Archive for ‘Pimp My Martin’

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Jun18

Pimp my Martin: King did not take a bullet for unions

by Duane on June 18th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Posted In: Pimp My Martin

One of those things that just really gets under my skin is when I see people attempting to use MLK and the civil rights era in general to add legitimacy to their movement.

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Aug26

Don’t Talk About Fat People, but…

by Duane on August 26th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Posted In: Headlines, Just "Why?", Pimp My Martin, Should Be Slapped

Slavery and the Holocaust are still fair game.
What am I talking about?
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 25 (UPI) — A U.S. animal rights group announced it will change a controversial Florida billboard that critics said compared overweight women to sea mammals.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Monday it will change the Jacksonville billboard, which [...]

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May12

Pimp My Martin: The series still continues…

by Duane on May 12th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Our Expression, Pimp My Martin

It wasn’t so much the one-liner columnist Lenard Pitts Jr. borrowed from MLK to make his point regarding Marion Barry’s decision to vote against DC’s decision to recognize same-sex marriage that irritated me…much. The following quote is what pushed it over the edge for me.
One wonders how differently that movement might have turned out had [...]

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Mar26

Pimp my Martin: The series continues…

by Duane on March 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Posted In: Just "Why?", Pimp My Martin

Some of you long time readers may remember me starting a series on this site that tracks any and all individuals/organizations that pimp the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. for causes unrelated to the actual movement he represented. Here is the latest entry.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition-Hawaii urges Senate to pass HB 444
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Jun20

You don’t need a ‘King’

by Duane on June 20th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Posted In: Pimp My Martin

Terri L. Wilder is a licensed social worker who asks in her latest piece, “Where Is the Martin Luther King Jr. of HIV?”
One more time, people do what they want to do–especially when it comes to sex. No organization or messiah-type in the world will change that.
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Jan21

Never let them off the hook

by Duane on January 21st, 2008 at 5:05 am
Posted In: Pimp My Martin

M.L. King ally says U.S. holiday an insult
DALLAS, Jan. 21 (UPI) — A Dallas minister who marched with civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said Monday’s birthday observance holiday is an insult to his legacy.
The Rev. Peter Johnson, 62, director of the Texas operations for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, told The [...]

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Jan07

Pimp my Martin: The series

by Duane on January 7th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Posted In: Pimp My Martin

Starting today, I am officially starting a new category called “Pimp my Martin”. This category will highlight all the asinine ways liberals invoke the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. in order to further causes that require a stretch of imagination to link to the slain civil rights leader (I did a whole post [...]

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