Why did MLK Jr, liberal christian, speak out against Republicans?

Question

Could it see he saw the beginning of the racist Southern Strategy that conservative Republicans used to win over the South?

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"The war has strengthened domestic reaction. It has given the extreme right, the anti-labor, anti-*****, and anti-humanistic forces a weapon of spurious patriotism to galvanize its supporters into reaching for power, right up to the White House. It hopes to use national frustration to take control and restore the America of social insecurity and power for the privileged. When a Hollywood performer [REAGAN], lacking distinction even as an actor can become a leading war hawk candidate for the Presidency, only the irrationalities induced by a war psychosis can explain such a melancholy turn of events."
- Martin Luther King Jr, Domestic Impact of War, Nov 1967
http://www.aavw.org/special_features/speeches_speech_king03.html

FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT REAGAN WAS BORN IN 1980 (AND THEREFORE MLK COULDN'T HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT REAGAN BECAUSE HE WAS MURDERED IN APRIL 1968):

"A TIME FOR CHOOSING" WAS A SPEECH REAGAN SPOKE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IN SUPPORT OF CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN BARRY GOLDWATER'S CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. THIS WAS BACK IN 1964. IT MADE HIM A NATIONAL FIGURE AND LED TO TALK ABOUT HIM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 1968. THE CAMPAIGN TO WIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT BEGAN THE YEAR PRIOR IN 1967.

"The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism. All people of goodwill viewed with alarm and concern the frenzied wedding at the Cow Palace of the KKK with the radical right. The "best man" at this ceremony was a senator whose voting record, philosophy, and program were anathema to all the hard-won achievements of the past decade.

"It was both unfortunate and disastrous that the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater as its candidate for President of the United States. In foreign policy Mr. Goldwater advocated a narrow nationalism, a crippling isolationism, and a trigger-happy attitude that could plunge the whole world into the dark abyss of annihilation. On social and economic issues, Mr. Goldwater represented an unrealistic conservatism that was totally out of touch with the realities of the twentieth century. The issue of poverty compelled the attention of all citizens of our country. Senator Goldwater had neither the concern nor the comprehension necessary to grapple with this problem of poverty in the fashion that the historical moment dictated. On the urgent issue of civil rights, Senator Goldwater represented a philosophy that was morally indefensible and socially suicidal."
- MLK Jr, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/autobiography/chp_23.htm

heehee,

There is definitely is a purpose. The purpose is pointing out today's southern conservative dominated Republican Party has nothing in common with radical / progressive / liberal Party of Lincoln, Theodore Rosevelt, and Nelson Rockefeller. These guys were from the liberal northeast, not conservative south.

Answer 1

I am reminded of Kennedy ordering the tapping of MLK's phone and having the CIA follow him around

Answer 2

You answered your own question, sort of...he was speaking out against Reagan and Goldwater, not all republicans. At the time there were still plenty of anti-labor, anti-"*****" people in the democratic party although most of them became republicans a little later.

Reagan did try a run for President in 1968, he was part of a "Stop Nixon" campaign and won pledges from 600 delegates to the Republican convention.

Answer 3

Let's say you're right. So what. He was a good man. But not a seer. Or God.

His strength was his fight for civil liberties, while being an upstanding and highly respected citizen. He was a good man.

But a political genius? Probably not. For what it's worth, my father (a Conservative) supported neither MLK or Barry G. It took him 10 years or more to realize the value of both.

Answer 4

When a Hollywood performer [REAGAN], lacking distinction even as an actor can become a leading war hawk candidate for the Presidency

Reagan first ran for president in 1975-1976 ...7-8 years after MLK was dead.
Reagan's first year as governor in Cali was in 1967.

So no he wasnt talking about Reagan no matter how hard to you try and spin that.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Hee hee the liberal god Robert Byrd is a great example of liberal hypocrisy

Answer 7

Your left wing is flapping so hard your flying in circles hittng the ground.

Answer 8

Is there any purpose to your narrow minded rhetoric.