No, it's not about political correctness, it's about bringing up a bad subject when the intent of the post is to celebrate his greatness.
It's like if a best man at a wedding toasts, and brings up the fact that white wedding dresses are a symbol of purity and virginity, and questioning it's appropriateness at this particular wedding. The bride might not be a virgin, and the statement may be valid, but it probably shouldn't be talked about on a day where the couple are trying to celebrate their union.
No, I don't see a correlation at all. I can think of a far better example.
Like when Joe, who has an associates degree in Business Management got awarded a promotion while the more educated and experienced Earl got passed over because of his lack of skin pigment. As a matter of fact, there were lots of people like Earl who were more expreienced and better qualified, but the Board felt some pressure from a minority group who were accusing them of not maintaining an "acceptable level of equality" so they went with Joe to take the pressure off and make happy the few. Truth be told everyone really liked Joe but he was obviously given favor due to his race and it did stir a bit of controversay amongst some of the employees who felt that the job should have been awarded on merit... but I though we weren't going to discuss this.
That's a REAL bad debate, that always gets ugly.
Not wanting to discuss a topic because it is feared that it cannot be done without an "ugly" result is what PC is all about. PC is about pretending the proverbial elephant in the room is not there for the noble cause of someone's "feelings".
Personally, this topic isn't one I am really passionate about so I don't see how it could get ugly from my end. If you don't think you could discuss it then you probably should have left it alone.
but since you didnt...
Like I said earlier MLK was a great man. I just know that there have been many great men throughout our history who have accomplished great things, yet we don't shut down the Federal, State, and local governments, the stock market, banks, schools, etc.
Heck, Lincoln and Washington don't even have their own days anymore. They've combined them into one day, and their names have been removed from the name of the holiday.
King was most famous for his speech. Patrick Henry stood in front of a room full of weary, reluctant men who feared England and feared war. His speech inspired them to stand up for themselves. His speech inspired our nation to rise up and fight a war that the whole world deemed impossible to defeat tyranny so that close to two centuries later MLK was in a land with a 1st Amendment to a Constitution that allowed him to speak freely.
I could write an entire book about why we ought to honor Thomas Jefferson with a holiday.
I'm not putting down MLK. Believe me I am not. I have nothing but admiration for the man and his work. He was brilliant as you said. I made a little quip about the warranting (fairness) of his birthday being a holiday because when I saw the words "Happy..." I thought wow... I never heard anyone wish another "Happy MLK..." I mean I know that the kids in schools will probably devote the entire day to discussing him and that's nice, but how many great, key men are we forsaking as we celebrate Dr. King's birthday? Doesn't it seem to do the opposite of what Dr. King spoke about? I am fairly certain that Dr. King's intent was equal opportunity, not special priviledge. Instead of a level playing field we flip the scenario? That's not what he was about.
