Why do so many Republicans hate MLK?

Do Republicans

  • hate blacks?

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • like blacks, as long as they know their place?

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • wish blacks would vote for them?

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • wish blacks would go away?

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • secrectly wish they were black?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    8
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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I was reading the news today (oh boy) when an article about major Republicans who voted no to establishing a national holiday in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. Who would have thunk it? Here is a small list of the racists.
Sen. John McCain (R) Arizona
Sen. Richard Shelby (R) Alabama
Sen. Hal Rodgers (R) TN (another inbred, probably)
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R) Arizona
Sen. Jessie Helms (R) S. Carolina
Sen. Orin Hatch (R) Utah
Rep. Steve Scalise (R) Louisiana, who is the new Majority Whip in the House.
Why, are the seeming standard bearers of the Republican party so fucking racist? Did their parents tell them boogie man stories when they were young, and the boogie man was always black, or is it as simple as they don't really like black Americans that much
In my book, I think there are a couple of reasons, one being that they simply are representing the will of the people they serve in those fucked up states.
The other reason is that they personally hate blacks.
I think they just hate blacks ( and want to be re-elected)
 
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GrowUrOwnDank

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Jimdamick said:
I was reading the news today (oh boy) when an article about major Republicans who voted no to establishing a national holiday in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. Who would have thunk it? Here is a small list of the racists.
Sen. John McCain (R) Arizona
Sen. Richard Shelby (R) Alabama
Sen. Hal Rodgers (R) TN (another inbred, probably)
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R) Arizona
Sen. Jessie Helms (R) S. Carolina
Sen. Orin Hatch (R) Utah
Rep. Steve Scalise (R) Louisiana, who is the new Majority Whip in the House.
Why, are the seeming standard bearers of the Republican party so fucking racist? Did their parents tell them boogie man stories when they were young, and the boogie man was always black, or is it as simple as they don't really like black Americans that much
In my book, I think there are a couple of reasons, one being that they simply are representing the will of the people they serve in those fucked up states.
The other reason is that they personally hate blacks.
I think they just hate blacks ( and want to be re-elected)
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Because MLK was a leader for the poor. Repubs are mostly rich who do not want to contribute through decent wages and benefits to the workers in the companies they own or are invested in.

As an example. A republican opens a print shop that requires skilled employees. They will pay skilled employees the minimal possible in order to be able to squeeze as much profit as they can to line their own pockets making them richer and enslaving the worker to work for as low a salary as possible FOREVER! And peeps like MLK may have something to say about how unfair that is.

Just my theory anyway.

I am sure the republican cheerleader/followers/buttlick fanboys will chime in.
 
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HayStax

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Now I wasn't around back in the day, and I'm assuming you Weren't either, judging by the ignorance In the original post, either that or you chose to ignore the actual politics of race in the 60s which is much worse. I'm not here to argue, but if you boys are looking for answers, I'd suggest not watching the television for your knowledge. By actually reading (yes books, old school) first and then forming at least slightly educated opinion from your findings tends to work out MUCH better for everyone.

Peace & solidarity
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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HayStax said:
Now I wasn't around back in the day, and I'm assuming you Weren't either, judging by the ignorance In the original post, either that or you chose to ignore the actual politics of race in the 60s which is much worse. I'm not here to argue, but if you boys are looking for answers, I'd suggest not watching the television for your knowledge. By actually reading (yes books, old school) first and then forming at least slightly educated opinion from your findings tends to work out MUCH better for everyone.

Peace & solidarity
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I might be ignorant, by all I was doing was stating a FACT, at least the part about voting records.. It just seems to me that conservatives don't like minorities in general, and blacks especially (Mexicans?). That's the impression that I got, and still get.
 
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HayStax

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Exactly, and that it was southern Democrats doing the majority of the legislative blocking to keep segregation, but hey...
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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ginwilly said:
It does seem strange, especially considering MLK was republican himself.
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King did, however, weigh in on the Republican party during his lifetime. In Chapter 23 of his autobiography, King writes this about the 1964 Republican National Convention:
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.
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. While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulated a philosophy which gave aid and comfort to the racist. His candidacy and philosophy would serve as an umbrella under which extremists of all stripes would stand. In the light of these facts and because of my love for America, I had no alternative but to urge every Negro and white person of goodwill to vote against Mr. Goldwater and to withdraw support from any Republican candidate that did not publicly disassociate himself from Senator Goldwater and his philosophy.
 
