King of Polarization
A lot of people didn’t like Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s because he said mean things about rich people and racists. Yet, I heard a lot of people saying nice things about him on the teevee the other day. People don’t tend to call MLK a class warrior and a race-baiter anymore. This could mean that race and class were a big deal in the 1960s, but no longer are. It could also mean that a lot of people in politics today are hypocrites.
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It was nice to read this from you Barak. I understand we can’t generally depend on the television for anything resembling information but my mind has been blown the last few days hearing people suggest that economic inequality had nothing to do with Dr. King’s message. On a certain level I can only conclude that people would actually /rather/ speak from ignorance than present something that doesn’t fit into their world view. That or fact checking at least as far as Wikipedia is too much effort for some.