cowardice as you have characterized it might have been class what was she supposed to walk off and ignore the tribute to her movie or turn it into an argument. your choices for your conclusion are limited and small minded.
Small minded? So say you. I just read your Freep Page. You present yourself as a conservative. Would you have agreed to go up there and take part in that?
Would you be willing to prostitute your professed principles to appear with two people like that, or would you decline to appear?
You mistake “small minded” for actually having principles.