Jimdamick

Jimdamick

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ginwilly said:
It does seem strange, especially considering MLK was republican himself.
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David Garrow, who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of King, stated “It’s simply incorrect to call Dr. King a Republican.”
King, according to Garrow, did hold some Republicans — including Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller — in high regard. He also was harshly critical of Lyndon Johnson’s escalation of the Vietnam War.
In 2008, King’s son Martin Luther King III said “It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no evidence that he ever even voted for a Republican.” Garrow claimed there is little doubt King voted for Kennedy in 1960 and Johnson in 1964.
 
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HayStax

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Democratic senator Robert Byrd, said, "n***er" on live t.v. In 2001 in an outburst, I think is been a few years since a Republican did that. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a senator from either party who actually gives a shit about poor black folks, but what you guys are missing is that they don't give a shit about poor white folks either, it's all about the money and poor folks of any races rarely have either.
 
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HayStax

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King's children have been trying to mock their fathers legacy for a long time. No class there. For the record before I get accused like it's a disease, I am not Republican.
 
travisw

travisw

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ginwilly said:
It does seem strange, especially considering MLK was republican himself.
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King said, "In the past I have always voted the Democratic ticket."

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/primarydocuments/Vol3/1-Oct-1956_ToSloan.pdf

King on Ronald Reagan, "When a Hollywood performer, lacking distinction even as an actor can become a leading war hawk candidate for the Presidency, only the irrationality induced by a war psychosis can explain such a melancholy turn of events

http://www.aavw.org/special_features/speeches_speech_king03.html

Aren't those odd things for a 'Republican to say?


MoDrama edit:

I see you having your little episode down there. I can assure you, I'm not trying to trick, confuse, or otherwise mislead anyone. I presented what I believe to be true. I wasn't there and didn't hear the man say it. I was only - 5 years old then. Given your penchant for lying, I can understand how that might trouble and confuse you.

Do you think the whole thing is made up? Do you think he's talking about some other actor? Do you have anything that says otherwise?
 
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ginwilly

ginwilly

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travisw said:
King said, "In the past I have always voted the Democratic ticket."

http://mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/primarydocuments/Vol3/1-Oct-1956_ToSloan.pdf

King on Ronald Reagan, "When a Hollywood performer, lacking distinction even as an actor can become a leading war hawk candidate for the Presidency, only the irrationalit induced by a war psychosis can explain such a melancholy turn of events

http://www.aavw.org/special_features/speeches_speech_king03.html

Aren't those odd things for a 'Republican to say?

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I stand corrected and love the Reagan quote.

I had read he was a registered pub. The NBRA claims him, his niece claimed he was, but your post says otherwise.

Here's a link if you care to read about it.
http://www.nbra.info/
 
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HayStax

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I'm not saying that King was philosophically "Republican", but if your saying that to challenge someone with aligning philosophical ideas is inherently "unparty-like" or proves disassociation, then you have just explained the reason why progress in America takes so long; cause it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Republicans or Democrats
 
NLXSK1

NLXSK1

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Jimdamick said:
I was reading the news today (oh boy) when an article about major Republicans who voted no to establishing a national holiday in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. Who would have thunk it? Here is a small list of the racists.
Sen. John McCain (R) Arizona
Sen. Richard Shelby (R) Alabama
Sen. Hal Rodgers (R) TN (another inbred, probably)
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R) Arizona
Sen. Jessie Helms (R) S. Carolina
Sen. Orin Hatch (R) Utah
Rep. Steve Scalise (R) Louisiana, who is the new Majority Whip in the House.
Why, are the seeming standard bearers of the Republican party so fucking racist? Did their parents tell them boogie man stories when they were young, and the boogie man was always black, or is it as simple as they don't really like black Americans that much
In my book, I think there are a couple of reasons, one being that they simply are representing the will of the people they serve in those fucked up states.
The other reason is that they personally hate blacks.
I think they just hate blacks ( and want to be re-elected)
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In case you didnt get the memo.. MLK has been dead for quite some time.
 
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