http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/02/poll-should-mlk-memorial-quote-be-changed/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/02/poll-should-mlk-memorial-quote-be-changed/#comment-1276 Anonymous Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=14057#comment-1276 the paraphrasing is our way of giving him his due!   The selection of the paraphrase did not happen in a vacuum.   Stop with all this knee-jerk twitching and bitching! the paraphrasing is our way of giving him his due!   The selection of the paraphrase did not happen in a vacuum.   Stop with all this knee-jerk twitching and bitching!

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/02/poll-should-mlk-memorial-quote-be-changed/#comment-1270 Indispositus Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=14057#comment-1270 I agree with Elijah--if you can change it to "he" makes it sound less cocky. There is overwhelming support for changing the quote to the original version. It would be like going to the Lincoln memorial and seeing "I was the sole reason for the end of the Civil War" or the FDR memorial and seeing "I ended the depression and WWII single handedly." It just makes King look overly arrogant. I agree with Elijah–if you can change it to “he” makes it sound less cocky. There is overwhelming support for changing the quote to the original version. It would be like going to the Lincoln memorial and seeing “I was the sole reason for the end of the Civil War” or the FDR memorial and seeing “I ended the depression and WWII single handedly.” It just makes King look overly arrogant.

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/02/poll-should-mlk-memorial-quote-be-changed/#comment-1264 Elijah405 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=14057#comment-1264 Seems to me at the least that the 'I' can be changed to say 'HE' somehow? I'm quite sure that some of us with much less talent have changed report card grades from a 'D' to 'B' ! Seems to me at the least that the ‘I’ can be changed to say ‘HE’ somehow? I’m quite sure that some of us with much less talent have changed report card grades from a ‘D’ to ‘B’ !

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