7 myths of MLK

LadyEagle · Jan 22, 2013

There are 7 myths that even Conservatives have bought into.

The complete list is at source. This is #7:

Myth # 7: King wasn’t a plagiarist.

King started plagiarizing as an undergraduate. When Boston University founded a commission to look into it, they found that that 45 percent of the first part and 21 percent of the second part of his dissertation was stolen, but they insisted that "no thought should be given to revocation of Dr. King’s doctoral degree." In addition to his dissertation many of his major speeches, such as "I Have a Dream," were plagiarized, as were many of his books and writings. For more information on King’s plagiarism, The Martin Luther King Plagiarism Page and Theodore Pappas’ Plagiarism and the Culture War are excellent resources.

When faced with these facts, most of King’s conservative and libertarian fans either say they weren’t part of his main philosophy, or usually they simply ignore them. ghtly before the King Holiday was signed into law, Governor Meldrim Thompson of New Hampshire wrote a letter to Ronald Reagan expressing concerns about King’s morality and Communist connections. Ronald Reagan responded, "I have the reservations you have, but here the perception of too many people is based on an image, not reality. Indeed, to them the perception is reality."

Far too many on the Right are worshipping that perception. Rather than face the truth about King’s views, they create a man based upon a few lines about judging men "by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin" – something we are not supposed to do in his case, of course – while ignoring everything else he said and did. If King is truly an admirable figure, they are doing his legacy a disservice by using his name to promote an agenda he clearly would not have supported.
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Rest here, enlightening read for Conservatives and Libertarians:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/epstein9.html

Robert Snow · Jan 22, 2013

I guess hating Obama isn't enough for some people.

LadyEagle · Jan 22, 2013

Robert Snow said: ↑

I guess hating Obama isn't enough for some people.
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Nobody hates obama, actually, I feel sorry for wicked people because they are so blinded to truth. But I do hate what obama has done and is doing to this country.

But think what you want to think. How about exploring some facts about MLK and arguing from a factual basis instead of emotional? Your comment is a typical debate response from the left---when the facts are indefensible, attack your opponent.

Zaac · Jan 22, 2013

LadyEagle said: ↑

Nobody hates obama, actually, I feel sorry for wicked people because they are so blinded to truth. But I do hate what obama has done and is doing to this country.
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But what was the Church giving as the alternative to the wickedness that was coming out of the Obama administration? A man cloaked in more wickedness.

I'm a firm believer that as the Church is raptured and all those indwellings of the Holy Spirit are removed, the Anti-Christ will no longer have the Restrainer in the way and can step into power.

Likewise, as the Body of Christ continues to sin, unrepentantly, the restraining power of the Holy Spirit to ward off wickedness is shackled because of our defiance and equally wicked ways that we try to disguise as Godliness.

The Church needs to be looking at the Church not at Obama.

OldRegular · Jan 22, 2013

There is no doubt that King had ethical and moral problems. Nevertheless had it not been for his nonviolent approach to the civil rights struggle the country would have eventually faced a race war.

NaasPreacher (C4K) · Jan 22, 2013

OldRegular said: ↑

There is no doubt that King had ethical and moral problems. Nevertheless had it not been for his nonviolent approach to the civil rights struggle the country would have eventually faced a race war.
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Excellent post. Would say more, but I'll leave it at that.

NaasPreacher (C4K) · Jan 22, 2013

I agree with several things that the article is critical of, this for example

King also took stands that most in the Christian Right would disagree with. When asked about the Supreme Court’s decision to ban school prayer, King responded,

I endorse it. I think it was correct. Contrary to what many have said, it sought to outlaw neither prayer nor belief in god. In a pluralistic society such as ours, who is to determine what prayer shall be spoken and by whom? Legally, constitutionally or otherwise, the state certainly has no such right.
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He also had a point that the Declaration and Constitution did not apply to blacks because of the influence of slave owners in their development and writing.

He also had a proper view of the Vietnam war

which he characterized as a racist, imperialistic, and unjust war
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NaasPreacher (C4K) · Jan 22, 2013

Apologies, I really meant to 'leave it at that' but there was just too much say.

carpro · Jan 22, 2013

C4K said: ↑

He also had a proper view of the Vietnam war
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And just how was the Vietnam war racist?

blackbird · Jan 22, 2013

carpro said: ↑

And just how was the Vietnam war racist?
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There are many who believe that the enlisted soldiers and draft was disproportionally black-----which wasn't so!!

