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In reply to the discussion: The Martin Luther King that Obama does not want you to remember [View all]blue neen
(12,306 posts)105. What a beautiful picture.
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You know what's interesting? White conservatives insists that MLK, Jr.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2013
#198
I would say the killing of innocents is a pretty glaring 'issue' which MLK spoke about.
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#104
I didn't say the OP said anything. I said it. Anyone who has kill lists is not in tune with the
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#159
Obama has continued to bomb and kill many people including women and children
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#118
Uh, it is useless to enter into debate with the anti-Obama folks. They put words into his mouth and
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
#190
If you can't recognize the difference between a questionable "wording choice"
cheapdate
Aug 2013
#229
MKL Jr.'s views on American foreign policy were based on world conditions....
George II
Aug 2013
#25
After listening to this speech I thought how relevant it is to our world conditions today....
midnight
Aug 2013
#35
Are you KIDDING?! TWO illegal invasions (Iraq; Afghanistan)?! Gitmo? Drones? The NSA?!
WinkyDink
Aug 2013
#65
And I seriously doubt he would approve of the droning of children. I can't speak for him
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#111
Congress doesn't agree with you, nor do the governments around the world who
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#109
It might also be noted that any President's actions speak far more than anyone's speech.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#210
Pay attention - this was NOT the title to Greenwald's piece when it was 1st published during the
kath
Aug 2013
#83
Further, the videotape is all about George Bush. That's what makes it double-bullshit.
MADem
Aug 2013
#132
Instead of laughing about Greenwald why don't you read what MLK said? n/t
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#177
He may well have, but substance is the very last thing conservatives want to talk about.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#223
Curious. Why do you consider this speech "MUCH more important" than I have a Dream?
Number23
Aug 2013
#151
Yes, we talk alot about this in the AA forum. The "white washing" of MLK and other civil rights
Number23
Aug 2013
#173
There is probably little that anyone on this site can tell or show me about MLK
Number23
Aug 2013
#110
They're only here to defend the President from what they consider to be a slight.
Maedhros
Aug 2013
#212
Are there specific times when Dems are allowed to criticize the president's Republican policies?
Doctor_J
Aug 2013
#46
Sure, when the President DOES have "Republican policies". Haven't seen any yet though!
George II
Aug 2013
#81
I heard that speech in 67. It sent chills through my body and tears to my eyes. It still does today.
Autumn
Aug 2013
#24
exactly,. the president is the PR face of the corporate-military who actually control the policy.
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#101
Invoking a Civil Rights icon against a black president has nothing to do with race?
BainsBane
Aug 2013
#242
Which is why he ended the Iraq war, and is following through on ending the Afghanistan war?
bhikkhu
Aug 2013
#33
4/4/67 speech. 4/4/68 assignation. Either (a) just a coincidence or (b) someone was sending
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#45
Why does Glenn Greenwald think he has the authority to say what is on President Obama's mind?
blue neen
Aug 2013
#42
Pay attention - the title of the OP was not Greenwald's title. see post 83 above .
kath
Aug 2013
#90
MLK gave his anti-war speech on 4/4/67 and (apparently only by coincidence) was killed on 4/4/68.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#44
Just beautiful. What a great man. I had never heard that speech before.
PowerToThePeople
Aug 2013
#58
Greenwald/Snowden fans are in an alternate reality. That's why the Guardian mangled John Lewis'
ProSense
Aug 2013
#61
k and r and kudos to those who maintain their souls in the face of unrelenting propaganda
bbgrunt
Aug 2013
#87
Posting ignorant, dated flamebait knowing that you won't be able to see 92% of the responses?
Number23
Aug 2013
#93
Really, pulling "I remember 9/11" out is such a very Rudy Giuliani thing to do...
TiberiusB
Aug 2013
#175
111th Military Intelligence Group spied on MLK...NSA would do same I suppose if MLK were around now
EVDebs
Aug 2013
#116
That's a pretty dispicable thread title. It's divisive flame bait and makes DU suck, IMO.
MADem
Aug 2013
#130
I'll listen to John Lewis about Martin Luther King. Not Snowden, Greenwald, Assange,
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#140
facepalm. You DID miss it. John Lewis was misleadingly quoted as comparing Snowden
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#157
King as President? Who knows. He had a working relationship w/ Kennedy and Johnson
bigtree
Aug 2013
#191
Trashing thread. I wish white liberals would stop using civil rights
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2013
#194
I'm nowhere NEAR kidding. Stop exploiting this man's words and thoughts for your own purposes.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2013
#234
Deadbeat scuzzy lawyer/pornographer on his high and mighty lecturing others. n/t
Scurrilous
Aug 2013
#219