Finally, the old Segregationists such as Robert Byrd and Strom Thurmond and the country can move on away from their evil agendas.
Should I excommunicate myself or will I be struck by lightning? Nan has a piece of coal from her father’s office sitting on a tray from Robert and Irma. If I never respond again take comfort that my passing was painless. I can read lips but muted the volume well before she cursed me with her shameful “amen”.
The hypocracy in all this is just stunning. If this had been a Republican, they would have wanted his body thrown in the city dump. I’m surprised they didn’t want to bury the old Byrd in Arlington Cemetery.
I've never understood that rule. If a person has intentionally hurt others or has been purposefully a detriment to society, why can't I say so once they're dead? We all die. What, because you're in the ground, I'm suppose to have some new found respect for you? Really?
If the person was bad during his lifetime, why should we not be honest about them just because they succumbed to the natural way of life? Should we not talk "ill" of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, the local dead gang banger, the rapist, the murderer, the child molester?
Frig them. If they were bad souls in life, then I get to say so and make no apologies.
And yes, I'm being judgmental. Oh no, the liberals say I shouldn't judge...what a hippie crock. We make judgments and discriminate every day in what we eat, in what we wear, in what movie we watch, in what music we listen to, et al. Sheesh, American Idol is about "judging", as it should be for new talent.
I'm perfectly fine with talking bad about those who have died and led a bad life. I also have no problem with wishing many would just die and leave us alone.
However, as Veteran and Patriot Guard Rider, I also honor those who have died while contributing. Again, I judge. My judgment is that those who have sacrificed are worth my admiration.
With due respect.
I despised Byrd’s brand of liberal, corrupt, pork politics. Having said that, it’s a fact of human nature and Christian experience that people can and do CHANGE. None of us has a window into his soul and only God knows what was truly in his heart. However, to continually and obsessively judge a man on the basis of terrible things done 50 years ago and for which he has expressed and admitted deep regret, after a point makes us a little too “holier than thou” and judgmental. Look at the terrible and sinful lives of many who eventually even became saints. As Oscar Wilde said, “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
Nothing remarkable at all about Byrd. The guy was a parasite who never had a job.
This is funny...the entire South was KKK country. They held slaves and burned cross’. Why is this a surprise. Today it has gotten a bit better. The North provided safety for those mistreated.
One need not have to speak ill of departed Senator Robert Byrd. Fact is: For all the ballyhoo about his passing, the country and the American people could care less. The same goes for the passing of Teddy Kennedy, the supposed “Lion of the Senate”. Truth be known, these folks and others like them are really passe, their time and usefullness has long passed and....so, really not many folks give a darn, one way or the other!!!
They say he was dyslexic. So he wasn’t really a member of the KKK.
He was a member of the KKK.