Welcome back, everyone. No school, but plenty to post. And have a day of fighting for what is right and just- a superhero day. We probably shouldn't have it off; as we all like the trend towards a day of service. Oh well.
Being 43, I have vivid and unpleasant memories of Ronald Reagan. One of my favorites is the calumny he and others heaped on Dr. King and the struggle for civil rights. Reagan actively supported apartheid in South Africa. He defended Sen. Jesse Helms' attacks on MLK. He intervened to protect Bob Jones University's ban on interracial dating. He began his presidential campaign uncomfortably close to the site where three civil rights workers were tortured and murdered 16 years earlier.
Maybe the man did some good for the country. Most historical figures are pretty mixed. But keep the record straight: when Reagan signed the bill making this a holiday it was after years of working fiercely against everything King stood for.
That's the politics for the day.
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