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On Martin Luther King Jr's holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words

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“We’re battling not just two sides or left or right and a gradient in between that have to somehow come to compromise, but a growing movement of hate, abuse, extremism and white supremacy fueled by misinformation, fueled by conspiracy theories that are taking root at every level,” she said.

Rest in Power Dr. King.

Dr. King in his wisdom realized rehashing identitarian issues was a dead end and a distraction for oligarchic agendas.

Bigoted MAGA and neo-liberal Dems both embrace socialism for the rich, those with large capital assets.

His later quotes do not get enough attention.

Whenever the government provides opportunities in privileges for white people and rich people they call it “subsidized” when they do it for Negro and poor people they call it “welfare.” The fact that is the everybody in this country lives on welfare. Suburbia was built with federally subsidized credit. And highways that take our white brothers out to the suburbs were built with federally subsidized money to the tune of 90 percent. Everybody is on welfare in this country. The problem is that we all to often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor. That’s the problem.

“The Minister to the Valley,” February 23, 1968, From the archives of the SCLC.*

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One of our greatest Americans.

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Dr. King is such a giant, his legacy so impactful that even the poltical right try to appropriate his message for their own use.

They never seem to pick up on the social justice part.....

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Yesterday in Boston, I think a new $10 million statue was unveiled but a very weird looking one.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/mlk-statue-in-boston-gets-mixed-reactions-online/443024

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for comedy, watch Biden’s speech about her online. Hehehe.

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wallaceToday  01:55 pm JST

Yesterday in Boston, I think a new $10 million statue was unveiled but a very weird looking one.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/mlk-statue-in-boston-gets-mixed-reactions-online/443024

Thankfully you are not an art critic.

The city of Boston appreciated the statue.

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