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Outrage is right! MLK certainly DOES NOT DESERVE A HOLLIDAY IN HIS NAME ONLY. It is celibrated in my hometown a Robert E. Lee Day. All peoples have been slaves and looked down on during certain periods of history. Patrick Henry said: "Give me Liberty or give me Death. " And he meant it. People of all ethnic backgrounds

"Divide and Conquer," is still the motto of our modern tyrants. Someday we may all be equal as to our rights and even get along together if we refuse to be divided by such political correctness as we are being fed today. forgotten the price of Liberty.

I'm tired,tired,tired,of all the "whatever-americans". maybe I'm a Euro-american to some's thinking...but ,if we have to be XXX-americans,how 'bout: "yer-'ole-Americans" ( is that on the endangered list?).

I am not a US citizen, norhave i ever even been to the US. MAybe you think this makes me unqualified for comment, i believe it makes me more qulified than many Americans. History as i know it - and I could quite easily be wrong - is that the black people in the southern states were suffering oppression by the white majority. Martin Luther king, among others, campaigned for change, to give black people a fairer deal. I see no reason this man should not have a public holiday in his honour. If ppl are unhappy with that when the presidents and war veterans all have to share the same day, remember htere are only 365 days in a year. the comments i have been reading about "black ppl " are particularly offensive to me, a white person. Have the writers of these comments met enough of the black population to judge? Are they saying there are no white people who share the attitudes which they attribute to blacks? Black ppl deserve the freedom to equal white people and any other person. America, which flaunts itself as the country where everyone is free, equal should adjust its attitude.

Rev.King helped to bring attention to some of the inequalities in our country, but much remains for both sides to do. On application forms the one blank that should be left out is "Nationality" the only way to fill it in is "American" if you were born here. Please ppl learn to respect all people and maybe wewill learn. Remember, if you want to stay with nationalities, very few of us would remain here if We would "Go Back Where WE Came From". (And europe would be damn crowded). If only all were color blind Dear God

I believe that Martin Luther King, Jr. deserves to be officially remembered for his achievements in the advancement of all people; not just one race. All of the derogatory comments made in the previous letters (withthe exception of the ignorant racist comments) can probably be applied to all of the people we regard as heroes. They only prove that, above all else, they are human. A hero is not a hero all of the time. It takes one moment to perform the right action at the right time.

Martin Luther King did great things for the advancement of the black community, and like it or not, black people represent a large portion of our society. Do they have the right to have a holiday even though they dont make up 51% of the population. yes. Would white people like it if in 20 years blacks comprised 51% of the population and took away all holidays for white heros. hell no. It therefore must be concluded that if black people want a holiday. They have the right to one, and they should be able to choose whoever they want. Will that holiday help stop racism. hell no. Racism has existed since the beggining of time. Do you people really think you can change the nature of mankind with a holiday, or legislation. Get real. People having been fighting and killing each other because of color, ethnicity and religion forever. Live with it. The world is not going to become a peaceful place anytime soon. It doesnt matter what laws are passed.

No!! Martin Luther King does not need a special day.

It is about time we celebrate someone with moral fiber and who has lead a Christian life.

Honky Boy,

I COULD NOT believe your post!! This is the EXACT example I have been using for a LONG time. . .the one about the Miss Black America Pageant! You couldn't be more right. If someone started a Miss White America Pageant, Jesse Jackson and his racist bussed in "friends" would be rioting in the streets.

I am SO sick of the racists who scream RACISM. Is there only racism against blacks? The racism I see DAILY is predominately against whites. Can you see a National Association for the Advancement of WHITE people? Would the leader, David Duke, be held up for the world by the media as a SAVIOR and a white leader as JJ is for his contingent? The answer is NO. He is slapped back and put in his place, just as he SHOULD be - and just as JJ SHOULD be, but unfortunately, is not.

Martin Luther King was nothing more than a self appointed religious (?) leader and had very few morals.

this is a bunch of bull. King's contributions toward manifestion of the true meaning of equality in the constitution deserves a friggin day. if there was no one to speak out against the oppression against the minority, they (blacks) would still be considered 2/5 a man. God sure as hell knows that this country wouldn't have changed any of their views toward minorities unless someone stood up and made some noise.

