Historical Glimpses - Martin Luther King

Blade · #1 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 01:43 AM

I have generally aways admired King, but he was not a saint. First of all, he was widely known for his marital infidelity. After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he said "I've been to the mountaintop", but it looks like he spent some time in the "valley" too.

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Also, he was a plaigiarist. From wiki:

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In the 1980s, questions were raised regarding the authorship of King's dissertation, other papers, and his speeches. Concerns about his doctoral dissertation at Boston University led to a formal inquiry by university officials, which concluded that approximately a third of it had been plagiarized from a paper written by an earlier graduate student

Now look at the libs trying to come up with excuses:

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but it was decided not to revoke his degree, since the paper still "makes an intelligent contribution to scholarship."* While some have criticized King for his plagiarism, Keith Miller has argued that the practice falls within the tradition of "African-American folk preaching", and should not necessarily be labeled plagiarism.* However, as Theodore Pappas points out in his book Plagiarism and the Culture War, King in fact took a class on scholarly standards and plagiarism at Boston University.

* Free Black Pass

While these actions represent character defects, and the betrayal of his wife was particularly bad, I evaluate historical figures on their whole life, and in that regard, MLK comes out not bad. Not bad at all.

nonsqtr · #2 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 07:05 AM

Yeah, MLK was a pretty good dude, all things considered.

Did you know, that Hoover considered him to be the "greatest threat to national security", bigger even than the Communists?

Yeah - plagiarism and infidelity - that's kinda the decision "we" have to make with these public figures, right? 'Cause I mean, "all" of 'em, have some kinda hypocrisy going on, some kinda "difference" between what they're telling us in public, and how they conduct their private lives.

But, I mean, when I look at MLK's "public message", there's really not too much bad stuff in there. You know, it's mostly, like, peaceful non-violent resistance and "stand up for your rights" kinda thing - a lot like Ghandi or something.

So, I mean, I kinda look at that stuff, and I go, "okay, the guy's a human being", right? And I mean, we're "all" constrained by our biology, right? But I gotta put that into perspective - 'cause here's a guy who dedicated his whole entire life to the pursuit of truth and justice, and you know, in that context, I'm totally willing to forgive the guy for a few little personal "foibles" or whatever - right?

That's kinda how I try to build "context" around some of this stuff....

superbadbrutha · #3 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade";p=&quot

I have generally aways admired King, but he was not a saint. First of all, he was widely known for his marital infidelity. After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he said "I've been to the mountaintop", but it looks like he spent some time in the "valley" too.

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Also, he was a plaigiarist. From wiki:

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In the 1980s, questions were raised regarding the authorship of King's dissertation, other papers, and his speeches. Concerns about his doctoral dissertation at Boston University led to a formal inquiry by university officials, which concluded that approximately a third of it had been plagiarized from a paper written by an earlier graduate student

Now look at the libs trying to come up with excuses:

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but it was decided not to revoke his degree, since the paper still "makes an intelligent contribution to scholarship."* While some have criticized King for his plagiarism, Keith Miller has argued that the practice falls within the tradition of "African-American folk preaching", and should not necessarily be labeled plagiarism.* However, as Theodore Pappas points out in his book Plagiarism and the Culture War, King in fact took a class on scholarly standards and plagiarism at Boston University.

* Free Black Pass

While these actions represent character defects, and the betrayal of his wife was particularly bad, I evaluate historical figures on their whole life, and in that regard, MLK comes out not bad. Not bad at all.

You wonder why your threads are always labeled as racist. Now give me one person that you claim is a great american that does not have skeletons in their closet.

I don't remember one person labeling Dr. King as a Saint. Your actually aim here is to discredit Dr. King or put him in a negative light.

Unfortunately for you no matter what you post you can't take away from the fact that Dr. King was one of the greatest americans in the history of this country.

What a useless thread.

Peace.

Blade · #4 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 02:27 PM

I won't reply to your idiotic post. Think of it as part of your Free Black Pass.

superbadbrutha · #5 (**permalink**) 11-07-2007, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade";p=&quot

I won't reply to your idiotic post. Think of it as part of your Free Black Pass.

Is this asinine thread. Please tell inquiry minds what you expect to gain from this.

Peace.

Blade · #6 (**permalink**) 11-07-2007, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade";p=&quot

I won't reply to your idiotic post. Think of it as part of your Free Black Pass.

Is this asinine thread. Please tell inquiry minds what you expect to gain from this.

Peace.

I just wanted to see your "You done be a racist" post again.

nomorechemo4me · #7 (**permalink**) 11-07-2007, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade";p=&quot

I have generally aways admired King, but he was not a saint. First of all, he was widely known for his marital infidelity. After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he said "I've been to the mountaintop", but it looks like he spent some time in the "valley" too.

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Also, he was a plaigiarist. From wiki:

stop right there.......Guiliani ring a bell?

of course another "wiki" source.

Blade · #8 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Blade";p=&quot

I have generally aways admired King, but he was not a saint. First of all, he was widely known for his marital infidelity. After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he said "I've been to the mountaintop", but it looks like he spent some time in the "valley" too.

.

Also, he was a plaigiarist. From wiki:

stop right there.......Guiliani ring a bell?

of course another "wiki" source.

Go play with some razor blades.

superbadbrutha · #9 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Blade";p=&quot

I won't reply to your idiotic post. Think of it as part of your Free Black Pass.

Is this asinine thread. Please tell inquiry minds what you expect to gain from this.

Peace.

I just wanted to see your "You done be a racist" post again.

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You already know you are a racist, you don't have to hear it from me.

Cats like you hate to see any black man given any type of credit or honor for anything in this country.

Does your hate really run that deep?

Peace.