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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 08:46 AM Aug 2015

Huckabee: MLK would be 'appalled' by Black Lives Matter movement

Mike Huckabee says Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be "appalled" by the Black Lives Matter movement, and that "it's more of a sin problem than a skin problem."

The Republican presidential contender and former Arkansas governor said Tuesday in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he's bothered by the movement's focus on one ethnicity.

"When I hear people scream, 'black lives matter,' I think, 'Of course they do.' But all lives matter. It's not that any life matters more than another," Huckabee said in the interview aired on "The Situation Room."

"That's the whole message that Dr. King tried to present, and I think he'd be appalled by the notion that we're elevating some lives above others," Huckabee said.

....

Protesters -- seeking justice for deaths African-Americans while in police custody -- have interrupted speeches by two Democratic candidates, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, and got a private audience with Hillary Clinton.

CNN


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Huckabee: MLK would be 'appalled' by Black Lives Matter movement (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 OP
MLK (and anyone else, living or dead) romanic Aug 2015 #1
Who died and made him JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #2
All lives matter, except when it's a pregnant woman, then the embryo matters more. DetlefK Aug 2015 #3
But then they stop matter in if they are poor mythology Aug 2015 #14
Pro-birther Gman Aug 2015 #4
huckafuck is appalling on every level. he could shine MLK's shoes. spanone Aug 2015 #5
Please stop using MLK as the Huster's vessel of insanity and the same goes for the rest of the Iliyah Aug 2015 #6
The more people flock to Trump the crazier Huckabee's act gets Johonny Aug 2015 #7
Watch his poll numbers improve Capt. Obvious Aug 2015 #9
One has to ask if Fuckabee has been a miserable prick his entire life... MrScorpio Aug 2015 #8
Most modern day Republicans would be "appalled" by MLK if he were alive today. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #10
Put another way loyalsister Aug 2015 #11
Yeah, Huckabee's my go-to guy on what dead black civil rights leaders would think about things. Iggo Aug 2015 #12
WTF does "more of a sin problem than a skin problem" mean? Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #13
probably that poverty's caused by their "bad habits" than by racism MisterP Aug 2015 #16
Sin is a religious construct. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #18
theology, politics, sociology, ethnicity--they're all dimensions to life, and so one can easily MisterP Aug 2015 #19
'Sins' are particular to each faith. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #21
Fuckabee is a friend and defender of the Duggars malaise Aug 2015 #15
MLK was very inclusive aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #17
Huckabee's life doesn't matter to me---other than the damage he can do. Paladin Aug 2015 #20

romanic

(2,841 posts)
1. MLK (and anyone else, living or dead)
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 08:52 AM
Aug 2015

would be appalled by making a ten year old carry a baby conceived by rape.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
14. But then they stop matter in if they are poor
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 12:46 PM
Aug 2015

Or there is a war to be waged, or if they get the death penalty.

Huckabee has no standing to complain.

I do think that Dr King would be disappointed with the actions of some people in the Black Lives Matter group, but more so with how slow our progress on racial and economic issues has been.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
6. Please stop using MLK as the Huster's vessel of insanity and the same goes for the rest of the
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:32 AM
Aug 2015

sick ass GOP party and their cronies.

No, MLK would not approve of the GOP's insane agenda.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
8. One has to ask if Fuckabee has been a miserable prick his entire life...
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 11:23 AM
Aug 2015

...Or did he become one solely from sheer will and determination.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,199 posts)
10. Most modern day Republicans would be "appalled" by MLK if he were alive today.
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 11:34 AM
Aug 2015

They'd find every chance to bash him left and right, call him an agitator, a black racist, a communist, whatever.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
13. WTF does "more of a sin problem than a skin problem" mean?
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 12:25 PM
Aug 2015

Someone needs to do a BLM Bingo card. I think we have enough pat phrases and dog whistles now.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
18. Sin is a religious construct.
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:07 PM
Aug 2015

What he thinks are 'sins' probably includes saying no to a cop while black.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
19. theology, politics, sociology, ethnicity--they're all dimensions to life, and so one can easily
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:14 PM
Aug 2015

interact with all the others; so it's easy to have a political theology

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
21. 'Sins' are particular to each faith.
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:23 PM
Aug 2015

When a politician who's also a pastor talks about sin, he is speaking from the sacred rather than the secular. In his case, he's also pandering to his base, those religious who want our society to conform to their beliefs.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
17. MLK was very inclusive
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:05 PM
Aug 2015

He spoke out for workers and union members of all races. He spoke out against a war that was killing young people of all races. He shouted out for freedom for all people, Jews, Gentiles, Protestants, and Catholics. But there's no doubt his number one mission was to seek equality for impoverish black people surrounded by an ocean of material wealth.

"One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Paladin

(28,276 posts)
20. Huckabee's life doesn't matter to me---other than the damage he can do.
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 01:21 PM
Aug 2015

What a filthy individual he is.

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