Moving Leftier

Why would a Leftist professor suddenly come out with a hit-piece on Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Because judging someone based on the "content of their character" doesn't work very well for Leftists. When you have no moral principles beyond power-at-all-costs, it means that your character will be found to be non-existent.

Also, not judging someone by the "color of their skin" doesn't work at all with Leftist identity politics. How can you instill tribalism if people are judged as individuals? You can't, so the Left's entire plan to divide and conquer would fall apart.

And so, the powers that be on the Left have determined that a man who had been their greatest icon for the past 50 years must be destroyed. I guarantee you that the author of this piece, David Garrow, was called to a meeting with high level Leftist organizers and handed the info about MLK watching and laughing as a woman was raped in front of him. Garrow was then told to write the article. Being a good little Leftist, he has complied.

If they'll do that to MLK to advance their power, what do you suppose they'd do to you if you stood in their way?