MLK Day is not about race. It's not about communism or socialism. It's about having the courage to stand up for one's principals, and make it possible for an opressed people in America, the "home of the free" to do just that: live free. Perhaps you do not agree with his methods, or the fame he has had since his death. Maybe you don't even agree with the idea of giving blacks their liberty in America. But the one thing that holds true for every American, if not human being: we cherish liberty. That is what MLK day is about. Fighting for one's beliefs, fighting for liberty, fighting for justice and fighting to make America mean what Jefferson and Washington said it did, a place where all men and women are created equal.

Quit frankly, I am real tired of hearing all the belly aching from the Black activests. If it isn't one thing it is another. They totally think that the world revolves around their cause while disrespecting every other group. Does MLK deserve a special day? No. But now we have Kawanza & June teenth that if they aren't turned into National Holidays will lead to boycotts and more whining that they are being picked on. Give me(and the rest of us) a break.

I think that you are verging on spam when you make such critical comments to poeple in history that made incredible strides for man and woman kind. Martin and others stood up and took that bullet for all the little poeple that don't have a voice.The more days that stop the market from trading (within reason)should be celebrated. And let us never forget what cicil injustice feels like, what amazing strength it takes to change the powers that be. long live the saints.

This is a test. Sorry for the intrusion.

NO--I do not believe we should dedicate a day to Martin Luther King Jr. I am totally against it and personally do not take the holiday!

Please bare with the spelling and punction. Unlike most of the highly educated and sofistacated responces which I have struggled through, my unsolicited opinon will be understood by many! Hopfully. With that (crap) out of the way I shall endever to enlighten whomever to my feelings on the topic. Now why don't we all take a step back and a deep breath? I simply don't think that MLK day meets the qualifacations of an (Outrage). It's simply every day business and really does not demand the effort or energy of becoming upset by it. There are more important things to direct your attention to. We need some compatent leadership in this country. Personaly I think its past time for us to get off our collective ass and found some! Everyone without exception has humped the pooch at one time or another. Does the term (Human) ring a bell with anyone? We are a melting pot for the world. I hate to see so many cultures within our borders when we have no culture of our own. People come here for the freedom that we represent and then establish themselves and demand that our system of government serve and protect them. The buck has to stop somewhere. It went right by my hand! I believe in my heart that I am a surpressed majority. I have been so stressed over my inability to make a living in the last 4yrs that I am actually turning from being a agnostic and hoping there might really be a supreme being. I like to think he is all knowing and all seeing. I hope he has stacks and stacks of yellow legel pads and a (Parker T-Ball Jotter) and is writing it all down. I would like to think that we all have a appointment at a future date when we sit across the table from him and he starts going back through the ledgers and ask all the right questions. Most of all, I hope that we are required to answer them correctly. My one last hope is that judgement will be fare to everyone. So many forget that this country was founded by men (women) with laws under God. Quit wasting energy on the B.S. and lets get busy building our country. No matter how messy we get. Its time to stop beating each other up and start kicking the theaves and crooks that try to run our country dead in the ass. Thank you for your ear!

somone great once said; : we will only all be equal when we take the "african" out of "african american" and then ppl will be equal. i disagree, i think that we will only all be equal when there is no "american" or "canadian" ect. only when we are one ppl.

Why not give a holiday to someone more deserving of recognition like Booker T. Washington? He valued education. He wanted racial integration. He believed in actually doing work to earn money. Sure he wasn't perfect but he lead a lot cleaner life than most of the other black leaders past and present.

Why does one man's dream become all men's nightmare?

