Wasnt Martin Luther King Republican?
2007-01-15 03:45:43 · 13 answers · asked by Ali 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't like questions like this. The asker is trying to trade the falsely noble public image of Michael King, a.k.a. Martin Luther King Jr., for political points. By reminding the liberals of a lesser truth, the question implicitly abuses a greater lie.
The lie is this: anyone who knows the real character of Michael King (that was his real, legal name) would not want to brag about his having belonged to your political party.
I don't know whether or not Michael King carried a Republican Party membership card. I do know that he was a Communist agent, working in cooperation with the Soviet KGB.
I also know that he cheated his way through his studies at school and got his degree largely on the basis of plagiarism. Most of his essays and speeches incorporate the words of other people, which he used directly and without giving due credit.
He was also a woman-abusing adulterer. Right up to his last night alive, Michael "Rev. Dr. Martin Luther" King was fornicating and beating women (in the Lorraine Motel) and cheating on his wife. His record with the FBI is so bad that they've censored it for political reasons: the Jews wanted to make a US "national icon" out of a *****, and they'd invested much in making such an icon out of "Martin Luther King, Jr." So they pressured the US government to hide the truth about him until 2050.
2007-01-15 03:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, he wasn't.
That was a completely false claim made by a right-wing site run by African Americans, but it has no basis in fact.
Martin Luther King Jr. voted for Kennedy, voted for LBJ, and denounced Barry Goldwater. When you consider that Goldwater went to his grave wondering how the GOP had wandered so far right of it's roots and principles that he established, and he was denounced by King, it's completely absurd to think, even for a second that he'd align with the GOP.
People have taken words from his speeches and said "We believe people should be equal" and MLK Jr was somewhat unsure about Affirmative Action, but the Republicans are clearly for the status quo, and often make claims that the white ruling class is victimized by minorities. Anyone who thinks that MLK Jr would have been on board with this is just insane.
2007-01-15 12:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't say all Republicans were racist, just George Allen, Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond. Martin Luther King Jr. had no official political affiliation, however, his father voted Republican until 1960, when he voted for Kennedy. In addition, it seems much more likely that King would have voted for KEnnedy as well due to Kennedy's stance on civil rights.
2007-01-15 12:01:20 · answer #3 · answered by John S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand what you're saying.
Racism doesn't pick any particular nationality, religion, political affiliation, etc.....it's just one of those things that ignorant people cling on to. (Ignorant people from ALL walks of life, not just one side or another).
You can find racism in any group of people. Abraham Lincon was a Republican also, but the Republican party was represented in a very different way back then, you'll have to remember.
Time is changing....What I'm trying to say is that Racism isn't represented by just republicans, or democrats, or whites, or blacks or mexicans...there are racist people within every group and you can only hope that one day they'll have their eyes opened to the beauty that is diversity.
2007-01-15 11:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First, I don't say that. Racists are on both sides of the fence, and everywhere else.
Second, political parties change. The Republican party of the 50s and 60s is not the same party today. Neither is the Democratic party.
Third, what's your point?
2007-01-15 11:53:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dr. King didn't ally himself with any political party. But he was well-disposed toward JFK and the domestic policies of LBJ.
2007-01-15 11:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No he actually wasn't. A lot of republicans say that but he was a liberal (reformer) so their would be no way he could be in the republican party of conservative agenda (no movement or change).
2007-01-15 11:49:43 · answer #7 · answered by slickny8111 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What does that have to do with anything, ask yourself, in your high class communities, do you invite low class into your sector, and to your Church, or just spout I give to Charity.........your question is silly......do you deal in real life or make it up as you go along
2007-01-15 11:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by AD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Racism does not fall down party lines. It lies within the beholder.
2007-01-15 11:56:11 · answer #9 · answered by mbush40 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no not really...if you compare the party then to the party now i don't know what the current republican party is fascists or racists
2007-01-15 11:49:54 · answer #10 · answered by jason.gmathews 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