By the time we get to (online) Arizona

On this MLK day, I was all set to send out some choice quotes from Dr. King about class injustices that go beyond race. The kinds of quotes you don't hear on CNN or in your high-school civics class. Turns out, however, what is quoted on CNN and by Mr. Pesarisi are still in dispute in some fetid corners of the internets. I really don't know how widespread the following views are, but they are common enough online to turn up for many, many searches regarding MLK.

Every January, the media go into a kind of almost spastic frenzy of adulation for the so-called "Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr." King has even had a national holiday declared in his honor, an honor accorded to no other American, not Washington, not Jefferson, not Lincoln. (Washington and Lincoln no longer have holidays -- they share the generic-sounding "President's Day.") A liberal judge has sealed the FBI files on King until the year 2027. What are they hiding? Let's take a look at this modern-day plastic god.

| some crazy website |

That's not even one of the bad ones. That site combines some accurate and interesting information to give a broader view of King. But the underlying message is one of right-wing, anti-semitic paranoia. If you want to see the message slightly more blatant, check out this much crazier website from "The Christian Party":

"Martin Luther King" is not his real name. The jews insisted he change his name to discredit the real Martin Luther.

It gets worse from there.

What does this remind me of? Today, it reminds me of this:

Iran to host Holocaust Validity Conference

It's one thing to reject the deification of folks like Martin Luther King and, to take another example, Abraham Lincoln. Those who want to understand history should know that these were flawed men. But the motivation to attack and discredit MLK is not, I think, driven by a passion for complete histories.

Updated to fix link to crazier website.