“I will not mourn the dead of a thousand lives, but I will kill the fucker who did it” - me

The first sentence is not his. The rest is.

Strength to Love (1963)

It’s as much an MLK quote as this is an Ezekiel passage. “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides with the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon those with great vengeance and with furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know that my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.” I’ll stick with Zeke.

Has anyone read the comments on this article? MLK wrote all this -just in two different books.

“What “thousands” would King have been talking about? In which enemy’s death was he supposed to be rejoicing? “ uhhhh The Atlantic, what about the Vietnam war? also, while there were hundreds of people who died during the Civil Rights Movement, i’m sure it would put it in the the thousands if you consider everyone that had been killed up until then because they were black.
You could go back as far as slavery in the u.s.. i’m sure that would easily put you in the thousands in terms of deaths

It’s from his 1967 book “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” Full passage is here: “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”

Ugh too many people I am “friends” with have been posting it.

bump: not real: “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.”

real: “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

Fuck those dirty hippies!

So fuck all of you that didn’t party.

This is most definitely a time to rejoice! Evil incarnate went down after taking 2 rounds. I’d love to shake the hand of the man who took those shots. I will rejoice again- maybe even put on a party hat— when Osama realizes there are not any virgins on the ocean floor.

It’s the perfect bait to reveal douchebags on your Facebook feed. “Oh, so you’re as peaceful as MLK? Well shit, guess I should just shut the fuck up and stop feeling good today.” Sorry, it’s just that the only people who made that their statuses, at least among my friends, were a-holes.

Darth Vader said this.

Nice quote but this is what I believe I am happy that a mass murderer does not have the luxury of dying peacefully after a long life, a right that he denied thousands.  I am happy about that.

not real: “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.” real: “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

soooooo….where did it come from then?