Just a thought for Martin Luthur King Day 1/20/2025

[HomerJS]

IMO - in the last 75 years politically for the United States has accomplished the most with the least. What he accomplished without social media and the undying hate of racists in and out of government.

He changed the direction of the moral compass for this country and created a permanent legacy.

Unfortunately, we have not learned from the past and are going in reverse from the direction he set for us.

Feel free to disagree but no out of context quotes. They will be easy to rebut and are a waste of time.

 

[brycejones]

I will say I am judging Trump and his hangers on by the content of their character.

 

[manly]

I thought CNN had a really good article on what we can learn from MLK.

What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting

 

[hal2kilo]

Well at least the TMC channel realizes it's Martin Luther King day.

 

[Jaskalas]

What he accomplished without social media.....

Sorry, no. I am not buying that.

We know of, respect, and honor Dr. King precisely because there was no social media. Otherwise his detractors would be gotten the masses in on defaming and slandering him with lies and conspiracy. Hating the man would be made personal. Such voices would have echoed and grown louder until a political party adopted them. From each voter all the way up to the President you would have had a unified vision of hatred against the man. Instead of people being left to make up their own minds based on more limited and more factual reporting.

Social media is the death of reason and the birth of madness. If Dr. King was shot today, half the nation would want to be holding the gun.

He lived in a time of worse laws but better people. He wished for an even greater future but we have fallen far in his absence.

 

[HomerJS]

Sorry, no. I am not buying that.

We know of, respect, and honor Dr. King precisely because there was no social media. Otherwise his detractors would be gotten the masses in on defaming and slandering him with lies and conspiracy. Hating the man would be made personal. Such voices would have echoed and grown louder until a political party adopted them. From each voter all the way up to the President you would have had a unified vision of hatred against the man. Instead of people being left to make up their own minds based on more limited and more factual reporting.

Social media is the death of reason and the birth of madness. If Dr. King was shot today, half the nation would want to be holding the gun.

He lived in a time of worse laws but better people. He wished for an even greater future but we have fallen far in his absence.

Maybe social media isn't the best example for the reasons you stated.

He didn't have access to a medium to further his message he controlled. He had to take decisive actions to get the attention of traditional media.

Nonviolence at any cost.
Protesting knowing local racist law enforcement would abuse them. (fire hoses and dogs).

Today we have DeSantis in Florida assuming the role of Bull Connor.