Forty Years

[myrgthful]

Early morning, April 4,
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky,
Free at last, they took your life,
They could not take your pride!

U2 : Pride (In the Name of Love)
I wonder what the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., would say today

Comments

[the_pangolin]

There's a brilliant episode of the Cartoon Network program The Boondocks called "The Return of the King" which touches on just that issue. It imagines an alternate world in which Dr. King wasn't killed, but instead put into a terrible coma, only to wake up in 2007. At first cautiously optimistic about the world he finds, he grows increasingly disgusted and horrified by what has been done in his name.

I feel the same way about modern feminism. I used to count myself as a feminist until I realized that the movement today is about making men inferior and excusing all bad female behaviour, not elevating women to equal status.

[myrgthful]

Absolutely.

[jenderelly]

I had that song stuck in my head all day yesterday. Good thing it's one of my favs ;) Only, I think MLK was actually shot in the afternoon. Bono said something about how morning worked better for the song lyrics than afternoon.

[myrgthful]

Yeah, I think it was something like 6 at night.

Thanks for reminding me. ;-)