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01/16 - Martin Luther King Junior Day [1]
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Date: 2023-01-16
It's Martin Luther King Junior Day, and what can one say about such a tremendous personage?
It has often been said that "you are known by the company you keep" or words to that effect. Maybe, but that is, among other things, guilt by association, and tends to hinge to a large degree on stereotypes and generalizations. I much prefer the idea that one is known not by the company they keep, but by the enemies that they make. So let's have a look, shall we.
Jedgar Hoover Horrible, the collective antitheses of everything that the U.S. is supposed to stand for, who misused the power of a government department to illegally harass, persecute and sometimes maliciously and wrongfully prosecute those he personally disliked or disapproved of, hated Doctor King. With his private army department dedicated to the broad goals of shutting down any and all nonconformity, ideological impurities, protests, thought crime, peaceniks, things he deemed "obscene", civil liberties and civil rights he was still able to focus on a few specific individuals. Doctor King was one such, Hoover really wanted to "get" Martin Luther King Jr. To become a specific named target of Jedgar the Horrible was a mark of great distinction; Doctor King really was that important to civilization, decency, and progress in this country.
It appears that today is designated National Religious Freedom Day I note that they don't say what nation. In this country it wavers between you can be whatever type of Christian (or Jew) you please and you can pray to the god of your choice. Yeah, whatever.
It is also my favorite holiday of them all; National Nothing Day. That's right, nuttin'. Zϼ, thass rite, Z rho, nada, and all like that. Don't have any obligation to remember, celebrate, honor, respect, acknowledge, appreciate, or be concerned about anything. Nothing Day is all about ϕ, the null set, and that's just ϕne with me.
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