Malcom X Day

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-25 08:28pm

Should there be a Malcolm X Day, as there is a Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-02-25 08:30pm

Hell yes! Less school...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-25 08:32pm

Malcolm X was a bit too anti-white for me.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-02-25 08:37pm

It was Dr. King that made the most diffrence, not Malcom X.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-02-25 08:38pm

But, But, But... Less school?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-25 08:41pm

No there should not be. If you want another day off, split presidents day.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-25 08:46pm

No. When he wasn't anti-white, he was subscribing to the profoundly bizarre belief that Islam was the solution to America's problems.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-02-25 08:47pm

Another holiday is another day off school. Implement

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-02-25 08:48pm

I don't buy inot that "Another day off of school" bullshit. Malcom X was a weirdo, case closed.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-25 08:50pm

I'm fine with using it as an excuse to get off of school, but I believe Malcolm X was a bit of a nut, and there are other important black people you can give a day to, like Rosa Parks.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-25 08:57pm

Martin Luther King took Jefferson's philosophy and perfected it, and is the one American in this century who is most responsible for the idea that all people deserve the same freedoms as everyone else by virtue of being human.

Malcom X was a black separatist fucknut and proto-Islamofascist. I wonder which one deserves a national holiday.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-25 09:01pm

Ouch, Red. My English teacher showed us the film Malcolm X and then gave a little spiel about how he changed into a great and honorable man before his death. Say that to her and the gauntlet would hit the floor.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-02-25 09:04pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Ouch, Red. My English teacher showed us the film Malcolm X and then gave a little spiel about how he changed into a great and honorable man before his death. Say that to her and the gauntlet would hit the floor.

I believe he thought that black people should be seperate form whites, but after taking a pilgrimage, changed his views.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-02-25 09:07pm

Yeah, he changed his views shortly before his death

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-25 09:09pm

ArmorPierce wrote:Yeah, he changed his views shortly before his death

Malcolm X prattled on endlessly about the wonderful racial unity he found in Mecca among Muslims, I guess he forgot about the whole hatred of Jews thing.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-25 09:16pm

Incidentally, who voted for getting rid of MLK Jr. Day, and why did you choose that option?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-02-25 09:26pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Incidentally, who voted for getting rid of MLK Jr. Day, and why did you choose that option?

Me. He was a goddamn skirt chaser. WTF do you think his family got his
FBI file sealed for 20 more years?

Best to simply split Presidents day back up, and make Washington and
Lincoln's birthday's national holidays again, rather than contorting them
into one damn holiday

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