[TheRealThing]

Martin Luther King, Jr. also opposed the Viet Nam War.

Ali spoke openly and often about his reasons for his conscientious objecting. Now, you may not agree with his reasons, and that's fine. But, in his day, Ali was viewed as an "uppity N____" who was thumbing his nose at white America. Had he have been a Quaker, he wouldn't have gone to jail.

You have not the first clue what you're talking about. I registered for the draft when I turned 18 and so did everybody else, white or otherwise, that did not want a visit from a couple nicely dressed representatives of the federal government. It didn't matter who you were, unless maybe William Jefferson Clinton, you registered and when you got called, you reported to the draft board.

Ali was special because he shot his mouth off on the national stage. If the government had allowed him to get by with thumbing his nose at them, and he was in the most open and disrespectful way imaginable, national foment would have ensued. But that was back when men were men and liberals were squeaky little bleeding hearts.