There are many things which are part of “The Price of Liberty” that lovers of liberty must pay. It is not just our “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” that are sacrificed for freedom.

One of those offerings on the altar of liberty is giving up cherished beliefs and “facts” that were taught us by our parents and grandparents, or even by others whom we love and respect, or schools from kindergarten to graduate school.

Consider Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the demigods of American “civic religion.” He honored by a federal holiday, memorialized by street and school names across the Fifty States, constantly quoted and praised by all corners of the political diamond (even at times by the personal and economic tyrants in the corner opposite libertarians). He is upheld as a “man of God,” a strong advocate of both racial justice and color blindness, and a martyr of liberty and peace.

But more and more information has come out about his real convictions, his motives, and his actions. Since his death, and especially in the last 8-10 years. But both before and after he was canonized (deified?) with the public holiday. As information has been declassified, as confessions have been written or spoken by his associates, and more and more of his life leading up to his murder, a truer picture is painted.

It is not a pretty one, and most Americans find it very, very hard to accept. What is seen is far more than just a man with feet of clay, a man with very human weaknesses but with motives and actions dedicated to the Creator, to liberty and justice for all, and to reconciliation and unity in American society.

The view we now have is of a man of evil motives and actions. A man who constantly violated the commands of the Bible he preached, who acted violently while proclaiming nonviolence, who betrayed his wife constantly, and observed and encouraged rape.

More important politically (and to those who love liberty but do not recognize the Creator or accept biblical morality), more evidence is now available and being studied about his political beliefs and goals. As a number of libertarian writers have noted in the past, MLK was a Communist, a Marxist. There is now evidence available from multiple sources that it was to pursue the standard Communist goals that he even became a “pastor” and feigned belief in the same God he had rejected just a few years before.

(One person suggests that the more information on MLK’s actual character is revealed, those who decry the destruction of Confederate memorials gain valuable fuel for their fight. But at least at present, we believe that the overall Woke, politically-correct movement will not change.)

Publisher’s note: Why do we call a Communist a “counter-revolutionary” now? Because like its sister political factions (Tranzis, Nazis, Socialists, and many so-called “progressives”), they seek to overthrow completely the results of the American Revolution. And of course, the accompanying War for American Independence. (And perhaps we should say their goal is to “more completely” overthrow the liberty and freedom won then.

Here are some of the present online sources. We recognize that many are sites we view as suspicious, biased, and in need of careful evaluation.

A MLK scholar has to change his view of MLK.

A recent podcast describes the “real MLK” whom most people do not know.

A black researcher reveals MLK’s character and actions.

Release of JFK assassination files includes reports on MLK’s behavior.