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In reply to the discussion: New to DU and new here. Also a question about optics [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)21. It was the "will this get me in trouble here and I don't care if it does" bit that was needlessly
combative.
And as many have already said, MLK has been whitewashed and co-opted (it's gotten so out of hand that even the dumbest, most half-literate racists LOVE quoting MLK) so much using his words unfortunately don't have nearly the impact that they should.
And why do you think you have to use a black person to appeal to other black people anyway??
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"if that's the best you got when he's been dead for almost 50 years - you've got a problem."
Number23
Oct 2015
#14
It was the "will this get me in trouble here and I don't care if it does" bit that was needlessly
Number23
Oct 2015
#21