06/07/2026
Notice how nobody mentioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until I challenged the absurd claim that Charlie Kirk was somehow doing “the work of Jesus.”
That’s when the racist revisionism started.
Charlie Kirk built a career trafficking in anti-Black stereotypes, white grievance politics, attacks on diversity, and rhetoric designed to make white people comfortable blaming Black people for America’s problems. Dr. King spent his life confronting racism, segregation, economic injustice, and the very systems that Kirk spent years excusing or inflaming. The two men are not remotely comparable.
One preached that America must confront its racism. The other profited from telling people racism is largely imaginary unless white people claim to be its victims.
And because that comparison collapses under the weight of facts, King’s critics resort to lies.
They lie about his assassination. They lie about his ministry. They lie about his theology. They lie about his character.
Dr. King was assassinated in broad daylight on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, surrounded by friends and colleagues. That is not a matter of opinion; it is historical fact. Yet sixty years later, racists still recycle myths and conspiracy theories because they cannot defeat his legacy honestly.
The theological accusations are just as dishonest. Dr. King was a Christian minister who preached Jesus Christ, pastored a church, led a movement grounded in faith, and repeatedly testified to the lordship of Christ. You don’t have to agree with every aspect of his theology to recognize that inventing lies about him decades after his death is nothing more than character assassination.
What fascinates me is the pattern. White conservatives routinely canonize white men while demonizing Black men. They will bend over backward to defend the flaws, failures, and sins of white political figures, but reserve their harshest condemnation for Black leaders who challenged racism, segregation, and white supremacy.
Dr. King’s legacy survived Bull Connor, J. Edgar Hoover, segregationists, and the Klan. It will survive anonymous internet racists and revisionist historians too. Charlie Kirk spent his career making white conservatives feel comfortable. Dr. King sacrificed his life making America uncomfortable with its racism.
History will always remember which one expanded justice and which one benefited from the backlash against it. And no amount of racist revisionism will change that.
Dr. King is remembered around the world as a freedom fighter. Bigots like Charlie Kirk, who hated him and disparaged his name will be remembered for their racism. History has already rendered its verdict.