Another Racially Insensitive MLK Day Weekend at "SeN"

[_Gadianton]

It's not that MLK was flawless, it's that an observer can tell the difference pretty easily between declaring flaws in order to bring a person down a notch, as in this case, and declaring flaws in order to deflect criticisms that demand a higher standard, such as in the case of Joseph Smith.

To put it a little differently: They declare MLKs flaws because they really believe he was flawed, but declare Joseph Smith's flaws because they really believe he was next to perfect.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Wow. Mr. Peterson and the Midge are really having a meltdown right now. In response to this benign comment about the progress made since MLK was assassinated:

Michael Hoggan B. Wilson • 2 hours ago

Yes, there has been an ebb and flow, and that is to be expected. Tough economic times, violence, and military conflict bring out the worst in some people.

the Midge fires off this missive:

Louis Midgley > Michael Hoggan • an hour ago

I would add that bigotry, and what could be called religious bigotry, as manifest regularly on Dr. Shakes miserable board, and now constantly trying to disrupt Dan's blog is the worst in some people. Why is it that many of them post on what one of them, who is or claims to be, a "highly educated native American" who is a practicing MD, who turned out to be an ethnic/racial bigot who posts on Dr. Shades very lovely board.

On the very day where MLK is remembered for his higher hopes for mankind, the Midge with Mr. Peterson's protection uses it to attack his perceived enemies with a staker'ish racial remark. Unbelievable. And yet... not unexpected.

Mormon priesthood holder. BYU professor.

- Doc

[_Doctor Scratch]

By the way, I believe that Dr. Cam is currently scoring highest on the pop quiz.

See here for 2013 and see here for the sequel in 2014. (Perhaps there should be a "Top Ten Mopologetic Screwups on MLK, Jr. Day" list?)

[_Doctor Scratch]

Now for the second part of my response to Doctor Dunkenstein. "Plagiarism and 'lifting language from others without proper attribution' is b>immoral, unethical and a sure sign of an incompetent and lazy mind. It also can be illegal.

Please also notice that FAKE Doctor D. was then upvoted by the FAKES who up-voted his moral outrage by three FAKES: EV, Professor Paranormal, and Professor Tapir Bukk.

Let the one who is innocent cast the first stone! Is not all this at least a bit ironic?

Have the FAKE doctors and professors Club not managed to notice that real Professor Peterson has used them to teach a host of valuable lessons? There simply Is no shame among shame with Dr. Shades and his inmates on his board.

Utterly priceless to see Midgley typing out "Professor Tapir Bukk."

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

Utterly priceless to see Midgley typing out "Professor Tapir Bukk."

Dr. Scratch,

You were absolutely correct with your prediction. What is it about MLK that brings out the worst in the Mopologists?

It’s just like clockwork. Every single MLK Day, you can count on there being an epic meltdown. I can’t wait until next year.

On a related note, I’ve officially seen it all and now I can die a happy man. I never thought I would live to see the day where Professor Lou Midgley publicly complained about “Tapir Bukk.”

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

It should be noted Mr. Peterson's historical use of the "rhetoric" has been associated with a negative connotation on a given poster's comments. As such it raised my eyebrows when he said this about MLK's speech the day before he was assassinated:

The “I Have a Dream Speech” is, to say the very least of it, a marvelous piece of rhetoric.

One could say I'm straining at a gnat, so to speak, but given Mr. Peterson's relentless assault on MLK's character, his stodgy take on African American culture, and hostile comments in his comments section I think it's safe to say he wasn't praising MLK with that little remark.

If you really believed that MLK was a great guy, or whatever, how hard is it to make your blog entry and then just stick to the positives, especially since you've made it abundantly clear with prior posts that you think MLK was essentially immoral in his personal life and politically misguided?

- Doc

[_Dr LOD]

What on earth is the SCMC going to think when they see the MLK post at SeN?

[_moksha]

See here for 2013 and see here for the sequel in 2014. (Perhaps there should be a "Top Ten Mopologetic Screwups on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day" list?)

Those links no longer bring up the racist remarks of the past. Over time, even these vestiges will be scabbed over - hopefully.

[_Kishkumen]

Now for the second part of my response to Doctor Dunkenstein. "Plagiarism and 'lifting language from others without proper attribution' is b>immoral, unethical and a sure sign of an incompetent and lazy mind. It also can be illegal.

Please also notice that FAKE Doctor D. was then upvoted by the FAKES who up-voted his moral outrage by three FAKES: EV, Professor Paranormal, and Professor Tapir Bukk.

Let the one who is innocent cast the first stone! Is not all this at least a bit ironic?

Have the FAKE doctors and professors Club not managed to notice that real Professor Peterson has used them to teach a host of valuable lessons? There simply Is no shame among shame with Dr. Shades and his inmates on his board.

Is Midgley really claiming that DCP used MLK Day to teach people on MDB about the perils of throwing around accusations of plagiarism?

Ouch! With friends like Midgley . . . .

No, Dr. Midgley, I don’t believe he did.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Here’s a good post that reflected my own upbringing where my father was one part John Birch society, one part Ezra Benson, and one part libertarian:

LaneWolfley

Here's a goofy tidbit in my personal history: I was born of goodly parents, of this there can be no doubt. Nevertheless, I was raised to believe that MLK was a communist toady and that the Blacks were being used by the communists to destroy America from within. I was about 14 or so when he was assassinated; the reaction of the country to his death forced me to reconsider my inherited views, and study out the subject on my own. Well, I had to part ways with my dad on the subject, and was the first occasion in my life where I realized that I had been misled, and had to take personal responsibility for my own beliefs. It was quite uncomfortable, and I just never talked to him about my liberalizing.

I see hints of that in Mr. Peterson and the Midge. These things get deep, and I’m not sure they ever really go away. I always side eye Whitey when they get super mouthy about about how they don’t have a racist, prejudiced, or bigoted bone in their body. I think all groups have varying degrees of ethnic, racial, social, religious, or economic biases and it’s always a tough row to hoe in order to be honest and mindful about it. But, honesty isn’t really in their wheelhouse. So we’ll keep getting these little jabs at minorities or the Other as they’re keen to do, while proclaiming loudly how much they love them. Weird.

- Doc