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Old 08-10-2012, 07:36 PM
 
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I do not believe that letter ! ! !
Bumpus, do you mean you can't believe that Byrd said those crazy things?
Or you don't believe that that letter was in fact sent by Byrd?

 
Old 08-10-2012, 10:36 PM
 
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I read it, and it seems it implies RCB was a big supporter of JEH, who everyone knows was anti-MLK and believed him to be a communist subversive. In fact, MLK was a morally bankrupt individual and his supporters were socialist, communist and anti-american, but that's another story.
Do you have an proof that Dr. King was anti-American, communist?

Being Black, I find this very disturbing that this would even be said. I look at it as character defamation. I also have a stake in this because it was due to Dr. King's work that I can vote, go to school anywhere I want, and I can live as a free person in America. I have more freedom than Blacks 2 generations ago had.
 
Old 08-10-2012, 11:27 PM
 
Location: Tysons Corner, VA by way of TEXAS
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Do you have an proof that Dr. King was anti-American, communist?

Being Black, I find this very disturbing that this would even be said. I look at it as character defamation. I also have a stake in this because it was due to Dr. King's work that I can vote, go to school anywhere I want, and I can live as a free person in America. I have more freedom than Blacks 2 generations ago had.
I can answer this question. No he does not have any evidence. MLK was for a society that is equitable and just for all, and being equitable and just could not happen with segregation and discrimination. Apparently those are "communist, anti-American" values.
 
Old 08-11-2012, 12:08 AM
 
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I can answer this question. No he does not have any evidence. MLK was for a society that is equitable and just for all, and being equitable and just could not happen with segregation and discrimination. Apparently those are "communist, anti-American" values.
I figured he didn't have any proof. Character defamation is pretty common.
 
Old 08-11-2012, 12:15 AM
 
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Do you have an proof that Dr. King was anti-American, communist?

Being Black, I find this very disturbing that this would even be said. I look at it as character defamation. I also have a stake in this because it was due to Dr. King's work that I can vote, go to school anywhere I want, and I can live as a free person in America. I have more freedom than Blacks 2 generations ago had.
I think there is a misunderstanding. I dont think the poster was stating this, but he was saying Senator Byrd made this statement. The proof that Byrd believed this is from the letter. I dont believe there is any proof that Martin luther King was an anti-American communist, but people who didnt like him felt he was.
 
Old 08-11-2012, 04:26 PM
 
Location: On The Road Full Time RVing
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Bumpus, do you mean you can't believe that Byrd said those crazy things?
Or you don't believe that that letter was in fact sent by Byrd?
I do not believe either one ! ! ! ...
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