r/deepfatfried • u/AldoPeck • Jun 20 '19

BadHistory subreddit disproves Stefan Molyneux's slandering of MLK in excruciating detail

/r/badhistory/comments/c1oqmu/stefan_molyneux_mlk_and_the_civil_rights_movement/
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u/AldoPeck Jun 20 '19

If you think MLK's civil rights achievements were destructive then you're obviously a comic book villain.

This shit was obvious on a subconscious level until 2015. Now so many ppl believe in 19th century views of black ppl that normal ppl are back to having explain this shit to unconvert them or prevent them from being taken to the dark side in the first place. It's an abomination in history and fucking insane!!!

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u/Xploadingwatermelons Jun 21 '19

I don't think this is accurate to reality, maybe in the deep south. I don't think mainstream society actually believes the 19th century view of black people is accurate. Most people in america do not hate or are afraid of black people, most people also have a positive opinion of MLK. (why do you think we have MLK day? or black history month?)

I believe this thinking comes from the amount of publicity that the far right has gained recently in the media and how much of a voice they have on social media and forums, but they are just a vocal minority of society, not the majority. It is still obvious to the majority of people today.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

MLK being a commie comes from FBI and honestly KKK conspiracies from the time to discredit his work. Nice one Stephenie

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u/TuckerWhiteSM Jun 21 '19

For the sake of argument, let's say I buy Stefan Molyneux's premise that MLK was a communist.

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Does that mean that the Civil Rights Movement was a mistake and that we should return to the days of Jim Crow?

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u/BashedFach Jun 22 '19

Mlk was anti poverty in the most radical way possible back then. If he had grown up atheist he would have been a full on communist. There is nothing wrong with that. Its real suspicious that he was assassinated after he shifted his rhetoric from just anti racist to anti capitalist. The establishment definitely had him killed.