Martin Luther King Jr. is being shoved down the young American's throat as a hero, he was a trouble maker. His follower's started roits which hurt and killed innocent people. The blacks today still act as if the whites "owe" them. The white man did not start slavery, the black man did by capturing his enemies and selling them. Today's black man says he wants to be treated better, he needs to start acting better. No matter what they are given by the government they do not appreciate it, they destroy the housing they have, they sell their food stamps for drug money. They attitude is "gimme, gimme." Our children must attend school with people that are not clean, act vulgar, accept teenage pregnancy, and do not use the english language properly. I have seen black girls in jr high school that were pregnant, it was not hidden because the black attitude is have a baby, get a check. I have worked beside black women who I didn't see as different then myself, they were hard workers, they tried to teach their children right from wrong, but what good does it do them when our government doesn't back them up. My husband has worked with blacks who put in all the hours the employer asked. He has also worked with one black woman who kept having babies because she was planning to quit a good paying job as soon as the 6th one was born because she could sit home and get a bigger check from the state than she could make on 40 hrs. She was to lazy to put in a little over time.She was not liked by the blacks that she worked with because she was "after her welfare check" the check that hard working decent people were having to give her. I stand in line to get a prescription filled and am angered by the people who are paying $1.00 to $3.00 for a prescription that would cost me $20.00 or more for. It has to stop somewhere. The black churches teach not religion but how to beat the system, Not love thy neighbor, but boycot this or that business because they don't have an all black employee ratio. Boycot a state because of a flag they fly, a flag that the founding fathers of said state fought and died for. I have seen many injustices to both black and white but mostly white. When will the blacks in this country open their eyes and see how good they have it. If they don't like the way things are here, then go back to Africa. I would not miss the ones that think we are wrong, the ones that I know from work would stay here and keep on working. They are the ones America needs, but they make up a very small portion of the population of this country.

Strange thing: I ran through your 3 sets of comments. Mine is absent. I guess you removed it because the spelling, puncuation were missing errors. Too bad. Stand by for a message on your email site.

The black parasitic establishment has recently taken to criticizing one of my personal heroes, Thomas Jefferson. A Christian (or at least a deist and habitual Bible-reader), Jefferson hypocritically committed at least fornication, if not worse. But these imperfections do not diminish his accomplishments, nor do King's flaws diminish his achievements. You make the same mistake as Jefferson's detractors, perhaps just as dishonestly.

Comparing King as an individual to one of the first Presidents or all of those fallen in war is misleading. The Unknown Soldier represents all lost soldiers, Washington and Jefferson symbolize the founding of our country and ordainment of our Constitution, and King represents the struggle of a people for their natural rights under that same Constitution. Your "quiet people leading lives of unheralded virtue and real productivity" need a symbol to revere. Mean-spirited cretins need a symbol to desecrate.

Untimely death does not alone make greatness, but it is an innately human tendency to elevate a martyr, especially when a people are in need of a symbol. Without martyrdom, Christ may have vanished into the dustbin of history. I may doubt his divinity, but I don't spit on his followers or what he symbolizes.

The Revolutionary War brought most blacks nothing, the 4th of July means little to many of them. "Does Martin Luther King Jr. deserve a national holiday?" No. Do black Americans deserve one, to mark their independence nearly two centuries after white Americans achieved theirs? Yes.

Your racism is not seen by a lack of truth in your statements but by the truths that you choose to state. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. I submit that you are not part of the solution. Some people who are: <UL> <LI><a href="http://www.larryelder.com" target="_blank">Larry Elder</a> <LI><a href="http://www.gmu.edu/departments
/economics/wew/" target="_blank">Walter E. Williams</a> <LI><a href="http://www.hamblin.com" target="_blank">Ken Hamblin</a> <LI><a href="http://www.tsowell.com" target="_blank">Thomas Sowell</a> <LI><a href="http://www.theonion.com/onion3543/
anti_racism.html" target="_blank">The Onion</a> </UL>

After reading comments already posted, I would have to say it's all there in plain english. No, MLKjr. does not deserve a day in his Honor. I am sick & tired of being politicaly correct! We have so many "days" every year for this or that, when most people view them as days off from work. So many people do incredible acts of help, caring and generosity to their fellow man as their career or in volunteering yet do we have a day to celebrate the people who help the mentally retarted?

I'm ambivalent either way. If I was alive and present when the legislation was introduced I would have said no but now that we have it I couldn't bear to get rid of it. But hey, at least some of us get an extra 3 day weekend, right?

