[skeeter]

My point was if you feel it is your job to chide another for lack of manners, why not do it over at DU, where they hate your guts?

Why do so many here rush to abuse a fellow conservative, especially when their 'lack of manners' stems from a passion for their country? Why not just let it go? Is someone keeping score?

[grellis]

Good manners will always have a place in a decent society. When we set aside our good manners, we become indecent. That's the society we live in today. That might be okay for you, but I don't settle for it. And to say that it is okay to be ill-mannered as long as one is patriotic cheapens the very concept of patriotism. I love what is good and decent about our society. That's worth fighting for.

You are defending some incredibly vitriolic opinions that have been posted on this thread. It depresses me that those comments were posted in the first place, but I find it equally saddening that such opinions are being defended.

Next time somebody dies, I sure wish that only two threads regarding the death would be posted: One for decent, well-mannered and thoughtful discussion, and one for all the folks who want to tap dance on a grave in a red dress.