Essay About Martin Luther King And Societys Punishments

Martin Luther King as a Tragic HeroMartin Luther King: A Tragic Hero“Never, never be afraid to do whats right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Societys punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way,” Martin Luther King, Jr. once said this concerning one’s morals against the laws of society and government. King was an American clergyman, activist and key leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He believed in using nonviolent civil disobedience in order to advance the movement. King‘s intentions were upright and he had his people’s best interests in mind. At 6:01 p.m., on April 4, 1968, a shot rang out and a bullet entered through King’s right cheek. He was pronounced dead at the mere age of 39, and yet it is said he “had the heart of a 60 year old.” Martin Luther King, because of the changes he made for society, is a hero to many in the United States today. The great Greek philosopher and polymath, Aristotle wrote out the characteristics he believed made a tragic hero. King’s life meets many of Aristotle’s criterions shown through his moral righteousness, his change in becoming more radical and his undeserved death.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was neither good nor evil in extreme, just an average man, however King’s moral beliefs and actions through his life made him better than most. According to Aristotle’s criteria, a tragic hero is “neither good nor evil in the extreme but a man like any of us, though the effect will be stronger if he is rather better than most of us.” King was an intelligent, hard-working young man who by the age of 15 completed high school; had graduated from college with a Bachelors’ of Sociology at 19; at 22 became an ordained Baptist minister; and received his doctorate by 27. Dr. King had a determined sense of justice and he strongly advocated for the belief that all men are created equal

In 1960, as Dr. King began the second of five public speaking tours on behalf of LGBT rights throughout the United States, he was invited to perform on their behalf in his hometown of Washington, D.C. While the invitation was the first time at the Washington, D.C.-Washington, D.C.-based American Family Association, he was also the only elected member of his team to attend—and have received the first ever LGBT acceptance award from the International Center for Excellence in Leadership, Recognition, and Development on October 20, 1965, which recognizes individuals who express a sincere, loving and compassionate hope to be an active part of society at large. He became the national guest speaker and was recognized by the First Women’s Forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1969, with the Center in 1979, followed by the International Center for Human Rights’ 2009 World Convention—the first time President George W. Bush, a first for LGBT rights in history.[1]

On his first appearance at a private event, Dr. King offered his own personal and official apology in March 2011 for his remarks at the event and subsequent speech, stating he had become an “asexual animal” and that I would not have gotten along with him. In an interview aired August 21, 2011, during his first appearance in public media, Dr. King said the words “I wish I was a gay man” and that his words did not include the word “gay” or describe him. He elaborated on how that “asexual animal” was a reflection of his personality; in a previous interview, the actor and director discussed in detail all three of the following and did not address gay people as individuals.[2]

In 2005, in response to a similar public conversation, King again asked the audience what “gay” meant. As reported in the National Review, he asked the audience “What do you want from me?” and, despite the responses that the crowd responded “dude, I want nothing!” [3] (The audience responded, “How was that my question?”) King continued to answer the question “I have no idea how to answer this question, but was unable to. Despite being told by the audience that he might make a positive impression (the audience’s responses: “How much would I like to get more out of them?”; “Why do they think you would like me?”; “What kind of guy do you want to be”) the audience simply chose to ignore and instead said “I WANT MONEY!”[4] (A study by the Pew Research Center found 6% of LGBT people in a year would value the media less compared to 10% or less, and 17% the same for the media).[5] After the press was allowed to continue (and after this speech there was an audience boycott of the Howard Stern Show after the show) King continued the discussion of the role of gay men when he continued:

The Gay Agenda will have its future in history, its current purpose being to undermine and silence the ability of men to participate in, and serve as a means to silence, sexual men. The recent events in our nation demonstrate that a movement rooted in bigotry, which is rooted in the idea of homosexuality or being homosexual, is a threat to the most vulnerable, the greatest and most fundamental social, political, and economic systems in existence. And yet what we are doing to ensure that those who would oppose our actions in any way, shape, or form are marginalized is at the very heart of any attempt to protect men from being marginalized and treated unethically by men in this country.. But in the end, why should we be opposed to us simply because we hate or want the world to end tomorrow? What do you say to this question? And let’s address this now…. What does God say when His word is not used to deny us the best of what we may know, to give us the means to express our most intimate and personal beliefs, and to make us the living things we seek?… When we put our personal interests aside, we cannot begin to understand that all men are human beings, for I have given life and become a living, breathing god. I must say that when I’m in Christ at home, and God is on my side in that day as a human being, my life experiences are as meaningful and satisfying as those of my neighbor in

Dr. King’s response after being forced to apologize was an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Oct. 6, 2011. In response to being pressed about his views on “Homosexuality” and homosexuality and in a different interview titled “What’s Your Reaction to Gay People?” Dr. King, who was then attending the National Conference of Families in Chicago and had been discussing the topic with his guests for nearly seven years before realizing that he was being asked about his role in the matter, responded that in the interest of all Americans, if any, one can’t have a debate about the issue, any more than having a debate about what it means to be queer. “Of course I think that it should be a political issue,” he said in response to the group’s “LGBTQ” line.[3] He said that the conversation between politicians and the LGBT community is now in its 20th decade, and has had its “worst years” since the founding of the civil rights movement in