The command of the english language displays the intelligence level of the majority of those writing in opposition to MLK Jr. day. The failures of this country will be due to a shabby educational system and hand me down ignorancepassed on by the parents of these cretins. Are you all so ignorant that you've never read any books on good old J. Edgars frameup of MLK Jr. as a communist? Why did I ask that? The writing skills of the previous posters preclude the possibility of literary comprehension higher than a bumper sticker. Oh well, y'all have fun with your "Impeach Clinton" window signs and NRA stickers.

Let's have Leadership day! A day thats used to honor people who stood up and said let's get to work and make a difference and keep our nation strong and it's people united and free.Let's have discovery day! a day when we look back at what's been done for the good and change the thing's done that were not so good or at least don't do it agin.It realy ticks me off when I think about someone going to a new land ,killing the people that live there and then saying I claim this land in the name of the King or Queen F the King and Queen Maybe if we had a day to think about what's been done and what were about to do after all every action has a reaction maybe we would not have the problems that we have now.

I'm really glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks this "holiday" is a Politically correct sham. HELL NO!!!This absolutely should NOT be a government - recognized holiday. I'm sick and tired of watching the American people have to bow and cater to the every whim of every supposed "minority" group in our once-great country (Great before the concept of liberalism reared it's ugly head!).

I AGREE with OUTRAGE !! Now I have to go watch the Miss BLACK America pagaent on TV. Can you imagine what would happen if there was a Miss White America pagaent ?????? There would be mass rioting in the streets, Clinton would CODEMN the white race !!!

Dear Sirs:

Isn't it insightful that those who disagree with your assessment of MLK are usually those doing the name calling? "Dr." King perhaps was sincere in his pursuit of "equality." Sincerity is a much overrated virtue. Equality enforced by government is tyranny. No matter how sincere and altruistic "Dr." King was he was at the core a statist willing to use the force of government against people's lives, liberties, and properties. His heart may have been good but his actions were destructive. He was another product of the socialist school system clamoring for more socialism. His "holiday" is the epitome of political correctness.

The NAACP stands for the "National Association of the Always Complaining People". I wish that Blacks would get a life, decide if they want to be Afro or American, get out of my wallet, get a job and make it like the rest of us people do every stinking day without "affirmative action". And quit complaining! Why don't the NAACP find anything wrong with unwed Black mothers with 10 children and no job; irresponsible Black Fathers; Black on Black crime or illiteracy? Oh, I forgot---that would mean they would have to take some responsibility for their actions. You can't blame 10 Black kids to an unwed Black mother on Whitey! Isn't it funny, King was killed when he had gone to help mediate a labor disput involving garbage workers. Now, to celebrate his holiday, everyone BUT garbage workers is off!

Gee, here in the south this is Celebrated as Robert E. Lee's Birthday. Ever wonder how many towns named the street most notorious for crime after Dr. King?

We are sick and tired of having this race issue shoved down our throats. You cannot mandate love, it has to be earned. Let's treat people as we find them.

No, he doesn't deserve a holiday.

All to often the biggest stumbling block to this world becoming what it should be is mindless hate. For all you nuts who read today's ridiculously stupid article and submitted the "coon" and other racist comments I extend my sincerest sympathies to all your offspring who will be the unfortunate beneficiaries of the lousy unproductive hate filled world you continue to try to preserve. As you President it saddens me deeply. Every time you nuts let hate rear its stupidly ignorant ugly head you put a nail in the coffin of your children's chance to live in what could be on a great planet. Intolerance of others because of their ethnicity is totally counter-productive. Instead of hating, try to focus on acceptance of others and working in harmony. Wouldn't you stupid hate monger rather live in peace than in fear beacuse of cultural differeneces. Since you hate-mongers are obviously too stupid to even realize you are stupid....I forgive you. signed...... J E S U S T H E J E W

Frankly, I find the hate and ignorance and racism on this board to be sickening. How can anyone educated sit here and spout off that MLK jr made no valuable contributions to our society? Were you people living on another planet during this era? This day is not just about MLK jr the person, it is about his dreams, the dreams so many share...that this country will one day NOT be divided by hate and ignorance, that we can live together in comfort and health...without fear of violence or crime. The opinions expressed on this board just go to show that unfortunately for the rest of us, many people in this country are still much to ignorant and scared to accomplish this. I pity all of you...who are you to judge? Are you perfect? I pray that one day I will have as much positive impact in my entire life, as he had in one year of his. I can assure you that none of you will.

