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Revision as of 13:34, 28 April 2014
The Appeal to MLK is a specific type of tone argument where an activist is criticized for their perceived failure to conform to the fictionalized perfectness of some saintly nonviolent activist figure -- most commonly Dr Martin Luther King Jr, but occasionally also Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, and so forth.
Issues
- Appropriation
- Whitewashing
Examples
- Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror): "you get back what you give. This radiates anger and discontent. Try some Letter From a Birmingham Jail; that's how it's done." screencap
- https://twitter.com/Jury/status/402595559350861824
External links
- Gradient Lair: A Silencing Tactic That Involves Using Historical Figures