Wednesday, February 4, 2015

A Proper Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., or a comparison in poor taste?

A few weeks ago was Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 19th. Later that week I received the image below. This image is from the South Florida Wildlands Association (SFWA). A group in Miami-Dade County is protesting a proposed Walmart and, understandably, they are angry and want the project stopped; here is the image published by SFWA:
Is equating the monumental work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the opposition to a proposed Walmart appropriate? On January 19, Martin Luther King Day? I visited the SFWA Facebook page recently and this post is still there so they have no problem with the comparison. That being said, I don't believe this is a proper tribute to the life and death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.