Cenk Uygur
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Martin Luther King Jr Santa Claus-ified?
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February 2, 2013
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7:02Now Playing"Every year, right around the time between Martin Luther King Day and the beginning of Black History Month, the effort to distort Dr. King's life and legacy seems to intensify. Some years, we see conservatives preposterously assert that if Dr. King were alive today, he would join today's neo-confederate Republican Party. Other years, it is deception via omission—we see replays of Dr. King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, but do not see any of his speeches about war and poverty. "*
Has Martin Luther King Jr. been "Santa Claus-fied?" That is to say, if he were alive today, what would his beliefs be, and which group would he be aligned with? The Pentagon is saying MLK would want more defense spending and more militarism. Is that so? David Sirota breaks it down.
*Read more of David Sirota's article from In These Times:
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