Fox News guest defends Columbus mural by saying “MLK didn't have a pristine past” 

From the January 24 edition of Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum:

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CHERYL CHUMLEY (GUEST): The message can resonate with you without having to take action on it. For instance, in my view, offensiveness is in the eye of the beholder. What if, for instance, down the street from where I am, there stands a thirty-foot tall monument of Martin Luther King. Now, MLK didn't have a pristine past, he did a lot of good for America and there is a lot to honor him for, and I am in favor of his statue standing there. 

But, for instance, a women's group offended by his adultery could say that, 'hey he is not a great guy to have a monument in D.C. for.' Or say a religious group did not like the fact that it was found he actually plagiarized a thesis during his time at Boston University. Is that too offensive, should we tear him down now because he doesn't present the right type of history or the right type of messaging we want to put forth in America? The problem is, when you start making this standard of offensiveness, first off, where does it end? And second off, who gets to decide? 

Previously:

Fox's Raymond Arroyo warns that political correctness will lead to “demographic suicide and cultural suicide” ​

Laura Ingraham: “Because you're a minority, you get special standards, special treatment”​

Rush Limbaugh: Covington Catholic kids are “the epitome” of what “used to be defined as 'normal' in America”​