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What Is The True Purpose Of Mlk Day?

WHAT DOES MLK DAY REPRESENT?

MLK day is pure politics. It's not meant to remember a great man or his works. It's to remind us once again about racism in this country and who is responsible for it. It is also meant to keep blacks in the Democrat fold.

There are so many racial groups that have fit in better then blacks have. Many of them have had great success in building their lives and businesses shortly after arriving in this country. But because blacks at one time were the largest block of minority voters in this country Liberals have held them under their thumb for decades by keeping them fighting society, keeping them dependent on the government, keeping them hateful toward so-called white society. Little do they know that white society doesn't exist anymore.


By blaming whites collectively for something one man did decades ago Democrats have been manipulating blacks to vote for them.

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DALLAS, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A Dallas minister who marched with civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said Monday's birthday observance holiday is an insult to his legacy.

The Rev. Peter Johnson, 62, director of the Texas operations for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, told The Dallas Morning News the holiday should be on April 4, the anniversary of the date King was assassinated.

"We have ignored the essence of his life and the horror of his death," said Johnson. "We've allowed white America to escape the guilt of his assassination and we've allowed black America to drift back into a coma."
M.L. King ally says U.S. holiday an insult
MLK gives blacks reason to hate whites and MLK gives whites an opportunity to feel guilt for something most of them alive today have nothing to feel guilty for.

Next month is Black History Month, so get ready for plenty of biographies about blacks being hosed down in the streets of Memphis and Chicago by whites. The dishonesty of telling us that it really wasn't Democrats in Liberal cities and states who were doing the hosing but white Republicans. Seems like this type of thing went on in urban settings which traditionally are run by Liberals. But because they are Liberals they can use the press and Hollywood to blame it all on Republicans.
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WHAT DOES MLK DAY REPRESENT?

MLK day is pure politics. It's not meant to remember a great man or his works. It's to remind us once again about racism in this country and who is responsible for it. It is also meant to keep blacks in the Democrat fold.

There are so many racial groups that have fit in better then blacks have. Many of them have had great success in building their lives and businesses shortly after arriving in this country. But because blacks at one time were the largest block of minority voters in this country Liberals have held them under their thumb for decades by keeping them fighting society, keeping them dependent on the government, keeping them hateful toward so-called white society. Little do they know that white society doesn't exist anymore.


By blaming whites collectively for something one man did decades ago Democrats have been manipulating blacks to vote for them.



MLK gives blacks reason to hate whites and MLK gives whites an opportunity to feel guilt for something most of them alive today have nothing to feel guilty for.

Next month is Black History Month, so get ready for plenty of biographies about blacks being hosed down in the streets of Memphis and Chicago by whites. The dishonesty of telling us that it really wasn't Democrats in Liberal cities and states who were doing the hosing but white Republicans. Seems like this type of thing went on in urban settings which traditionally are run by Liberals. But because they are Liberals they can use the press and Hollywood to blame it all on Republicans.
Huh. I'm white. I'm not too liberal. And, I've found myself pondering how much I admire MLK, his words, and his accomplishments several times today. Never once have I felt as if I should feel guilt or blame for being white; that's not a MLK ideal.
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Re: What Is The True Purpose Of Mlk Day?

Crap.

I thought Martin Luther King day was the one holiday Liberals weren't out to destroy, yet. First Christmas and now this!?
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Crap.

I thought Martin Luther King day was the one holiday Liberals weren't out to destroy, yet. First Christmas and now this!?
There, there...you just have to accept the inherent evils of liberals. They just mess everything up.

But it is too cold for a BBQ...some holiday.
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Re: What Is The True Purpose Of Mlk Day?

Katrina was used to cause divisions between blacks and whites.

Rodney King was another example of how the media uses martyrs like MLK to divide us.

Rodney King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Los Angeles riots of 1992 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Next month we will be reminded that blacks couldn't play sports with whites, couldn't fly combat missions with whites, couldn't eat with whites, couldn't vote, etc.
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Crap.

I thought Martin Luther King day was the one holiday Liberals weren't out to destroy, yet. First Christmas and now this!?
Don't forget about liberals destroying the true meaning of Earth Day.
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Katrina was used to cause divisions between blacks and whites.

