Candace Owens' Thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr.

it was a few months ago i um i was. reading old martin luther king. interviews because i'm really a dweeb. and i like to look back. at thought leaders and political leaders. and just to understand what their ideas. were. because i do believe that. history is always doomed to repeat. itself. that there's so much wisdom if we just. look back and read what people said. anyways it was an interview that he did. and it was in playboy magazine a really. good interview i recommend you go and. read it. not that i agreed with a lot all of his.

ideas i you know i think he was a little. more left on me more left than me when. it came to the economy without question. but they asked him a question uh the the. person i was interviewing him and i'm. paraphrasing um they talked about the. fact that he believed in peace you know. he really he he advocated for us to to. never be violent um when trying to. achieve peace we know that that that's. why um we celebrate dr martin luther. king because he was considered this. vision for peace in america even during.

a time of such racial unrest and they. asked him why uh you know why why don't. you believe in the concept of revolution. of fighting to get peace and he said. because you can't. you can't fight. if you want to get peace. and the interviewer rightfully pushed. back on him and they said well you know. respectfully dr king you're wrong. look at the american revolution the. revolutionary war they fought and then. they got peace a period of peace that's.

why we have america today and he said. something that was so important. he said if the idea is separation. then you can fight for peace if you. revolt and your end goal is that you. want to be separated and on your own. then you can fight and have peace but if. your end goal. is not separation but integration then. violence is never the means. think about that think about that when. you think of these groups that advocate. for racial violence that you're gonna up.

get up in the street and scream and. fight if a black man is unarmed and gets. shot think about that. what are they fighting for. do we want a society where black people. and white people can't sit together like. they are in this room. because that's what they're advocating. for when they say they want uprisings. i think in that regard. dr martin luther king was way ahead of. his time in understanding that in this. country what minorities want and always. be conscious of that what we want. what we've always wanted is integration.

because america is the greatest country. in the world. and i believe. [Applause]. america has always been the only way to. the promised land which i will show you. like now. [Music].

we've got some difficult days ahead. but it really doesn't matter with me now. because i've been to the mountaintop. and i've seen.

the promised land but i want you to know. the night. that we as a people will get to the. promised land. [Applause]. so i'm happy tonight i'm not worried. about anything i'm not fearing any man. my eyes have seen the glory of the. coming of the lord.

what an incredible incredible speaker he. was um and uh. these images and seeing that this fight. has gone on forever i say this all the. time because i get way too much credit. you know people i tell people this all. the time my ideas are not original. they're not i've gotten my ideas from. people that have lived before me who. have been saying them and screaming them. for years and nobody listened the people. that we've rejected and called uncle. toms and coons right i i thought the. exact same thing about black. conservatives when i was growing up.

because i was conditioned to believe. that those heroes have been there. forever whether it's whether it's dr. martin luther king and his speeches. whether it's larry elder which what an. honor it is for me to share a stage with. him. whether it's dr thomas soul whether it's. uh dr ben carson whether it's dr. condoleeza rice these are some of the. greatest thinkers that we have breathing. in black america today and they have. never gotten the respect that they. deserve from our community.