In an article discussing the FBI surveillance of Martin Luther King (in a desperate and disgusting attempt to find ways to make him look bad, because, you know, civil rights were such a danger to the country), it is revealed that the FBI planned to attack him by sending him a nasty anonymous letter. There’s a draft of it on file – yes, they were carefully drafting this thing – with phrases such as “You are a colossal fraud and an evil, vicious one at that” and “The American public … will know you for what you are — an evil, abnormal beast,” and “Satan could not do more.”
In other words, the full force of the FBI hatched a scheme that would normally require two stoned 14 year olds and a hotmail account. Incompetency and evil do not mix well.
This is somewhat ironic seeing that 2 weeks ago the controversy surrounding the comments made by Senator Obama’s pastor left many white american questioning why the african american community might have some level of resentment towards whites. Well, as a 27 year old white american, I would like to say that the FBI surveillance and actions against Dr. King are yet another reason why I am consistently embarrassed by the actions of my government in both the past and present.