Rodney King was another example of how the media uses martyrs like MLK to divide us.

Rodney King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Los Angeles riots of 1992 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Next month we will be reminded that blacks couldn't play sports with whites, couldn't fly combat missions with whites, couldn't eat with whites, couldn't vote, etc.
I think I speak for most level headed people when I say "So what?" It is history, and rather recent history, too. There are still 8 billion shows on TV about WWII, and that wasn't nearly as recent.

Is it going to hurt your feelings or something? Should we skip over the 'scary' parts of history?
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Don't forget about liberals destroying the true meaning of Earth Day.
Yea, now it's all about "the environment" and crap.
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I think I speak for most level headed people when I say "So what?"
How can you say you're level-headed when you think it's OK to say 'So What' every time you see or hear about something that is going on that is dishonest and meant to support a political agenda.

Apathy is not being cool. Apathy is the product of a spoiled and careless electorate who never had to face real challenges in their lifetime like those who lived through the Great Depression and WWII. You don't have to worry about anything because you most likely never had to worry about losing everything and starving to death. You can just plop in front of a TV and watch American Idol and forget about it.
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Speakeasy, you just don't understand why liberals are racists because you weren't alive during the Great Depression.

(This thread is shaping up to be a shrine of non sequitur)
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I think I speak for most level headed people when I say "So what?" It is history, and rather recent history, too. There are still 8 billion shows on TV about WWII, and that wasn't nearly as recent.

Is it going to hurt your feelings or something? Should we skip over the 'scary' parts of history?
These holidays aren't meant to celebrate anything. They are government sponsored hate-fests against Republicans.

It's not that we need to be reminded of this crap every year several times a year. We know what happened. Better to leave it in the past rather then digging it up and re-opening old wounds. Nothing good can come from it.
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How can you say you're level-headed when you think it's OK to say 'So What' every time you see or hear about something that is going on that is dishonest and meant to support a political agenda.

Apathy is not being cool. Apathy is the product of a spoiled and careless electorate who never had to face real challenges in their lifetime like those who lived through the Great Depression and WWII. You don't have to worry about anything because you most likely never had to worry about losing everything and starving to death. You can just plop in front of a TV and watch American Idol and forget about it.
Paranoia is not cool either. And I don't know what else could cause you to see the evil hand of liberalism in every single facet of every single thing that ever made you feel uncomfortable or angry.
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Paranoia is not cool either. And I don't know what else could cause you to see the evil hand of liberalism in every single facet of every single thing that ever made you feel uncomfortable or angry.
The Holiday, Black History Month, the naming of streets after MLK, anyone who fights against it is labeled a 'Racist'.

White guilt set it up and anyone who tries to remove it will be labeled a racist.

Liberalism is facism with a warm smile and a handshake.
I don't see the evil hand of liberalism in every single facet of everything, only politics. Yet these days politics is invading our lives more and more.

Soon you won't be able to tell what is real and what is fantasy because they will seem to be one in the same. Much of what you have come to believe today is pure political fantasy, much like your belief in what MLK Day stands for.
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These holidays aren't meant to celebrate anything. They are government sponsored hate-fests against Republicans.

It's not that we need to be reminded of this crap every year several times a year. We know what happened. Better to leave it in the past rather then digging it up and re-opening old wounds. Nothing good can come from it.
The only person I have ever heard say that the holiday is about bashing republicans is you so it sounds like you might be feeling guilty about something that hasn't even occurred to others. I'm still trying to figure out how this day has anything to do with partisan politics.
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The Holiday, Black History Month, the naming of streets after MLK, anyone who fights against it is labeled a 'Racist'.

White guilt set it up and anyone who tries to remove it will be labeled a racist.

Liberalism is facism with a warm smile and a handshake.
I don't see the evil hand of liberalism in every single facet of everything, only politics. Yet these days politics is invading our lives more and more.

Soon you won't be able to tell what is real and what is fantasy because they will seem to be one in the same. Much of what you have come to believe today is pure political fantasy, much like your belief in what MLK Day stands for.
Guilt is not a passive emotion; you have to accept guilt to feel guilt. I just don't accept guilt in this case because it is non-productive; thus I don't feel it in this case. It seems to me that you may be wasting a bunch of emotional energy on this.
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