[Vision2020] MLK RIP

Tue Jan 18 20:04:25 PST 2005

Visionheads,

Few things chap my butt worse than the brazen hypocrites who play church every week at our local cult. And as witnessed by their own writings (appended below), few men get under these wolves’ fur worse than MLK.

But think about it, while the Wolfman co-plagiarized a booklet that extolled the virtues of slavery and condemned all forms of abolitionism, MLK gave his life in a non-violent fight for freedom. And while MLK left a lasting mark on our nation for the good, the Wolfman insists on turning the blade, without mercy, into the memory of a fallen minister.

With this historical fact in mind, I post the following memo to the Wolfman:

Since God is not mocked and men reap what they sow, you shall not escape Haman’s gallows. Therefore, on the day they hood you, tighten the noose round your neck, and pull the lever; at the instant before your neck snaps, making you squeal like a little girl, please remember that the name of the wicked shall rot.

Thursday, May 29, 2003

When theologically conservative whites engage in soul-searching on race issues, we consistently look in the wrong place. Like an inveterate melancholic, we confess all the sins we haven’t committed, and neglect the ones we have. . . . Though not a George W. fan, he had one magnificent phrase in one of his speeches that captures our problem exactly. He referred to the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” MLK was a habitual tomcatter. Any white minister guilty of the same sins, on the same magnitude, would have all of us on this list chasing him out of town, pelting him with stones. But all of us would be reluctant to start doing anything like this with MLK. I think the reason is that the liberals really are right, but for the wrong reason. We are racist, and secretly believe that a black minister can’t be expected to live up to the same standards as we do. . . .

Douglas

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibhorizon/

(post 21452, Biblical Horizons is a semi-public listserv)

If you want to read an indictment of American academia, as if you needed one, then I recommend Plagiarism and the Culture War. In it, Theodore Pappas documents the wholesale plagiarism committed by Martin Luther King, Jr. in his doctoral work, not to mention the varied and wondrous contortions of the academic establishment as they sought to studiously ignore this indisputable fact. Of course, this particular instance is not the sum and substance of modern academic corruption, but it does provide a wonderful example of how it all works. If you are in any doubt about how advanced our public corruption is, just write a letter to your local paper on how MLK was a plagiarist, and see what happens. Suddenly, mirabile dictu, people like you who believe that a man should be judged by the content of his character and not by the color of his skin will be branded . . . racists. George Orwell, call your office.

Volume 11, Issue 1

http://www.credenda.org/issues/11-1meander.php

Martin Luther King Day Celebrated with Widespread Adultery/Plagiarism Parties

by Douglas Jones

HOLLYWOOD — For an increasing number of Americans, Martin Luther King Day is no longer a time of relaxation or volunteerism but a day to commit adultery and plagiarize. “It is a time for the nation to remember the soul of Dr. King. A time to remember his fight for personal license, equal claims to authorship, and the dignity of other people’s wives. A time to remember the message of change through nonviolence,” said Rep. Rico Hall, California Democrat.

More than 10,000 people in Philadelphia and 30,000 in Hollywood volunteered to commit adultery within city limits. Some participated in “mock” adultery parties, where everyone wore body stockings, but others were more true to the King tradition. The parties closed with a unison-chanting of the famous Martin Luther King line “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Smaller groups in several cities, from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C., to San Diego, also used the holiday to copy scholars’ critical writings and claim them as their own. “Dr. King only copied half of his doctoral dissertation from dead guys like J.H. Randall, D.E. Roberts, and Paul Tillich, but I’m claiming entire chapters of Toni Morrison as my own,” said Jennifer Green, a high-school student from Decatur, AL.

Schools in New York had students relive the “I Have a Dream” plagiarism from Archibald Carey by reenacting convention speeches from Senator Joseph Biden. “Students receive recognition for the work they copy,” Albany County superintendent Henry Blair says. “We believe if students can commit to two weeks of plagiarism, they can commit to a month. That becomes a year, then a year becomes a lifetime.”

The new holiday slant has triggered some negative reactions. “I don’t like all the secretive aspects of the adultery parties. Sure, everyone admits that King did it secretly, but I think we should grow beyond that,” says Hannie Jenkins of Portland. It’s a “commentary about Human Rights in general,” says Jerry Bernstein, director of the Pittsburgh Day of Service. “It’s also a very strong statement about the King holiday and the shift toward finding meaningful ways to celebrate his life of action and helping others. We all need to strive to be more like Dr. King.”

Volume 15, Issue 1

http://www.credenda.org/issues/15-1cretan.php

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