IS this how the US "Conservatives" reacted when Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize?

elehhhhna

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Fri Oct-09-09 04:44 PM
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IS this how the US "Conservatives" reacted when Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize?

Wow. Haven't come very far, have we?

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The Straight Story

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Fri Oct-09-09 04:47 PM
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1. ".. have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence"

As Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, said in his presentation speech: "He is the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence. He is the first to make the message of brotherly love a reality in the course of his struggle, and he has brought this message to all men, to all nations and races.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-faq.html

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Swamp Rat

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Fri Oct-09-09 04:47 PM
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2. They killed him?

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old mark

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Fri Oct-09-09 04:50 PM
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3. Pretty much - but they were a lot uglier, even in public.

Dr. King was given many racist nicknames that I will not repeat, he was insulted in every way possible, including by murder. Those people have no shame, lack decency,any sense of sympathy or humanity. This has never changed since forever.

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