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SusanA

Sport climber
Bay Area
Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 21, 2019 - 09:09am PT
I hope you have the day off and are getting paid for it! Please take a moment to consider the accomplishments of the man this day honors. In these troubled times, it is more important than ever to remember his legacy.

If you are in the Bay Area, consider attending one of these events celebrating Dr. King!

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Events-Bay-Area-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-504649471.html

Enjoy your day!

Susan
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 21, 2019 - 09:16am PT
No-one gave me the day off & no-one is paying me for today.

I can appreciate the greatness of the man without that.

Thank you.
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Jan 21, 2019 - 10:31am PT
He would have been 90 (and "me-tooed").
Happiegrrrl2

Trad climber
Jan 21, 2019 - 11:03am PT
Full Text for MLK "I have a Dream" Speech
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/01/16/dr-martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-speech-full-text/21655947/

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jan 21, 2019 - 12:39pm PT
SusanA
Stay strong , The old sausage-fest here is going to remove all the voices that try to call out the vile regime for what it is.


The response here echoes the 2.5 minutes give in Washington DC to the remembrance by the leader of the new nasty party....


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If you Lie constantly
Call the free press the "enemy of the people" If you use fear & scapegoat the poorest, the most needy, to achieve your goals..

If you put separate families, put children in concentration camps, have some unknown number of those children disappear, threaten others with removal...

send/spread your message with covertly worn clothing, using colors,
whether it be 'uniform' ties or slogan hats


call it whatever you want
you are that!

triggered? you bet I'm triggered

you fat white nazis don't want to hear it but that is what you are.

EdwardT

Trad climber
Retired
Jan 21, 2019 - 01:00pm PT
Well, I don't know what will happen now; we've got some difficult days ahead.... But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop...... And I don't mind..... Like anybody, I would like to live a long life—longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will.... And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. (Go ahead) And I've looked over (Yes sir), and I've seen the Promised Land. (Go ahead) I may not get there with you. (Go ahead) But I want you to know tonight (Yes), that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land..... (Go ahead, Go ahead) And so I'm happy tonight; I'm not worried about anything; I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
SusanA

Sport climber
Bay Area
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2019 - 01:38pm PT
Thanks everyone for the comments! (even the ones that are a little odd, lol)

capseeboy

Social climber
portland, oregon
Jan 21, 2019 - 07:39pm PT
"The bottom line is we have a lot to root out, but most of all the systematic racism that most of us whites don't like to acknowledge even exists," Biden said at an event hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network. "We don't even consciously acknowledge it. But it's been built into every aspect of our system."
couchmaster

climber
Jan 21, 2019 - 08:32pm PT
Yeah, have a nice day off and hope you got to go shopping and all. Probably no chance we will ever learn who killed Martin Luther King. The King family did sue and won a court victory that showed it was a conspiracy, they believe that James Earl Ray, although truly a shithead, was not involved. The high probability and the facts lead us to believe that ML King was executed by the authorities. This book lists over 70 salient facts that point right in that direction: https://smile.amazon.com/Plot-Kill-King-Behind-Assassination/dp/1510702172/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=martin+luther+king+pepper&qid=1548131789&sr=8-1 The story got sussed out and this book was written by those who knew and marched with him, they didn't believe that James Earl Ray killed him. There was 2 Army sniper teams posted near the Lorraine motel, but they didn't shoot, and (they say) they don't know who did.


Appropo nothing in these troubled times, as long as it's still Martin Luther King day and all, here's a letter the FBI sent to King urging him to commit suicide during those troubled times. The FBI had been recording him having sex with various mistress's and had forwarded that stuff to his wife. No reason to forget our history now, is there? A true celebration would remember it all. It amazes me when I see people step up and say that the FBI is so honest. They were not then, nor are they now. Sorry to be Debbie Downer on this most glorious of shopping days.



Any, like the title says: "Happy MLK day". Indeed. Happy for whom? OK, cue Bragman. Bragman, you're up next:-)

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