Reply #18: Yes, but, I think this guys point is that he wasn't really

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bashing the Democratic party, or being "Pro-Bush", he said he just thought that maybe it was in poor taste.

To try and equate the topic he brought up with submitting a Pro-NeoConservative article to The Nation is a false analogy. That would be an obvious attempt to REVERSE the position of the publication. It simply doesn't apply to this situation.

I saw the funeral ceremony - and the fact is that I agree 100% with the views spoken by EVERYONE at that event. However, the fact that they were speaking about such issues at her FUNERAL didn't sit comfortably with me. I also realize that it was OK'd by her family and probably abided by her Mrs. King's wishes, so the situation doesn't "upset" me. Even so, in that sense, I kind of agree with that guys point, but that doesn't make either one of us "Flamebaiters".

And to not be able to have a reasonable discussion about this issue without someone freaking out about it and suspecting you of being subversive disturbs me. I think it's a sign of weakness, not strength. It reminds me of the same attitude that leads to the arrests of people that wair anti-Bush T-shirts where he's speaking. It's draconian, undemocratic, and polarizing. Those are not trends we need to be seeing develop in our party nor our country (which it already has on the right).

But that's just my opinion. I don't intend for anyone to feel threatened by it or want to deliberatly piss people off, I just want to talk about it. So did this guy, is that so wrong?