Here’s a heads-up about a rather bad column by Boulder Daily Camera writer Doug Thorburn. In his piece, he argues that people on the Right hold to a myth that “derives from a bizarre distortion of Dr. King’s "I have a Dream Speech" in which he offers a dream of a future where his children ‘…will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’”

Whatever Thorburn’s thoughts on King’s philosophy, his allegation that King wanted society to orchestrate special concessions on the basis of race, 45 years after his death, is hard to believe.

Like most writers lambasting the CRI’s, Thorburn takes a moment to decry the funding pouring from Ward Connerly’s organization in California. Thorburn fails to recognize the blocker support (in Colorado) of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN ), clearly from Michigan and loudly in the camp of illegally disruptive petition opponents.

It’s a long campaign, Mr. Thorburn, and there’s no use pretending both sides won’t rely on some out-of-state support for their respective cause. And it’s wrong to assume that the words of Dr. King will always fit the perspective of those who still Americans should be judged by the color of their skin, instead of the content of their character.