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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Civil rights leader mentioned in a nihilistic argument that even history's most revered figures engaged in the same vices and moral compromises as everyone else.

Mentions (7)
"One time a kid doing his history presentation on MLK replaced all uses of the word 'black' with 'waffle' and our teacher freaked out."
"My mom once told me the only time in their entire 55+ year relationship she ever saw him cry was when MLK got assassinated."
"Like, the self-aggrandizing, the self-flagellating on social media posts, the regurgitation of decontextualized MLK and Malcom X quotes over and over again"
Every time I think of the George Floyd protests I cringe in embarrassment · u/HenrysAmazingAnimals · ↑536 · 2025-03-31
"Yes, a racist southerner conveniently waited until MLK was going to march on the Capitol to demand economic justice before murdering him. Yes, he definitely wasn't murdered by the government"
"They haven't even given up on the John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr. Files."
"fbi killed mlk(obviously)"
What conspiracy theories do you believe? · RumHamDog · ↑70 · 2024-03-29
"You said that there were no saints. You said even the best among us, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr etc. all indulged in the same vices as everyone else and derived the same privileges that can only exist at the expense of other human beings."
Sincere posting: a short story I wrote · u/ilyukhina · ↑32 · 2024-08-07
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