"King was castigated and the rationale by many white southerners was that he was "rude" for upsetting the status quo. Rudeness is often in the eye of the beholder. "

Oh he was castigated for upsetting the status quo. There is no doubt about that. He was called a lot of things. But you won't find an example of anyone calling him "rude."

Obviously you are not letting this get in the way of you repeating that claim. Yet you claim that I am not "logical.

I am saying that Dawkins is rude because he is mocking and condescending and he uses insults that are not applicable and unsupported by science, such as "child abuse" and delusional.

You can still watch his TED talk were he does all of the above and admits to militant atheism. All you have to do is google it and hit "play."

You can also watch many recorded speeches of Dr. King. If there is one example of a rude statement or unfounded insult you can point it out. You can comb through the hundreds of thousands of statements about Dr. King, all you have to do is find one person saying that one of his comments is rude to prove their case.   


Instead you talk about hypothetical southerners and claim to read their minds saying that you know what their unspoken rationale was.

One of the features of zealotry, religious or not, is the failure to look at data that challenges your beliefs, another is the propensity to make untestable and unverifiable statements.