Before (if ever) a holiday for MLK , what about: Ron Brown - Vince Foster - Mary Jo Kopechne & her unborn fetus - Marilyn Monroe (whose last visitor was Bobby {a degenerate } Kennedy ?? Who can add to this list of more deserving -- also, while letting us know who and where are the surviving bimbos of Chappaquiddick ?

The only decent thing Martin Luther King did was choke on the bullet that went into his neck. Other than that he was a womanizer and a communist. He has been recorded numerious times as raping white women once even noted (during the rape)as saying "I ain't no negro tonight!" yes he definetly was a great public speaker. I say we should have a holiday celebrating his death. -D

Obviously, the moderator has never felt the horrendously powerful force of a fire hose water stream directed onto his /her person, simply because he or she was lawfully demonstrating to be allowed the same rights as others who lacked pigmentation. Obviously, the moderator has never been a frail 130 lb 15 year old person of color who was chased by a group of Caucasian men on foot and in cars, hurling bricks and vicious hate-filled racist slurs at him or her simply because he or she was walking home through a Caucasian neighborhood in the 60's. How about being denied lawful access to hotels, restuarants, schools, housing? Need I go on? I can (and I'm not even going to bring up that situation with the Natives of this continent). Remember them? Its a good thing the "noble" slave owning Americans and their adult offspring saw fit to make us all (black and white) safe from them. Those savages!! How dare they fight and struggle to survive in the face of the conquering United States Government and its settlers! But, back to the point.... I'm sure the moderator gets the picture. All I can say is that I forgive you for your "Outrage" e-mail regarding King. (May I at least use the term, "Mr." as a title since "Reverend" or "Doctor" seems to cause an uncomfortable reaction on your part?). Unfortunately, your lack of understanding of what being black in the United States is all about gave rise to you to write the article. You simply don't have the luxury of being black and viewing things from that perspective. Please take the following advice as constructive criticism. Try thinking from the opposite perspective before you try to write. It may possibly make you think more in depth before you expound your views and reveal your lack of thorough reseasrch and thought.If you remember or consider nothing else regarding Dr. King, please know this.... The bottom line is that "Mr." King was above all, human. He possessed the same wants, desires, frailties, and imperfections as exists in most people in this "Western culture". However, he also possesed the desire to directly confront the shameful paradox that this country and its "leaders?" were too apathetic or greedy or stupidly hate-filled to address. Did Washington, Jefferson or any of those other slave owning founding fathers do this? Funny, I can't seem to find anything in the history books that shows they took any positive action in this regard. I assure you had it not been for Reverend Dr. King, I seriously doubt that this country you now live in in improved racial harmony would exist as you now know it today. Do you really think the sick, vile status quo from the past would survive and be continually accepted without even a whimper from those that were wronged? Had it not been for his insistence on peacful, non-violent protest, the "OUTRAGED" American citizens of color would have taken "Whatever Means Necessary" to change it. That would in all likelyhood would have been uglier, deadlier and more destructive than the effects of any day set aside to honor a man whom you obviously feel doesn't deserve recognition. Hey!! Wake up and realize that this country was saved by Dr. King. Have a little class and show some gratitude. Get educated. Sit and talk with a black person who has experienced the downside of reality in America!! I'd be happy to help!! I can accept a person's criticism of black cultural icons without callin the racists. However, if such criticism is rooted in ignorance, shallow thinking, or mis-information, I feel I should do my part to point out the fallacies of the premise(s) which led to the criticism. Wouldn't you!!????!!

I agree with The Outrage.

I can't believe that the only thing you could find to bitch about is Martin Luther King Jr. day. Whether he deserves a National Holiday is not anywhere near the point...The point is, he is a man who put his life on the line for what he belived in. He spoke out about racism and harmony and the state of a nation divided in a time when it was unheard of. So, who cares if people get a day off to sleep in b/c he was a revalutionary? You should care what he stood for. That's why there is a holiday in the first place!

Martin luther kinjg does not deserve to even be remembered much less have a holiday.

He deserves a holiday just like Lenin, Marx and Engels!

