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I have to admit, I’ve been guilty of something I despise in Liberals. Now that I’ve noticed it in myself, I’ve repented.

You see, it really gets my goat when Liberals tar great men in history by touting their less-admirable sides. This Founding Father had slaves, that Founding Father was a womanizer, Christopher Columbus this, and Thomas Jefferson that.

I’m guilty of it too.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a communist.

Well, that in no way takes away from the great things he did during the civil rights movement.

Now, I don’t think his great actions warrant a National Holiday that gives 1/3 of the country a day off of work, but that’s beside the point.

I dislike when Liberals throw out all the great things someone has done because of a skeleton in their closet. And so, I have decided that MLK Jr’s communist leanings should in no way take away from the great things he did. After all, he wasn’t really in any position to enforce communism in America, was he?

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  3. No, but he was in a position to influence many people towards that way of thinking, which IMO, makes him just as
    dangerous. The viewpoints of communism rarely take shape through revolution, most often a shift in thinking is how
    it takes hold. Take a look at the ten planks of the communist Manifesto and see how many you can see in place right
    here in the good ole US of A. It’s frightening and it took place through a shift in thinking, not a revolution or
    political force which changed policy. I will admit, though, that the shift is thinking was subtle and used by the
    elite to further their agenda, but the people willing accepted it.

  4. I agree. I have read the communist manifesto, and know of what you speak (write). However, I see that as being beside the point. MLK being a communist is a huge skeleton in his closet, but I can’t in good conscience attack the guy for being a communist and forget the good he did while on the other hand faulting others for doing the same to people I revere, like Thomas Jefferson or Christopher Columbus.

    Yeah, I think MLK taking “Social Democrat” (communist) views didn’t help stem the tide of communism that was, and still is prevelent in this country. However, those views did, to a degree, take a back seat to the ideals of the civil rights movement that most people in 2006 agree were nobel.

  5. Excellent point EZ. But I’m not so sure liberals have done us a great disservice by pointing out the flaws of great men. I take solace from the fact that great men may err greatly and still succeed. Perhaps God does not demand perfection after all.

  6. I agree with your point, EZ.

    But I must add that the communist MLK didn’t really emerge until the mid 1960s, his earlier days were spent advocating a different ideology–namely hard work and no excuses. I heard some pretty amazing quotes on the radio a few nights ago. Now I hate hard work as much as the next guy, but hearing it from someone I respect as much as Martin Luther King Jr. I may have to step back and examine my own work ethic.

    –Jason D.

  7. On Monday I was reading a blog that had excerpts of a MLK speech on Values. (http://www.tennapel.com/blog/MLKonValues.shtml)

    I find it interesting that if Rev. King were to deliver that message today, he would be run out of town on a rail.

    It also made me realize that you always hear about how great a man MLK was, but you rarely hear or read anything he said or wrote (if anything, you get a 2 second soundbite “I have a dream…”). I would wager that 9 out of 10 people you ask today would say they don’t know anything he said, outside of “I have a dream”

    Everybody knows it, but nobody knows.

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