[Vision2020] In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[Art Deco]

Normal Folks,

As Tom points out, Christ Church Cult Master Wilson says:

Martin Luther King was a man of great personal courage and ability, and if we were not being pushed to support a national holiday in his honor, I would be content to leave the matter there. But the man was also a scoundrel. Our culture is in the process of deifying him, and someone should point out that
we are not required to rewrite history for the sake of a little liberal ''good will.''

But, of course, flying under the glorious banner of Covenantal Hypocrisy, its OK to deify a traitor and a scoundrel like Robert E. Lee.


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "'Saundra Lund'" <sslund at adelphia.net>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


> With a little searching of the Lewiston Morning Tribune (online edition) of
> January 20, 1990 I found:
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> LIBERAL GUILT DESIGNATES HOLIDAY FOR A SCOUNDREL  
> Doug Wilson
> Lewiston Tribune  1990-01-20 
> Page: A1  
> 
>    Last Thursday, the Tribune ran an embarrassed editorial on the national
> holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. It seems that Idaho is one of the few
> states which hasn't gone along with all the froth and bubble. The Tribune
> called this sturdy good sense a defiance of ''the rest of the nation.'
> 
> The editorial also took state Sen. Mark Ricks to task for opposing
> legislation which would bring Idaho into line. Ricks, R-Rexburg, was guilty
> of saying, ''In my opinion, there have been people who have done so much
> more than he has.'' That was enough for the Trib. Reading between the lines,
> the paper went on to conclude that Ricks was ''whistling Dixie.'' I suppose
> that what they meant by this was the implication that Ricks is a closet
> Southerner, from which we are all supposed to infer that he is a racist.
> Talk about bigotry. Everyone knows that white Southerners are bigots, right?
> 
> The editorial concluded by saying there is no middle ground between the good
> will symbolized by Martin Luther King, and the mean-spiritedness and
> intolerance symbolized by Mark Ricks.
> 
> Oh dear. What is a conservative supposed to do? If he doesn't think a
> national holiday for King is a good idea, does he now have to support it
> anyway? If he doesn't, then he will not be opposed by those who question his
> judgment, but by those who would question his motives.
> 
> Contrary to popular superstition, it is possible to have opposed the
> politics of Dr. King without depising him on account of his race. It should
> also be noted that the politics of King still occupy a large segment of our
> current events in the form of Jesse Jackson. If I don't vote for Jackson,
> does that make me mean-spirited?
> 
> It is also possible to oppose this national holiday on the grounds that it
> is being used to further a particular current political agenda. This is in
> distinction from what a national holiday should be: the recognition of
> historical greatness from a sufficient distance to be able to make that
> judgment competently.
> 
> But white liberals, riddled with guilt, have trouble with this concept. If
> someone does a black opponent the courtesy of treating him as a person ,
> with whom he disagrees, just like he does with other people, the liberal
> doesn't know where to look.
> 
> ''Yes, yes, I know we disagree with each other all the time, but we're, you
> know, different . If a black says something stupid, then pretend it didn't
> happen. If you don't, then we write a editorial calling you mean-spirited.''
> 
> Blacks, like whites, are created in the image of God. They both are to be
> therefore treated with dignity. Blacks, like whites, are capable of
> monumental follies. When this happens, then that folly should be attributed
> to the source, regardless of race, color, national orgin, sex or whatever
> the current list is that you see in government buildings.
> 
> Martin Luther King was a man of great personal courage and ability, and if
> we were not being pushed to support a national holiday in his honor, I would
> be content to leave the matter there. But the man was also a scoundrel. Our
> culture is in the process of deifying him, and someone should point out that
> we are not required to rewrite history for the sake of a little liberal
> ''good will.''
> 
> 
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