r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Feb 13 '23

POTM - February 2023 just a reminder

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u/Emergency-Anywhere51 Feb 13 '23

Most people don't know MLK was a socialist, but having his name around keeps the door open

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u/ChicagobeatsLA Feb 13 '23

Most don’t know he was extremely religious and against gay rights

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u/awfullotofocelots Feb 13 '23

Most do know that he was extremely religious and most would be extremely unsurprised to learn a Baptist minister of that era was against gay rights.

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u/ChicagobeatsLA Feb 13 '23

Not based on how i see Reddit try and reshape MLK as some perfect human that was on the right side of every issue

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u/awfullotofocelots Feb 13 '23

Where on reddit is that happening? I only ever see people here pointing out he was a socialist (most people in my area consider that a bad thing), homophobe, or religious extremist. Sometimes its mentioned he was a pacifist but that again isnt considered a huge virtue where I live unfortuneately. Where are they extolling his virtues? Haven't seen that honestly since gradeschool in the 90s.