A good one I just read basically says: Maybe the funeral speeches should have begun with “friends, romans, countrymen, Lend me your ears.”

Good thing he spread the pain around.

“Are you saying that the Kings would be funeral dissenters? That would be accusing them of no class Andrew…..”

Look up Dr. King’s speech at the funeral of the 4 little girls killed in that church bombing in Montgomery Alabama. Then tell me he has no class.

I wouldn’t have said that. You can’t say what Coretta would’ve said or done at a funeral but I’m sure (my opinion) that she would’ve carried herself and spoken in an dignified and civilized and tactful way.

Dissenting at some time is different than living the life of a dissenter. Not everyone does it like the Kings.

Dissent is essential to the memorial of a dissenter!

Nnot even close to reality. You should be ashamed. Why do you bother posting here, if you are just going to make something up?

Nobody said this. Only you.

AR said, “dissent is essential to democratic society.”

During a memorial/funeral? Remind me to ask these kinds of questions of my next potential mate. I’ll want class. I’m not making a put down. I’m hoping you learn from my point.

They talked about making her life last forever.

correction:
we might actually find out we have a lot more in common with those on the “Other Team” than we think if we just sat down and talked about things, much to the chagrin of many of the elected class.

i would very much like to hear the false premises in each of my points.

the major criticisms of the behavior at the funeral seem to fall into 2 categories: 1) political speech has no place at funerals and 2) critical speech of Bush’s policies is disrespectful to Bush

1) the funeral of a progressive, political, anti-war activist, who devoted her life to progressive, political, anti-war causes, is probably going to contain some progressive, political, anti-war speech from some of her progressive, political, anti-war friends. her friends and family saw it fit to honor her that way, and it just doesn’t seem right to tell people they aren’t mourning correctly. when musician Gram Parsons died his friends set his body ablaze in Joshua Tree Nat’l Park- because he had said that was what he wanted.

how is it not an equal form of political exploitation of the event to go on the cable news circuit and decry the behavior as Democrats acting nutso and uncivil? did kate o’beirne offer any discussion of who this woman truly was, what her work was all about, how she told the president to his face she did not like the war back in 2004 (at her husband’s grave, no less)? if she did, i would be pretty impressed.

2) the comments made at the funeral were fully in line with and a promotion of everything Coretta Scott King stood for. how is that Bush-Bashing? or unhinged, partisan politicizing? if King made a name for herself as a global leader through support of nonviolence and the healing power of love, why can’t we talk about her views at her funeral? this service was for and about Coretta Scott King. that she and our current president did not see eye to eye on issues like the Iraq war does not mean that to talk about her worldview in front of said president is “disrespectful.”

dissent is essential to democratic society. the exchange is (mostly) the kind of reasonable, issue-based debate that i wish we could see more in our government. thanks for letting me hang.

again, this is not about liberal/conservative/democrat/republican/whatever. those are relatively arbitrary terms used to pull the public into choosing sides based on wedge issues, spin, and lies. we might actually find out we have a lot more in common with one another Other Team than they thought if they just sat down and talked about things, much to the chagrin of many of elected class.

I give up. You either will not or can not understand that respecting the dead is not even similar to making a political statement.

When Steve Jobs passes, let’s not waste time on what a great man he was, let’s talk about how people who don’t own Apple computers are fools.

I will tell you that I despise people who stick with a position even when they realize it is a foolish one. There is not much that is more pointless. I understand that it is EXTREMELY difficult to admit when you are wrong, but it’s a sign of inner strength when you do.