Comments on: MLK Was No "Conservative" http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17737 Jonathan Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:06:41 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17737 Oops. My bad. I seem to not be able to read correctly today. Ben said the opposite of what I implied he said, and that means we are in agreement. Sorry Ben. Oops. My bad. I seem to not be able to read correctly today. Ben said the opposite of what I implied he said, and that means we are in agreement. Sorry Ben.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17749 Jonathan Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:06:41 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17749 Oops. My bad. I seem to not be able to read correctly today. Ben said the opposite of what I implied he said, and that means we are in agreement. Sorry Ben. Oops. My bad. I seem to not be able to read correctly today. Ben said the opposite of what I implied he said, and that means we are in agreement. Sorry Ben.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17738 Jonathan Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17738 You said: "Tearing down the edifice of Jim Crow and segregation was itself a profoundly anti-statist move. The state power necessary to enforce the Negro Codes hardly result in a laissez-faire institution" I think you need to rethink this statement. Jim Crow and segregation WERE statist artificialities introduced to accomplish a political agenda, so tearing them down can hardly be "anti-statist." In fact, its probably one of the few times this government has torn down a harmful institution of its own making. The bottom line is that this ticking time bomb in the American psyche was created by the government, fostered and enabled by it, and then inadequately mitigated by it. The American government has done nothing BUT screw up this issue since 1776. Statist? It's not statism with the state does something to diminsh statism. Especially statism that violates the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the law of God to boot, not necessarily in that order. You said:

“Tearing down the edifice of Jim Crow and segregation was itself a profoundly anti-statist move. The state power necessary to enforce the Negro Codes hardly result in a laissez-faire institution”

I think you need to rethink this statement. Jim Crow and segregation WERE statist artificialities introduced to accomplish a political agenda, so tearing them down can hardly be “anti-statist.” In fact, its probably one of the few times this government has torn down a harmful institution of its own making.

The bottom line is that this ticking time bomb in the American psyche was created by the government, fostered and enabled by it, and then inadequately mitigated by it. The American government has done nothing BUT screw up this issue since 1776. Statist? It’s not statism with the state does something to diminsh statism. Especially statism that violates the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the law of God to boot, not necessarily in that order.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17750 Jonathan Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17750 You said: "Tearing down the edifice of Jim Crow and segregation was itself a profoundly anti-statist move. The state power necessary to enforce the Negro Codes hardly result in a laissez-faire institution" I think you need to rethink this statement. Jim Crow and segregation WERE statist artificialities introduced to accomplish a political agenda, so tearing them down can hardly be "anti-statist." In fact, its probably one of the few times this government has torn down a harmful institution of its own making. The bottom line is that this ticking time bomb in the American psyche was created by the government, fostered and enabled by it, and then inadequately mitigated by it. The American government has done nothing BUT screw up this issue since 1776. Statist? It's not statism with the state does something to diminsh statism. Especially statism that violates the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the law of God to boot, not necessarily in that order. You said:

“Tearing down the edifice of Jim Crow and segregation was itself a profoundly anti-statist move. The state power necessary to enforce the Negro Codes hardly result in a laissez-faire institution”

I think you need to rethink this statement. Jim Crow and segregation WERE statist artificialities introduced to accomplish a political agenda, so tearing them down can hardly be “anti-statist.” In fact, its probably one of the few times this government has torn down a harmful institution of its own making.

The bottom line is that this ticking time bomb in the American psyche was created by the government, fostered and enabled by it, and then inadequately mitigated by it. The American government has done nothing BUT screw up this issue since 1776. Statist? It’s not statism with the state does something to diminsh statism. Especially statism that violates the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the law of God to boot, not necessarily in that order.

]]> By: kimsegar http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17745 kimsegar Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:54:02 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17745 Your right and I could fill you in on more. but...I will let sleeping dogs lie..but I live by,,fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me...common sense is gone, so is truth. people don't know and have never heard true history, and it is so watered down in schools that they will never get the truth... Your right and I could fill you in on more. but…I will let sleeping dogs lie..but I live by,,fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me…common sense is gone, so is truth. people don’t know and have never heard true history, and it is so watered down in schools that they will never get the truth…

]]> By: kimsegar http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17757 kimsegar Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:54:02 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17757 Your right and I could fill you in on more. but...I will let sleeping dogs lie..but I live by,,fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me...common sense is gone, so is truth. people don't know and have never heard true history, and it is so watered down in schools that they will never get the truth... Your right and I could fill you in on more. but…I will let sleeping dogs lie..but I live by,,fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me…common sense is gone, so is truth. people don’t know and have never heard true history, and it is so watered down in schools that they will never get the truth…

]]> By: Skypilott2 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17744 Skypilott2 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:58:09 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17744 King was a plagiarist, communist-sympathizer, and adulterer, all the while pretending to be some holy man concerned with plight of the Negro. Funny thing how he was considered to be the 'king' of non-violent protest, yet violence seemed to show up wherever he went. There is a very simple truth that many people simply fail to grasp: integration is the end of diversity, the very thing the multiculturists profess as a goal. One cannot understand King merely by reading what he said. A much clearer picture of the man emerges from studying his actions, instead. King was a plagiarist, communist-sympathizer, and adulterer, all the while pretending to be some holy man concerned with plight of the Negro.

