> If you're making good points that contradict what people believe, they'll ridicule or at least ignore you -- that's par for the course. I think GP is saying

> If you're making good points that contradict what people believe, they'll ridicule or at least ignore you -- that's par for the course. I think GP is saying people still ignore the point of those very people they're praising. In particular, Republicans (and politicians in general) love quoting MLK, but weirdly, they never seem to remember the "white moderate" quote: > I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” You're making the point that MLK was beloved and effective because he was thoughtful and articulate, but there wasn't a single day in his life that he wasn't disliked by the majority of white americans: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/17/mlk-is-revered-today-but-the-real-king-would-make-white-people-uncomfortable https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/17/mlk-is... What made King popular was dying. So, yes, wagging the finger at people shouting "defund the police!" and pointing to MLK as an alternative is pretty rich.