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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 12:52 PM
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Right-wing co-opting of MLK's legacy is only getting worse:
Why Pentagon Says MLK Would Love War Today

Credit to David Swanson

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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 06:06 PM
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1. Just add him to the long list of folks who swear up in down that MLK was their "champion"
Somehow, a black, southern, Christian preacher who championed justice and human rights -- specifically the justice and rights of the Negro in America -- has been co-opted by every dang cause under the sun.

I wouldn't be surprised if you spoke to a few folks and they'd be surprised that King had anything at all to do with the Civil Rights Movement he's been so co-opted. And now this idiot saying that King would "love" a war -- any war. It just makes me terribly sad.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-11 03:21 PM
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2. The RW isn't the only co-opting bunch of revisionists
Go to most any MLK-themed post, and now he's "gone beyond race, it's about class and economics". :eyes:
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-11 04:24 PM
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3. *ahem*
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=593081&mesg_id=593263 :hi: :loveya:
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