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- Yes (7%, 17 Votes)
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Would Dr. King Have Approved Of This?
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I think the “Made in China” stamp on it is priceless!
I guess this is somewhat better than all those “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Boulevards” traversing America’s hellholes. I suspect he might object to those. The hellholes, that is…
I’m certain he would object to both…
The inner child in me asks, ” Why didn’t they finish it?”
Although King would be pleased that a statue was put up in his honor, he’d be quite disaapointed that it was erected during a time where the meaning of his work and the movement it stemmed from was understood at its lowest level since his death, and co-opted and revised for the purposes of one political party.
But, how many Che Guevera t-shirts have you seen on suburban angst ridden young adults with no clue of what the man stood for?
Speaking of Che, check out this t-shirt of Guevera wearing a Bart Simpson tee.
http://www.newyorkerstore.com/2004/che-guevara-wearing-a-bart-simpson-t-shirt/invt/127162/
I don’t think anyone would ever approve of their own memorial…
Seconded, which is why I didn’t vote. No button for that. Put one on, Bob?
On second thought, Obambi would, but we know what kind of personality HE has…
MLK would have not approved. I met and spoke with MLK, who was an open man. The statue is a grotesque example of 21st century Stalinist sculpture which was created by apparatchiks in the People’s Republic Art Ministry to advance their ideas and idealogy. The closed arms and stern rejecting face were uncharacteristic of either MLK, his ideas or ideals. It is in the image of a Khrushchev after banging his shoe at the UN.
You are indeed fortunate to have talked to a person of such stature. You lucky dog….
My first thought upon seeing is was “Ramses on the Potomac”.
I think it’s wonderful how the artist used King’s words of that generation of young people being “about their Father’s business” and carving “a tunnel of hope through the great mountain of despair.” Now, how King personally would have felt about having a monument erected his honor … I think we can all imagine it would make him quite uneasy and embarrassed. But, great people who do truoy great things are humble. They only think of the final end and do not seek glory for themselves.
And, if I may add, statues and monuments are truly intended for the people — to remind them of what has been, where we’ve been as a nation, and what we can aspire to. I think all “the greats”, such as Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson, wold be uncomfortable with such homages to them. But, their monument are, again, for us to ponder and reflect on.
The chinese artist who made the monstrosity is also credited with doing at least two known sculptures of — Mao Tse-Tung.
And I have it on good authority that our new statue has already been given a street name:
Mao Tse-King
I’m disappointed. 1. It looks incomplete. They couldn’t have chiseled out his body? It also kind of looks like he’s in an upright coffin. 2. The crossed arms depicts a stern and intimidating person, like a dictator, not an inspirational figure he actually was..
Very disappointing.
You missed the point, methinks. King’s work was unfinished…
Although, as was pointed out earlier, his stance is NOT indicative of his personality. Consider who made the statue for and explanation of that gaffe!
I’m pretty sure that the late Dr. K would be rolling in his grave over most of what his family and others who sustain themselves through the use of his name have been doing for all these decades.
MLK is now simply a franchise that is self perpetuating and serves no useful purpose to society.
So … what is one more travesty commissioned in his name?