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| Did you know MLK was a Republican? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 20 2006, 08:26 AM (314 Views) | |
| Phlebas | Oct 20 2006, 08:26 AM Post #1 |
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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_...f9c6ba71a808f99 |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 08:34 AM Post #2 |
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Presumably by 'gotten a dialogue started' she means 'made sh!t up out of my head' |
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| The 89th Key | Oct 20 2006, 08:39 AM Post #3 |
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If MLK was alive today, I think he would absolutely be a Republican or at least align himself with the right side of the spectrum. He's more of a traditionalist, understands that America is a noble country and held to a higher standard. He would use his faith very openly and would fight for change - not the reverse racism advocated by the left that we see today. BTW, I had a dream about this last night (Before I saw the thread). I also think it was because I watched the clip of O'Reilly on The View last night and he mentioned this topic as well. |
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| Phlebas | Oct 20 2006, 08:52 AM Post #4 |
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I think he would be pretty much disgusted by both parties. I don't think he would be particularly happy about the culture of dependence that the "Great Society" had at least a part in. I don't think he would be happy about politicians invoking his name in a cheap way to get votes either. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| QuirtEvans | Oct 20 2006, 08:54 AM Post #5 |
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You've found the truth, 89th. MLK would be a Republican. But only in your dreams. :lol: :lol: :lol: Seriously, anyone who thinks that MLK would be a Republican really doesn't know much about MLK at all. In fact, he'd probably be a Clinton Democrat. What with the womanizing and all.
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| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| justme | Oct 20 2006, 08:55 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I believe you're right. |
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"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3 | |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 09:01 AM Post #7 |
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Yeah, and Gandhi would be working for Weightwatchers. |
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| The 89th Key | Oct 20 2006, 09:07 AM Post #8 |
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What I'm saying is that if he were living today and had to choose a representative party, I think he would choose to be a republican before a democrat. He was a very religious leader with traditional values. He protested during Kennedy and Johnson (not that he was protesting against their party) to get social progress moving, something started by another Republican...Lincoln. How's that for a name drop!
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 20 2006, 09:12 AM Post #9 |
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I disagree completely. MLK was awesome, and so therefore he would be more in line with my political party, not with the Republicans. You guys can have Stalin. I think he qualifies as a traditionalist.
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| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 09:13 AM Post #10 |
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Jesus would probably have been a Republican as well. 'The Poor are always with us' is a clear indication of how he felt. In addition, he used to go fishing with the boys, although the Bible doesn't mention whether he preferred domestic beer or imported stuff. Let's face it, most of the Repubs think they can walk on water already, and they did try to turn Whitewater into whine, so he'd fit right in. |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 20 2006, 09:17 AM Post #11 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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If he were alive today, and did not compromise his integrity to accomodate the Democratic platform, he would certainly be shouted down as a theocon. |
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| QuirtEvans | Oct 20 2006, 09:18 AM Post #12 |
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And what I'm saying is, whatever you're smoking, you really ought to share, because it must be the good stuff. MLK a Republican? I think Larry says something that fits ... Oh yeah .... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 09:26 AM Post #13 |
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Maybe he'd be as annoying as Jessie Jackson. Maybe he'd go back to just being a preacher. Maybe he'd put underpants on his head and stick pencils up his nose. Maybe he'd start playing the piano, post on here, and be denounced as a traitor? As Cyrano de Bergerac once said, who nose? |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 20 2006, 09:30 AM Post #14 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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You just have to say that since the whole pencil of the nose thing is demanded by the Democrats. :lol: |
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| Dave Spelvin | Oct 20 2006, 09:33 AM Post #15 |
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A chicken for every pot, a pencil for every nostril. |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 09:34 AM Post #16 |
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I'm actually a centrist. The Republicans like the big old baggy underpants, the Dems like the old lead in the pencil. Allegedly, or so I've heard. |
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| The 89th Key | Oct 20 2006, 10:23 AM Post #17 |
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What I clarified in my second post isn't that he would be a republican, but he WOULD be a republican before being a democrat. Let's see, Kerry was a Catholic and in favor of racism. Bush was a protestant (like MLK) and against racism (like MLK). He would have voted for Bush! ![]() BTW, FYI, AA = racism.
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 10:27 AM Post #18 |
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Isn't it interesting how assassination often ensures sainthood. Everybody wants a piece of the MLK pie. When he was alive, he was a bloody nuisance as far as many politicians were concerned. |
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| Daniel\ | Oct 20 2006, 10:36 AM Post #19 |
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Stalin would have been a Democrat. Hitler would have been a Republican. Get your story straight. :wacko: |
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 20 2006, 10:42 AM Post #20 |
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Depending on how you wish to simplify a historical figure to a ridiculous extent, and filter their known beliefs until they match your criteria, I have no doubt you could make anyone look like the spitting image of anything you want.
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| John D'Oh | Oct 20 2006, 10:45 AM Post #21 |
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If I was alive today, I'd probably be a Repubicrat, or maybe a Demuckrigan. I've got a bottle of booze at home with my name on it. I've changed my name to Laphroaig as a way of fooling the telemarketers and Jehovah's witnesses. |
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| The 89th Key | Oct 20 2006, 11:33 AM Post #22 |
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Yeah just like JFK, IMO. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Oct 20 2006, 11:45 AM Post #23 |
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Yeah, being a Navy hero and a Pulitzer Prize winner, being the first ever Catholic president, founding the Peace Corps, and getting us on the moon really doesn't ammount to much. The guy was a jackass.
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| The 89th Key | Oct 20 2006, 11:57 AM Post #24 |
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Well Aqua, you KNOW I could go down this path....but I'll just simplify it by saying that I think his assassination made him more "famous" and "legendary" than he would have been otherwise.
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| The 89th Key | Oct 20 2006, 12:09 PM Post #25 |
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BTW, I admire JFK for many reasons as well...and I dont know much, but I just get the feeling that his assassination is such a landmark event that it really bumped up his iconic status. Who knows, had he not been shot, rigged and won another election in '64...he may have done even more great stuff! |
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