I think, sadly, if King had lived his legend would be less. King was a great civil rights and racial equality leader. But he was also fiercly anti-militarist and socialist. These views get glossed over in our historically enshrined retrospectives but they were core to his beliefs. I don't think people would have been happy or comfortable to have King haranguing them to bring the troops home, to bolster social programs for all poor people, to bring down the overbearing corporate capitalists. He would have made a lot more enemies.
But what do I know. If they can lionize Nixon and Reagan, who knows...
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Date: 2005-01-17 16:59 (UTC)But what do I know. If they can lionize Nixon and Reagan, who knows...
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