Funny thing how he was considered to be the ‘king’ of non-violent protest, yet violence seemed to show up wherever he went.

There is a very simple truth that many people simply fail to grasp:
integration is the end of diversity, the very thing the multiculturists profess as a goal.

One cannot understand King merely by reading what he said. A much clearer picture of the man emerges from studying his actions, instead.

]]> By: Skypilott2 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17756 Skypilott2 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:58:09 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17756 King was a plagiarist, communist-sympathizer, and adulterer, all the while pretending to be some holy man concerned with plight of the Negro. Funny thing how he was considered to be the 'king' of non-violent protest, yet violence seemed to show up wherever he went. There is a very simple truth that many people simply fail to grasp: integration is the end of diversity, the very thing the multiculturists profess as a goal. One cannot understand King merely by reading what he said. A much clearer picture of the man emerges from studying his actions, instead. King was a plagiarist, communist-sympathizer, and adulterer, all the while pretending to be some holy man concerned with plight of the Negro.

Funny thing how he was considered to be the ‘king’ of non-violent protest, yet violence seemed to show up wherever he went.

There is a very simple truth that many people simply fail to grasp:
integration is the end of diversity, the very thing the multiculturists profess as a goal.

One cannot understand King merely by reading what he said. A much clearer picture of the man emerges from studying his actions, instead.

]]> By: Fritz Becker http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17734 Fritz Becker Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:19:07 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17734 At the time "Democratic Socialism" was viewed as a viable third way, between free market capitalism and Communism, to reduce the disparities in society, he wasn't alone in this thinking. After "Democratic Socialism" was proven to be a failure perhaps he would have come to the same conclusion like many have since? Likewise many in hindsight came to believe that their opposition to the Vietnam war was misguided, particularly when the slaughter that followed it started. He seemed like a fairly well reasoned man, reasoned men do change their opinions when proven wrong. Anyhow hindsight is 20/20, history consists of what happened not what may have happened, so it's only a guess as to how Dr. King would have reacted to the events of the decades since that time. At the time “Democratic Socialism” was viewed as a viable third way, between free market capitalism and Communism, to reduce the disparities in society, he wasn’t alone in this thinking. After “Democratic Socialism” was proven to be a failure perhaps he would have come to the same conclusion like many have since? Likewise many in hindsight came to believe that their opposition to the Vietnam war was misguided, particularly when the slaughter that followed it started. He seemed like a fairly well reasoned man, reasoned men do change their opinions when proven wrong. Anyhow hindsight is 20/20, history consists of what happened not what may have happened, so it’s only a guess as to how Dr. King would have reacted to the events of the decades since that time.

]]> By: Fritz Becker http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17746 Fritz Becker Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:19:07 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17746 At the time "Democratic Socialism" was viewed as a viable third way, between free market capitalism and Communism, to reduce the disparities in society, he wasn't alone in this thinking. After "Democratic Socialism" was proven to be a failure perhaps he would have come to the same conclusion like many have since? Likewise many in hindsight came to believe that their opposition to the Vietnam war was misguided, particularly when the slaughter that followed it started. He seemed like a fairly well reasoned man, reasoned men do change their opinions when proven wrong. Anyhow hindsight is 20/20, history consists of what happened not what may have happened, so it's only a guess as to how Dr. King would have reacted to the events of the decades since that time. At the time “Democratic Socialism” was viewed as a viable third way, between free market capitalism and Communism, to reduce the disparities in society, he wasn’t alone in this thinking. After “Democratic Socialism” was proven to be a failure perhaps he would have come to the same conclusion like many have since? Likewise many in hindsight came to believe that their opposition to the Vietnam war was misguided, particularly when the slaughter that followed it started. He seemed like a fairly well reasoned man, reasoned men do change their opinions when proven wrong. Anyhow hindsight is 20/20, history consists of what happened not what may have happened, so it’s only a guess as to how Dr. King would have reacted to the events of the decades since that time.

]]> By: David Thomson http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17743 David Thomson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:54:59 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17743 Some people might feel uneasy about my assertion that Martin Luther King, Jr. was more useful to the leftist community dead than alive. It might therefore behoove one to visit the Gallup website: “In the years leading up to his death in 1968, however, King did not appear often among the top 10 on Gallup's most admired list.” http://www.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx Some people might feel uneasy about my assertion that Martin Luther King, Jr. was more useful to the leftist community dead than alive. It might therefore behoove one to visit the Gallup website:

“In the years leading up to his death in 1968, however, King did not appear often among the top 10 on Gallup’s most admired list.”

http://www.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx

]]> By: David Thomson http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/10/16/11718/#comment-17755 David Thomson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:54:59 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=11718#comment-17755 Some people might feel uneasy about my assertion that Martin Luther King, Jr. was more useful to the leftist community dead than alive. It might therefore behoove one to visit the Gallup website: “In the years leading up to his death in 1968, however, King did not appear often among the top 10 on Gallup's most admired list.” http://www.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx Some people might feel uneasy about my assertion that Martin Luther King, Jr. was more useful to the leftist community dead than alive. It might therefore behoove one to visit the Gallup website:

“In the years leading up to his death in 1968, however, King did not appear often among the top 10 on Gallup’s most admired list.”

http://www.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx

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