human supremacist force for destruction and death whose premier political agenda is "let's you and him fight," then MLK gotta go.