We also need to keep in mind that COINTEL was a legitimate government operation- and even if one doesn’t believe the letter was intended to suggest MLK JR commit suicide- it was intended to shame him, cause domestic disturbance in his life, and blackmail him into some type of compliance of reduced effectiveness in his public presence. People who were aware and actively or tacitly complicit in this and other actions are still alive too. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Wether it be a generation or 10. Our country still has wounds from conflicts hundreds of years ago- the world has some from thousands. Hate doesn’t disappear just because laws change.
Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated in 1968. Most of the individuals who were against the civil rights movement were between the ages of 20-60. 1968 was 50 years ago putting the youngest individuals around that time period in their late 60's early 70's today. I can honestly assure you that that's an ever dwindling number and i'd say half of the individuals in that age range today supported the civil rights movement and I'd wager that to many in middle america it wasn't exactly on their radar enough to sway their opinion one way or another. So you're legit talking about a minority of a minority of the population.
While it’s a prudent reminder that open and or legal bigotry and racism isn’t as far removed in history as many seem to think- and that just because laws were passed to help end discrimination doesn’t mean the whole issue is closed- one can’t simply say that how a person was decades ago makes it obvious who they would vote for. If hate or issues of social equity were such cartoonishly simple things they wouldn’t be the problems they are. Ideals tend to be far more subtle and multifaceted.
I have a lot of black friends, liberal, conservative--all across the board--and everyone is getting really tired about EVERYTHING being made into a racial issue.
Thank you!
7.5B people. We WILL have cultural differences! If people continue to confuse cultural differences with racism we are eventually going to act like GOT.
They voted democrat. The KKK was originally a domestic terrorist wing of the democrat party. The only difference in democrats is, they used to keep you in physical chains, now they keep people bound to social handouts instead. Democrat racism didnt change, it just changed and became low key
7.5B people. We WILL have cultural differences! If people continue to confuse cultural differences with racism we are eventually going to act like GOT.