Per John Amato quoting Digby quoting Rick Perlstein, Ronald
Reagan said MLK had it coming, referring to his assassination.
Actually, it would have been every last Democrat from Dixie jumping
up and down and shouting that, right out loud with no pussy-footing, back in
the day.
No citation is given in support of Perlstein’s exact allegation,
but I suppose it could be right.
This is Perlstein, as quoted, as quoted.
He said he had it
coming.
He said, "it's
the sort of great tragedy when we begin compromising with law and order and
people started choosing which laws they would break."
Conservatives have never at any time been fans of disobedience
as a tactic for forcing government to comply with the wishes of those doing the
crimes, whether “civil” or not.
Most of America, at the time, disapproved as well – though very
likely most of black America was actually wavering between King’s non-violence
and the rioting and murder they would later engage in, while probably nearly all of white America vigorously disapproved.
As to the left, well, as far as they are concerned, anything
that works is fine, as we know.
They have no real respect for the integrity of the process, here in America, nor for the democratic will of the people, nor for the constitution.
They are the ones who said back then and have said every
time since those days when blacks riot in an orgy of violence against whites
that we whites have it coming, America has it coming.
When Rev. Wright shouted “God damn America” Bill Moyers responded,
“That’s right!”
And then there was the Kerner report.
So there you have it.
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