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As Americans around the world commemorated Martin Luther King Day, right-wing activist Charlie Kirk took to X to mark the occasion by condemning the civil rights activist — and those who honor him. “Who was MLK? A myth has been created and it has grown totally out of control,” he wrote. “While he was alive most people disliked him, yet today he is the most honored, worshipped, even deified person of the 20th century. Today we are going to tell the truth and explain how this myth was born. Happy Monday.” Dr. King, a Southern Black minister, became one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights…

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