Don’t Know Enough to Be Ashamed
Posted by Adam Graham in : PoliticsThe Left Coaster has a piece up where the point is quite frankly missed about the Coretta Scott King story.
He writes:
President Bush was humiliated at Coretta Scott King’s funeral yesterday by Reverend Lowery and the thunderous applause for the Clintons. What the blogosphere has termed The Mighty Wurlitzer just got cranked up in response, for public, televised put-downs of The Almighty George cannot be countenanced under any circumstances.
Now, first of all I’d say that Reverend Lowery humiliated himself. Weeks from now, he’ll be remembered as the guy who took political potshots at the President at a funeral, the President attended as a represenative of the American people.
I truly don’t believe the attacks will hurt Bush who in the midst of it all was gracious and poised. The idea that attacking the President in this venue helps their cause is silly. The American people have the idea of something like respect for the dead, and even Clinton didn’t seem comfortable with these bald-faced political attacks at a funeral. His speech was one of the most graceful and dignified things to occur there.
No one is going to be convinced by the attacks who didn’t already believe them. Those who disagree are inflamed. Those in the mushy middle
Why the Wurlitzer fixates on patriotic behavior at funerals is a mystery—Bush is routinely booed, protested and caustically written about wherever he goes in any manner of institutional human functions and activities. Logic never, ever mattered to the Wurlitzer anyway, never mind, and this tactic was likely chosen because it’s fun to watch the liberals freak out and froth about it when they’re hurting so bad form their (thank God) now stiff heroes. A twofer.
So now Conservatives are glad that Coretta Scott King’s dead? What a slander on the good-willed people of our country who admire and respect what the Kings have done. What Demogougery! To watch the American left debase themselves with their idiocy is sad, not amusing
The Democrats need to learn the meaning of decency, respect, and human understanding. What’s happened with the left, even in an issue as basic as how to behave at a funeral is they’ve lost total touch with reality.
When Bill Cinton rebukes you for classlessness and Don Imus (who endorses candidates of both parties) calls you out of line, you’ve really gotten far too extreme and are in desperate need of persective.
Comment by "Radical" Russ [Visitor]
Shorter Adam: Black folks oughta just behave nice at funerals.
Comment by Adam Graham [Member]
Yeah, I forgot that Jimmy Carter is black.
Comment by Michael [Visitor]
Yup. Carter is black and Nixon illegally wiretapped the Martin Luther King. This is the world according to Russ. Until you show him a history book.
I would like to point out that many good people gave wonderful speeches without having the need to include personal political attacks.
Comment by "Radical" Russ [Visitor]
What a slander on the good-willed people of our country who admire and respect what the Kings have done.
So you admire and respect Coretta Scott King when she said:
“I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice,” she said. “But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’” “I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people,”
And
“We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny . . . I can never be what I ought to be until you are allowed to be what you ought to be,” she said, quoting her husband. “I’ve always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy,”
And
“We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say “common struggle” because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.”
And Adam, you said “I’d say that Reverend Lowery humiliated himself.” and I responded with “Shorter Adam: Black folks oughta just behave nice at funerals.” When did Jimmy Carter enter the discussion?
Comment by Andrea Graham [Member]
you know, you could try not putting words in people’s mouths and let them speak for themselves, then there wouldn’t be the confusion.
Comment by "Radical" Russ [Visitor]
OK, Andrea. That’s reasonable. Sorry, Adam, I know you’re not some kind of racist or anything, and shouldn’t have put words in your mouth.
We obviously disagree on what the proper behavior at a funeral consists of, and I can accept that. But I wonder if you can accept that different cultures express their condolences differently? An Irish wake, a New Orleans funeral march, a Catholic mass, shamanistic last rites, etc… Could it be that what appears offensive to you does not appear offensive to members of that culture?