Neo-fascists attempting to enfranchise the Rev. Dr. King as one of their own is a special form of outrage for me. While I cannot claim to be a expert in the field, I have in fact published in the peer-reviewed literature on an aspect of his philosophy. So I know enough to start blowing blood-vessels when I read lies such as:
-- He voted Republican! (A bald face lie. Anyone claiming to know how he voted is lying, since no one actually has any information on that subject.)
-- He was a Baptist minister, so he was a conservative! (The fucking SBC literally changed their rules because of King so that no one like him would ever rise to a position of notice withing the So. Baptist Convention ever again.)
-- The "judged by character rather than color" bit is such a vicious reversal of what he was saying, it is on the same plane as claiming Hitler was an advocate for the Jewish people.
Neo-fascists attempting to enfranchise the Rev. Dr. King as one of their own is a special form of outrage for me. While I cannot claim to be a expert in the field, I have in fact published in the peer-reviewed literature on an aspect of his philosophy. So I know enough to start blowing blood-vessels when I read lies such as:
-- He voted Republican! (A bald face lie. Anyone claiming to know how he voted is lying, since no one actually has any information on that subject.)
-- He was a Baptist minister, so he was a conservative! (The fucking SBC literally changed their rules because of King so that no one like him would ever rise to a position of notice withing the So. Baptist Convention ever again.)
-- The "judged by character rather than color" bit is such a vicious reversal of what he was saying, it is on the same plane as claiming Hitler was an advocate for the Jewish people.
etc.
The cognitive dissonance is so thick you could almost bathe in it.