Kirk on Martin Luther King Jr.

"Just a man," Kirk said of MLK,

And “a very flawed one at that.”

At the end of his life,

Kirk's views on MLK stood pat.

Kirk called him "awful"

And said he was "not a good person."

Earlier in his career, Kirk spoke well of him,

But at the end of life, his feelings worsened.

Kirk felt MLK enjoyed unworthy reverence—

Honor that he shouldn't have enjoyed.

So if you want to follow Kirk,
Martin Luther King is someone to avoid.