The second one about the black women is only a snippet, produced by an entity devoted to shaping our understandings of its political enemies.
I wonder what Kirk said before, and what he said after that snippet. It has left me with a lot of questions. He ridicules Lee for knowing she would not be there without affirmative action. Kirk does not say all black women are not smart enough to be a congressperson (lots of them are very stupid, male, female, black, white), a talk show host (I agree about Reid), a president's wife (I'm sure there have been plenty of idiots in those shoes), or a SCOTUS justice (that she wouldn't define what woman means was candy to conservatives - are they wrong?). I wonder if there are any black women he would find deserving. I would love to watch the entire episode before I pass judgment. Thank you for both sources though.
I hope you don't think I am devoted to debunking you. I'm loving the discussion. I still want to see the primary source for the MLK comments, and for this episode. Those are very hard to find apparently. Which gives me the heebie jeebies.
I have no skin in the game. You are not debunking me, because I'm stating what I found and then giving my opinion on it. That's all. It's great that we have a discussion. It's great that you care to find the truth. Lord knows, that's getting to be a rare search.
What I'm doing here is punching a little pinhole in the hagiography growing up around this public figure. He had strong opinions. He had an agenda. It is not my agenda, but he and his followers are certainly entitled to believe and support what they do. My effort here is to say my contrary voice is allowed. I assert my right to disagree and to do a fact check on the mythos that is growing up around this public figure.
I know you certainly insist on that right for all of us.
100% agree.