Modifying my previous comment because it could have been interpreted wrong: the thing that jumps out at me is how obviously small Pavlou’s understanding of Malcolm X is that he would put the phrase “white boy” in his mouth, pantomiming Black people by repeating something he obviously got from TV or memes using one of the most eloquent Civil Rights leaders in American history. It’s tremendously disrespectful and racist.
Wild guess, but probably because most have been tamed enough in public discourse to be seen as vague icons for “good” which they [right wingers] want to be identified with, especially in order to enable policies that go directly against what these figures were for