MLK Jr Watched as a Friend Raped a Woman and Encouraged the Attack

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  1. TheImmortal

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/arts/king-fbi-tapes-david-garrow.html

    While Dr. King’s infidelities have long been known in broad outline, Mr. Garrow concludes by saying that the new material — including an explosive allegation that he witnessed, and even encouraged, a rape committed by a fellow minister — “poses so fundamental a challenge to his historical stature as to require the most complete and extensive historical review possible.”


    This was from 2019 I believe so it’s not a new story. But given our current climate with the Metoo movement and the removal of statues, memorials, school, building and street names dedicated to individuals with egregious and sinful behavior in their past, regardless of other accomplishments...

    Shouldn’t MLK Jr, who has been implicated as the accomplice to a rapist along with being a known homophobe and self-abuser of women, have his public image scrubbed, his memorials and statues torn asunder and his name erased from public view.

    We don’t want taxpayers supporting the deification of a man with his type of character do we?
     
  2. Moriah

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    Thomas Jefferson regularly raped his teenaged slave, Sally Hemings. He had 5 or 6 children with her too.
    He makes Dr. King look like an amateur.
     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well that certainly makes it OK.
     
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    How many acts of rape are acceptable for an individual to commit, before it is determined all portrayals of an individual must be destroyed? Explain such.
     
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    And Jefferson's statues are being dragged down, so I guess the MLK Jr. statues will be coming down next, right?

    Or maybe hypocrisy will protect them.
     
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    If one does not support destroying every image of Martin Luther King Jr. including his famous televised speech, they are declaring that it is perfectly acceptable to be anti-homosexual and abusive to female individuals.
     
  7. drluggit

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    Funny... This makes it sound like you admire these guys for their actions. how unlike democrats....
     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Practically every big city has a MLK Boulevard. They have to go.
     
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    Just wait until they have to go after John and then Bobby Kennedy... And what can you say about Ted?
     
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    #CancelMLK
     
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    Thomas Jefferson's statues stood for many years before they were taken down.
    Dr. Martin Luther King's should stand for many years also.
     
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    Why? How long is the grace period on accessory to rape?
     
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    What does that have to do with it? That could be argued for many of the statues.

    Sounds like a good argument not to tear down confederate statutes. Images of Thomas Jefferson have been around a lot longer than those statues.
     
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    No, rape is wrong no matter who does it. But, White slave Masters raped their female slaves on a regular basis. I just wanted to stress that.
    I have never heard this rumor concerning Dr King. I'll have to investigate it.
     
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    How long did Thomas Jefferson's statue stand?
     
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    Confederate statues were put up by Democrats, right? So, why are Republicans so upset to see them come down?
     
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    The Kennedy brothers were admirable men. :):democrat:
     
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    There were a number of stories manufactured about MLK during his influential years - that he was gay, that he was a communist, that he was a Cuban spy - I would take any story about him with more than a grain of salt.
     
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    First, you explain why slavemasters raped their slaves.
     
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    Most didn't.
     
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    Actually that is rumored but never proven. It was quite possible that another male relative of Thomas Jeffersonswas the father of Hemings children.
     
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    Given that it’s written by an author whose previous work on MLK won him a Pulitzer Prize, let’s assume for a moment the story is true. Should his image and name be scrubbed from public view?
     
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    Please stop hijacking this thread.
     
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    Just being consistent

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    No proof is required. Only an accusation or rumor is needed to destroy a living person's reputation. Why should we worry about the reputation of someone who is deceased?
     

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