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bobby
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bobby asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 9 years ago

Is Barack Obama a fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream?

Please honestly think about this.

Martin Luther King Jr's entire philosophy was anti-violence/nonviolent resistance. He most certainly was against war. If you pay attention to what Obama has done, you will notice he has only expanded war. yes, he got us out of Iraq, but there was hardly time to celebrate when he deployed more troops to Afghanistan, has our forces in Libya, has us expanding to Syria, bomings in Pakistan ( http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6718124&pag... ). Was this MLK's dream?

Update:

@Assisted Vampire. Please don't insult such a great man like that.

Update 2:

@rico. I understand what you're saying with that. But I have heard people say stuff like "Rosa Parks didn't give up her bus seat. Martin Luther King had a dream. Now Obama's president". In other words great accomplishments for black people. I completely agree that the first two people were great and even revolutionary people, but Obama is so far away from that that I think it is misleading to say such things, as if he is continuing their legacy.

Update 3:

@fear, I take it you did not read the details. I am questioning such a mindset.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Obama could have been another Martin Luther King Jr. He could have been...but he chose to be another Malcolm X instead.

  • 4 years ago

    Malcom X spoke as a well known, a non-pacifist. MLK had a different, extra non secular tone, in accordance with Christianity and pacifism. Obama has a extra psychological tone, speaking a instructor. he's not a well known, yet somewhat a pragmatist. he's thru no ability a pacifist. King appealed to the midsection, Malcom X to the intestine, and Obama to the recommendations. Who develop into suited? attractiveness and potential are interior the attention of the beholder and the ear of the listener. Take your p.c.. Edit: The Black preacher interior the pulpit stated right here: God didn’t call usa to do what she’s doing interior the international now. God didn’t call usa to have interplay in a mindless, unjust conflict. And we are criminals in that conflict. We’ve committed extra conflict crimes very nearly than the different usa interior the international and that i flow to proceed to declare it. And we won’t give up it because of the fact of our delight and our arrogance as a rustic. yet God has a manner of even putting international locations of their place. The God that I worship has a manner of asserting, “Don’t play with me, Babylon! Be nonetheless and understand that I’m God. And in case you don’t give up your reckless course, I’ll upward push up and destroy the spine of your skill!” Isn’t that precisely the comparable as asserting, “God damn usa!”? Who develop into the preacher? develop into he the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor? No, it develop into not the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The fact develop into taken from the sermon of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr introduced at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia on February 4, 1968. A Black church is a Black church, the comparable no count the place or while. Obama could in no way be elected to the Illinois legislature without belonging to a Black Church. Obama could not extra resign a Black church than resign the Black community. Obama could not extra resign any Black church than resign politics completely. Get genuine!

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Is Mitt Romney a fulfillment of Joseph Smith's dream?

    Will he move the capitol to Salt Lake City?

  • 9 years ago

    Are you ******* kidding me? He is the opposite. Do you know what the NDDA? It's a act that; the president can kill or arrest anyone they want without due process.

    That is a ****** dictator and near equal to Hitler.

    ...Though Hitler said he was going to kill the jews but they ignored him...But than again Obama said he will launch wars without congressonal approval....But also he said he'll kill anyone who wants...

    Yeah Hitler is worse than Obama but that is because he had more power...

    Obama is climbing to Hitlers level.

    Power= Evil

    Source(s): Wiki
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    AND,... MLK was a Republican,so really Romney is the fulfillment...

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