LadyEagle · Jan 22, 2013

MLK was also pro-abortion and proudly accepted the Margaret Sanger award. Of course, some of us here know that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, got some of her ideas about eugenics from Adoph Hitler.

carpro · Jan 22, 2013

blackbird said: ↑

There are many who believe that the enlisted soldiers and draft was disproportionally black-----which wasn't so!!
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A myth that was perpetuated by MLK and eagerly bought by people that don't check the facts.

I just want to see if Roger bought into it as well, since he always saying he checks his sources. It looks like he didn't check this one..

NaasPreacher (C4K) · Jan 22, 2013

LadyEagle said: ↑

MLK was also pro-abortion and proudly accepted the Margaret Sanger award. Of course, some of us here know that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, got some of her ideas about eugenics from Adoph Hitler.
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I am pretty sure that Sanger's writings on eugenics predate Hitler. I think she wrote a book about 1920 or so. Had Hitler developed his theories and were they well know that early?

NaasPreacher (C4K) · Jan 22, 2013

carpro said: ↑

And just how was the Vietnam war racist?
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Don't believe I said it was a perfect view. The gist of his view on the war is a proper one.

LadyEagle · Jan 22, 2013

C4K said: ↑

I am pretty sure that Sanger's writings on eugenics predate Hitler. I think she wrote a book about 1920 or so. Had Hitler developed his theories and were they well know that early?
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You are right, that makes it worse - Margaret Sanger INSPIRED Adolf Hitler....

And back to MLK, here is his acceptance speech for the acceptance of the Margaret Sanger award - he knew full well and endorsed abortion of blacks. Planned Parenthood has the whole thing proudly listed on their web site in his honor.

There is no human circumstance more tragic than the persisting existence of a harmful condition for which a remedy is readily available. Family planning, to relate population to world resources, is possible, practical and necessary. Unlike plagues of the dark ages or contemporary diseases we do not yet understand, the modern plague of overpopulation is soluble by means we have discovered and with resources we possess.

What is lacking is not sufficient knowledge of the solution but universal consciousness of the gravity of the problem and education of the billions who are its victims.

It is easier for a Negro to understand a social paradox because he has lived so long with evils that could be eradicated but were perpetuated by indifference or ignorance. The Negro finally had to devise unique methods to deal with his problem, and perhaps the measure of success he is realizing can be an inspiration to others coping with tenacious social problems.

In our struggle for equality we were confronted with the reality that many millions of people were essentially ignorant of our conditions or refused to face unpleasant truths. The hard-core bigot was merely one of our adversaries. The millions who were blind to our plight had to be compelled to face the social evil their indifference permitted to flourish.

After centuries of relative silence and enforced acceptance, we adapted a technique of exposing the problem by direct and dramatic methods. We had confidence that when we awakened the nation to the immorality and evil of inequality, there would be an upsurge of conscience followed by remedial action.

We knew that there were solutions and that the majority of the nation were ready for them. Yet we also knew that the existence of solutions would not automatically operate to alter conditions. We had to organize, not only arguments, but people in the millions for action. Finally we had to be prepared to accept all the consequences involved in dramatizing our grievances in the unique style we had devised.

There is a striking kinship between our movement and Margaret Sanger's early efforts. She, like we, saw the horrifying conditions of ghetto life. Like we, she knew that all of society is poisoned by cancerous slums. Like we, she was a direct actionist — a nonviolent resister. She was willing to accept scorn and abuse until the truth she saw was revealed to the millions. At the turn of the century she went into the slums and set up a birth control clinic, and for this deed she went to jail because she was violating an unjust law. Yet the years have justified her actions. She launched a movement which is obeying a higher law to preserve human life under humane conditions. Margaret Sanger had to commit what was then called a crime in order to enrich humanity, and today we honor her courage and vision; for without them there would have been no beginning. Our sure beginning in the struggle for equality by nonviolent direct action may not have been so resolute without the tradition established by Margaret Sanger and people like her. Negroes have no mere academic nor ordinary interest in family planning. They have a special and urgent concern.