Nah, why should he be used for just another day off. After all, that's what sick days are for.

Not only do I think he doesn't deserve one know, I never saw the facination with him in the first place. What's next Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton days? How 'bout the murderer that started Kwaanza? Shoot give everybody a freakin' day, and give me one, too!

Having recently returned to the US after spending 14 enlightening months in the UK I find myself scared sh---less to see what our wonderful country is heading towards. Britains "never never shall be slaves". BS. They are , and seem to object on being told about the fact that they are. The efforts I see our so called leaders expend in pulling the wool over the eyes of our complacent gutless citizens will bear fruit in a few years. Then you too can look forward to a tax to watch TV , never complain 'cos if you do you will be ridiculed, or if it is to a service company , just ignored as you will just have to drop it because the guy who does that bit is off-is sick today - is busy. is only a spoke in the wheel and cant help. blah blah blah. In Scotland I was asked a hundred times"what about Braveheart", on replying that thst was a few hundred years ago and what'cha been doing lately was told that they were about to get their own Par"lament" well theres a step for mankind. They export whisky and pay the employeees minimum wage yet the distilleries are owned by the people who would sooner die that have their kids at the same school as yours and yet the consumsion of the stuff is on the competative level. (but then one does need a bit of unreality to survive there). I guess my point is , "we need a mass revolution" here 'cos if we keep on ignoring that bunch of loonies in the white house we will all be same same as the brits with yesteryear as the only lament while drowning our sorrows.

I liked the dream you presented. No King does not deserve a hoilday, I dont think he ranks with Washington or Columbus.

In one of Ursula K LeGuin's novels the "race problem" was solved by an Effective Dreamer: he dreamed everyone was gray. So were all the buildings and clothes. Sounded like a practical solution. Perversely, people started wishing for variety.

I wonder if Martin Luther King had a more ambitious plan to carry out than promoting equal rights for people. At the risk of sounding bigoted, perhaps it was in the grand scheme of things that Rev. King be struck down at the apex of his career: even the Roman Catholic Church recognizes that in that moment he achieved martyrdom.

It seems to me that the have-nots in any situation generally are not satisfied in having equal rights. They want it all. I'm a semi-have, myself, and grew up in a city in which the "minority" (hispanic) comprised 80% of the population. Try being taught that if you work real hard you can go to college and make something of yourself--only to find out that your parents make too much money to qualify for financial aid (but to send you to college they would have to spend far beyond their means), and that you don't qualify for scholarships because you are not a member of a "minority".

No, if anyone should be given a day, it should be Rosa Parks, who refused to sit in the back of the bus. Or the cleaning lady who by doing without and saving like crazy gave close to a quarter million dollars to her favorite college.

I have suspected for some time that Martin Luther King was given a day because government employees, bankers, and the post office wanted another holiday.

As for equal time for incomparable heroes, what should we do? Strike off ALL days? Personally, when I look on the calendar and find that it's Bosses Day or Secretaries Day, I feel a little ill. I have never researched to find if it's true (afraid to, really), but I suspect that every single day of the year is taken to honor something of other. When you go around honoring everything, your sense of values diminishes.

Let's face reality, what is going on today could and should have been stopped 50 years ago. White America has become a melting pot of colors, races and in many cases undesirables. Martin Luther King was only the beginning. There will be many more like him as White America becomes the minority. We have lost the war and believe me, before it's all over, we will come to realize that we would have been better off with a war.

Its an outrage that white America has been censored in giving their own views and stands for their beliefs, while the other races are permitted to say anything they wish. It's a further outrage, that so many of white America not only won't stand up for these principals, they continue to support, what will be, if it's permitted to continue, the destruction of this great country.

Personally, I get the day off with pay. Know what I mean! I get to sleep late, not shave, goof off, just be a loaf. If some people want the holiday under a different name or recognition, fine! Just don't take a loaf day from me. Also, consider the fact that in 50 years white americans will probably be a minority, voting on things like what holidays to celebrate might take on quite a different look than what we think of them today. It's all apart of an evolving america. Evolution thats possible only because of our constitution, written at a time when the original people of this land were still a majority. Aint it somethin'.