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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
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9:06 AM
by magnu231
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Do you think there was anything said during the funeral that Coretta Scott King would not have said, or would have been upset that it was said at her funeral? Just asking..
I think that's irrelevent. It wasn't a political rally, nor should it have been. It was a funeral/ memorial service. Honoring the memory of a person shouldn't involve belittling people in attendance. Funerals shouldn't be confrontational. Although it'd be a lot more fun if they were.
I don't think it's irrelevant at all. It was the funeral/memorial service of a very political person who lived a very political life. How do you avoid politics?
Further, you don't think President Bush's presence there had anything to do with politics?
I don't think CSK would have approved of the way Carter or Lowery disgraced her funeral with simplistic hackery. The Kings were complex people, with a load more class than these opportunistic morons. Also, someone needs to point out that it was RFK who tapped the Kings. In any event, pretty much nothing falls outside the political realm anymore. As for Bush's attendance being political, that may be, but I think it was more than anything a sign of respect for the woman (and yes, her husband), and a sign of how far we've come on race issues (which, incidentally, I think Bush has a better grasp on than Lowery or Carter). Come on, how hard would it be to keep the overt attacks for some other time?
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