Recently the subject of Negro family life has received extensive attention. Unfortunately, studies have overemphasized the problem of the Negro male ego and almost entirely ignored the most serious element — Negro migration. During the past half century Negroes have migrated on a massive scale, transplanting millions from rural communities to crammed urban ghettoes. In their migration, as with all migrants, they carried with them the folkways of the countryside into an inhospitable city slum. The size of family that may have been appropriate and tolerable on a manually cultivated farm was carried over to the jammed streets of the ghetto. In all respects Negroes were atomized, neglected and discriminated against. Yet, the worst omission was the absence of institutions to acclimate them to their new environment. Margaret Sanger, who offered an important institutional remedy, was unfortunately ignored by social and political leaders in this period. In consequence, Negro folkways in family size persisted. The problem was compounded when unrestrained exploitation and discrimination accented the bewilderment of the newcomer, and high rates of illegitimacy and fragile family relationships resulted.

For the Negro, therefore, intelligent guides of family planning are a profoundly important ingredient in his quest for security and a decent life. There are mountainous obstacles still separating Negroes from a normal existence. Yet one element in stabilizing his life would be an understanding of and easy access to the means to develop a family related in size to his community environment and to the income potential he can command.

This is not to suggest that the Negro will solve all his problems through Planned Parenthood. His problems are far more complex, encompassing economic security, education, freedom from discrimination, decent housing and access to culture. Yet if family planning is sensible it can facilitate or at least not be an obstacle to the solution of the many profound problems that plague him.

The Negro constitutes half the poor of the nation. Like all poor, Negro and white, they have many unwanted children. This is a cruel evil they urgently need to control. There is scarcely anything more tragic in human life than a child who is not wanted. That which should be a blessing becomes a curse for parent and child. There is nothing inherent in the Negro mentality which creates this condition. Their poverty causes it. When Negroes have been able to ascend economically, statistics reveal they plan their families with even greater care than whites. Negroes of higher economic and educational status actually have fewer children than white families in the same circumstances.

Some commentators point out that with present birth rates it will not be long before Negroes are a majority in many of the major cities of the nation. As a consequence, they can be expected to take political control, and many people are apprehensive at this prospect. Negroes do not seek political control by this means. They seek only what they are entitled to and do not wish for domination purchased at the cost of human misery. Negroes were once bred by slave owners to be sold as merchandise. They do not welcome any solution which involves population breeding as a weapon. They are instinctively sympathetic to all who offer methods that will improve their lives and offer them fair opportunity to develop and advance as all other people in our society.

For these reasons we are natural allies of those who seek to inject any form of planning in our society that enriches life and guarantees the right to exist in freedom and dignity.

For these constructive movements we are prepared to give our energies and consistent support; because in the need for family planning, Negro and white have a common bond; and together we can and should unite our strength for the wise preservation, not of races in general, but of the one race we all constitute — the human race.
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From PP web site:

About two weeks after the award ceremony, Dr. King wrote the following letter to Cass Canfield, chairman of the Executive Committee of the PPFA — World Population Emergency Campaign:

Dear Mr. Canfield:

Words are inadequate for me to say how honored I was to be the recipient of the Margaret Sanger Award. This award will remain among my most cherished possessions. While I cannot claim to be worthy of such a signal honor, I can assure you that I accept it with deep humility and sincere gratitude. Such a wonderful expression of support is of inestimable value for the continuance of my humble efforts.

Again let me say how much I regret that at the last minute urgent developments in the civil rights movement made it impossible for me to be in Washington to personally receive the award. My wife brought glowing echoes of the wonderful reception and impressiveness of the total occasion.

I am happy to be the recipient of the Margaret Sanger Award and I can assure you that this distinct honor will cause me to work even harder for a reign of justice and a rule of love all over our nation.

Sincerely yours,

Martin Luther King Jr.
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Quite an eloquent essay approving & endorsing black genocide, is it not?

carpro · Jan 22, 2013

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Don't believe I said it was a perfect view. The gist of his view on the war is a proper one.
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You're quibbling.

You did say you agreed that it was a racist war.

You don't care if it's true, Mr Factchecker?

Looks like a case of the emperor having no clothes.

Aaron · Jan 22, 2013

OldRegular said: ↑

There is no doubt that King had ethical and moral problems. Nevertheless had it not been for his nonviolent approach to the civil rights struggle the country would have eventually faced a race war.
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Au Contraire. More to say, but I'll leave it at that.

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