With that amount of vitriol I'm guessing you found it! Let's go over our evidence shall we?

• homophobia in the 1960s was incredibly common
• one of MLK's top advisors was an openly gay man
• the only writing we have from MLK on the topic states his viewpoint:^1^

"The type of feeling you have towards boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally aquired.___ You honestly recognize the problem and have a desire to solve it."

• MLK was a Christian minister within a historically black protestant church (SCLC) that to this day has not made their opinions about LGBTQIA+ issues known.

Based on that, were I to speculate, it appears to me that MLK was typical of his time and held quite a few homophobic views himself. Not from a place of hate, but from a place of ignorance.

It seems far more likely than "he was an extreme outlier who deeply understood the plight of his queer allies, but alas was forced to make a 4d chess tactical decision to sacrifice them at the altar of public opinion".

However, the main takeaway is that we don't fucking know and attempting to use that uncertainty to justify sacrificing marginalized groups is disgusting.

In my opinion it is important for anyone who stumbles upon your dangerous, shit take to understand the place of ignorance it stems from and hoping that you aren't so far gone that you can realize it too.