MLK day

[Mr. P]

Should it be a National holiday?

Why or why not.

[Gunny]

Should it be a National holiday?

Why or why not.

No. I don't see that he accomplished anything worthy of a Federal holiday in his honor.

[Gaffer]

No, I feel the same way as Gunny.

[5stringJeff]

Ditto. He certainly had a great cause (equal rights for all races) but I don't think MLK Day ought to be a federal holiday.

[manu1959]

Should it be a National holiday?

Why or why not.

if there is presidents day

then MLK day should include eli whitney, medgar evers and malcom x and be called important black man day

[Pale Rider]

Don't hold this against me, but, I am going to repeat this because I thought it was funny... I worked with a guy that said, "if I knew I'd get a paid day off work for killing a ni@@er, I'd kill a couple more". Now I was working in a Supermaxium security prison at the time, and my life was threatened daily by blacks in there, so yeah, I thought it was funny.

But, I don't believe anyone should be killed just for their opinion, although I might like to kill some for it, I don't believe should die for it. So even though I don't think MLK should have been killed, I also don't think he did anything that warrants a national holiday in his honor. He was an adulterer and womanizer.

[MtnBiker]

CY2007 National Holidays
United States

January 1, 2007 - New Year's Day

January 15, 2007 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday (observed)

February 19, 2007 - President's Day

May 28, 2007 - Memorial Day (observed)

June 14, 2007 - Flag Day

July 4, 2007 - Independence Day

September 3, 2007 - Labor Day

November 11, 2007 - Veteran's Day

November 22, 2007 - Thanksgiving

December 25, 2007 - Christmas

http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/national/national.html

Isn't it ironic that a man who preached about equality for all is the only person that has a Holiday dedicated for one.

[Mr. P]

if there is presidents day

then MLK day should include eli whitney, medgar evers and malcom x and be called important black man day

Or….Rosa Parks, the Tuskegee Airmen (take a peek at their history), so many did way more than MLK IMO. But back to today, I feel the same as everyone else that posted. This shouldn't be a National holiday.

[Hugh Lincoln]

Isn't it ironic that a man who preached about equality for all is the only person that has a Holiday dedicated for one.

Right up there with Jesus... the only other holiday dedicated to a single person/God.

King was an advocate for blacks, and blacks alone. He cannot be seriously said to have cared about 'equality' because he supported affirmative action. Nobody can credibly argue that King gave two craps about Chinese in San Francisco, Mexicans in San Antonio, Jews in France or whites ANYWHERE.

YouTube fun:



Slavery was wrong, no doubt about it. But as this video shows, blacks aren't the equals of whites. They are a race of children. That's why equality won't happen, and why the attempt to force it by law results in criminal absurdity. Decency doesn't require that we live together, it requires that we live APART. Life with blacks is nothing but an undending series of lies. Lies whites tell themselves, lie blacks tell themselves, lies we tell each other. The truth is that we are just different. We think differently, speak differently, act differently. This isn't the fault of whites or blacks. It's just how it is. Our failure to accept this has resulted in waste, frustration, cynicism, death and destruction. It's got to stop.

[dirt mcgirt]

He was an adulterer and womanizer.

Man, you are going to hate Bill Clinton Day once Hillary takes office.

[dirt mcgirt]

I disagree. Martin Luther King is pretty much the face of the civil rights movement. His life is symbolic for an important time period in American history. When analyzing every historical figure, no one person is going to stand up to scrutiny and meet a single person's moral standard, whether that be JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, or Mother Teresa. I kind of look at MLK Day as a day to recognize and celebrate desegregation, civil rights, and equality.

So if not MLK, then whom? Are there any other American historical figures that deserve a holiday?

[dirt mcgirt]

CY2007 National Holidays
United States

January 1, 2007 - New Year's Day

January 15, 2007 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday (observed)

February 19, 2007 - President's Day

May 28, 2007 - Memorial Day (observed)

June 14, 2007 - Flag Day

July 4, 2007 - Independence Day

September 3, 2007 - Labor Day

November 11, 2007 - Veteran's Day

November 22, 2007 - Thanksgiving

December 25, 2007 - Christmas

http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/national/national.html

Isn't it ironic that a man who preached about equality for all is the only person that has a Holiday dedicated for one.

What about Columbus Day?

[Mr. P]

Right up there with Jesus... the only other holiday dedicated to a single person/God.

King was an advocate for blacks, and blacks alone. He cannot be seriously said to have cared about 'equality' because he supported affirmative action. Nobody can credibly argue that King gave two craps about Chinese in San Francisco, Mexicans in San Antonio, Jews in France or whites ANYWHERE.

YouTube fun:



Slavery was wrong, no doubt about it. But as this video shows, blacks aren't the equals of whites. They are a race of children. That's why equality won't happen, and why the attempt to force it by law results in criminal absurdity. Decency doesn't require that we live together, it requires that we live APART. Life with blacks is nothing but an undending series of lies. Lies whites tell themselves, lie blacks tell themselves, lies we tell each other. The truth is that we are just different. We think differently, speak differently, act differently. This isn't the fault of whites or blacks. It's just how it is. Our failure to accept this has resulted in waste, frustration, cynicism, death and destruction. It's got to stop.

Looks just like ATLANTA after dark!

EXCELLENT VIDEO find! But it ain't gonna stop. Not in the South anyway. The majority of blacks here (in urban areas) are just as you saw in the video.

[manu1959]

What about Columbus Day?

indigenous peoples day in the bay area....can't celebrate Italians giving the Indians syphilis

[Mr. P]

I disagree. Martin Luther King is pretty much the face of the civil rights movement. His life is symbolic for an important time period in American history. When analyzing every historical figure, no one person is going to stand up to scrutiny and meet a single person's moral standard, whether that be JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, or Mother Teresa. I kind of look at MLK Day as a day to recognize and celebrate desegregation, civil rights, and equality.

So if not MLK, then whom? Are there any other American historical figures that deserve a holiday?

Sure, Ron Reagan. He signed the MLK deal (although he was against it) , restored the Country to prosperity after J Carter single handily put us in the economic shiter, and ENDED the cold war with the USSR and got the Berlin wall torn down.

But then I guess he’s covered in Presidents day. Sad.