re: #6 lostlakehiker

The truth has got out about MLK, but it’s not had any impact on his reputation. Same with Gandhi. Same with Jefferson, for that matter. Great men are still mortal and they do have their failings, but this is something just about everyone knows without even having to hear the particulars.

What counts is the content of the best of their character, not the feet of clay stuff. History should record these, but they are not the main story.

“The truth” being that he was a foaming-at-the-mouth socialist?