Patriot Perspective
Open Thread: Martin Luther King Jr.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' ... I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ... And if America is to be a great nation this must become true." --Martin Luther King Jr.
Historian Shelby Steele observed, "There is an awful lot of conservative sentiment in black America, but at the moment, the party line is ruthlessly enforced." Indeed, some of King's chief lieutenants, like Jesse Jackson, tolerate no dissension from their liberal ranks now. They have abandoned King's dream, and aligned themselves with political and social agendas obsessed with color at the expense of character.
Black conservatives of national stature, such as Clarence Thomas, Ward Connerly, Michael Steele, Jesse Lee Peterson, Alan Keyes, Don Scoggins, Alvin Williams, Ken Blackwell, Thomas Sowell, Star Parker and Walter Williams are routinely castigated by the Black Supremacists, as "Uncle Toms" and "puppets." Yet these are the men and women who really understand King's central message about character.
Today, Barack Obama will be waxing eloquently about King's legacy. But it is worth noting that prior to his murder in 1968, Martin King went to Obama's hometown of Chicago to meet with Mayor Richard Daley, father of the current Windy City Don. Chicago was a hotbed of racial hatred under Daley, and not much has changed.
King observed of that enmity, "This is the most tragic picture of man's inhumanity to man. I've been to Mississippi and Alabama and I can tell you that the hatred and hostility in Chicago are really deeper than in Alabama and Mississippi."
Chicago was not only a den of racial hatred but the violent black supremacist movement was born there. King said, "Those who are associated with 'Black Power' and black supremacy are wrong."
It is that very racial hatred and hostility in which Obama has been steeped, particularly by mentors such as Jeremiah Wright.
At King's funeral, one Bible passage, Matthew 5:9, summed up his life's mission: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."
Obama was not stewarded by peacemakers.
Finally, irrespective of one's conclusion about Martin Luther King's proper place in history (given the historical account of his sometimes-lacking personal integrity and character), the two texts cited below (from The Patriot Post's Historic Documents section) are well worth reading -- for each of them proclaim truth.
7 Comments
Brian
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM
It's a crying shame that King's "disciples" have so bastardized his message. Kind of like the followers of the "religion of peace", huh?
Howard Parsons
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 1:10 PM
This is the first time I have read the "I have a dream" speech and the "Letter from a Birmingham jail" completely. I have to say Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man of his time. It is clear that his actions were taken only after much thought, prayer, and soul searching. As for the "historical account of his sometimes-lacking personal integrity and character", I would say that King David was a murderer. Whatever faults Martin Luther King Jr. may have had (we are all sinners), it cannot be denied that in the struggle for freedom he was head and shoulders above his contemporaries.
Charlie
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 5:50 PM
"[S]ome of King's chief lieutenants, like Jesse Jackson, tolerate no dissension from their liberal ranks now. They have abandoned King's dream, and aligned themselves with political and social agendas obsessed with color at the expense of character."Clear, concise and powerful indictment of today's Black political paradigm. To be Black is to be Liberal - or so they'll tell you. Any deviation from that supposed norm is to be castigated as a sellout. Our political opponents will use today in the same fashion as our retailers; today is a day to offer 20% off appliances or give shallow speeches about equality. Rather, today should be about remembering that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy is one of TOLERANCE, of personal excellence and the advancement of personal virtue. One should not be rewarded or persecuted for being white or black; one should be judged by the content of their character and the virtue of their actions.Another excellent piece by The Patriot Post.
JJStryder
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 12:08 AM
When Newt brought up the tag on Obama as the "Food Stamp president', the liberals and leftist blacks went crazy. If the assumption is that all us white folks talk in racial euphemisms and have a view of blacks as Stepen Fetchit. It is time for them to re-examine their relationship to the world. Not ours.
Jim Darlington
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM
King worshiped Jesus Christ and sought to follow him faithfully. His actions, following the deep obedience to conscience, changed America for the better. Take away all you will for every one of his human failings and there still remains a towering figure, worthy of honor.Frederick Douglass took the position that black people, once freed, ought to be left to their own devices, thank you very much, considering his race to be more than capable, and distrusting wisely the devious intents behind the "helping hands" of politicians. Martin Luther King fought kindly for the great dream of an equality of rights. It reflected the same trust Douglass had in the abilities of his people. But he was surrounded by people of the Left who seek Equality of Result, an impossible and evil dream that denigrates and weakens the fittest. In the end they won the day with him and his direction was decidedly socialist, but not before his Christian nobility had delivered a death blow to the very essence of American racism.
K. Hunter
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Men like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jereniah Wright and, yes even Barak Obama are barely fit to shine the shoes of men like Martin Luther King junior. Their perversion of King's message and mission is shameful, or would be if America still believed in shame.
john
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 5:07 PM
The above posters should do a little research as opposed to regurgitating what the MSM tells them. mlk - and that wasnt even his real name - was a hypocritical, lying, plagiarising communist . He preferred white prostitutes, whom he repeatedly beat up after he was 'through' with them. His message was not one of 'equality' , but of black supremacy and privilege. He campaigned for quotas based on race etc. And is America better now than before this puppet was pushed to the fore? I dont think so. Never mind the damage done to society by the so called and mis-aptly named 'civil rights' movement resulting in exploding crime rates, poverty, and thousands of thousands of qualified people being kept out of a job due to THEIR skintone not being dark enough,hence damaging THEIR quality of life, or even the billions of dollars wasted on welfare, 'social programs' and incarceration of 'liberated' criminals; lets just look at the effect on the black community.In 1960, the percentage of black home ownership was something around 62 to 65%. Its about 22 now. The percentage of two parent black families was somewhere in the ballpark of 74% as I remember. Its barely over 20 now. The same trends are in black business ownership and literacy. And percentage of black families with felons in them and blacks on welfare - especially multi generational- are on the upswing yearly sine king's 'dream' began to be realised.This is all easily verifiable, in spite of the government's locking up of reams and reams of evidence against him in an effort to keep propagating the myth[s].Wake up people.