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Donald Ian Rankin

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Tue Apr 9, 2013, 04:07 PM Apr 2013

Will anyone on DU henceforth complain when conservatives dance on the grave of a left-winger? [View all]


Whether or not grave dancing is immoral is a reasonable debate to have. My view is that it probably is, but the arguments to the contrary do not strike me as devoid of merit.

But either it is or it isn't. In the past, when conservatives have indulged in it on the death of a liberal, the overwhelming consensus has been that it is; now when it's a conservative who has died the consensus is clearly that it isn't.

"Gravedancing is OK" and "gravedancing is not OK" are both defensible positions, but "gravedancing is OK when it's me doing it, but not when it's someone I disagree with" is hypocrisy of the rankest and most contemptible sort.

If you want to be able to speak out next time a conservative says something disgusting on the event of the death of a liberal, wait for a space before using your favourite zinger about baroness Thatcher. After all, you had decades when she was alive; if it wasn't urgent then then it will wait a little now without spoiling.

Yes, she was a bad prime minister. There's no call to pretend that that was not the case. But don't get more gleeful than that for a while, *unless* you think it's OK for people to dance on the graves of people you admire too - in which case, zing away. But, by past form, not many people on DU do think that.
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they do it all the time - ask me something unusual. hollysmom Apr 2013 #1
What I'm asking is "do you think it's OK?" Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #3
when I am personally ata funeral - I do not say anything to distress the family, but hollysmom Apr 2013 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2013 #13
Do spiders taste better when cooked in butter or fruit juice? ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #11
I'd have to saaaaaaay... butter. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2013 #34
I agree - butter. hollysmom Apr 2013 #39
Butter is better for a crunchy taste, which I prefer. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #49
they do it anyway datasuspect Apr 2013 #2
See my response #3 n.t Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #4
it simply doesn't matter to me datasuspect Apr 2013 #5
In which case, dance away. I think you're probably in a minority at DU, though. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #6
Wingnuts say awful things about the living as it is. blogslut Apr 2013 #7
It would be incredibly ego-centric of me to think my opinion mattered to the Anne Coulters Electric Monk Apr 2013 #9
gravedancing is a healthy and natural and beautiful thing tralala Apr 2013 #10
Man... this makes NO SENSE AT ALL cthulu2016 Apr 2013 #12
This. n/t Still Sensible Apr 2013 #15
Not mind-blowing, just muddle-headed and a tad hypocritical. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #20
Not at all. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." HiPointDem Apr 2013 #43
+1 HiPointDem Apr 2013 #41
Don't they do that anyway? Cleita Apr 2013 #14
offs............. Marrah_G Apr 2013 #16
Of course. You perhaps do not understand that this is a team sport. MADem Apr 2013 #17
you really shouldn't bother with this question cali Apr 2013 #18
if people are factually inaccurate about someone La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #19
I don't care what they do LittleBlue Apr 2013 #21
I won't, unless I am really grumpy and not thinking well that day. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #22
Are you refering to the RW joy dance upon Sen. Kennedy's passing ? That dance ? n/t CincyDem Apr 2013 #23
No, I'm not. I'm referring to left-wing responses to it. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #24
I don't recall the specifics... CincyDem Apr 2013 #30
I don't go to conservative sites and read their gibberish notadmblnd Apr 2013 #25
Like they did at Paul Wellstone's memorial libodem Apr 2013 #26
As long as they are being honest, then go for it. If they make up shit, then they are assholes n/t arcane1 Apr 2013 #27
Perhaps if I considered them morally equivalent, which I usually don't. Posteritatis Apr 2013 #28
Good lord don't you remember when Edward Kennedy died how they were dancing on southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #29
It does not matter what I think is "OK" or not when it comes to the behavior of conservatives. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #31
and *that* is the reason i don't get indignant when the "right" gravedances. i EXPECT it. boilerbabe Apr 2013 #32
Yes, because liberal politicians are generally nice people and conservative ones generally aren't. sibelian Apr 2013 #33
Yes, good point! And, in particular, Maggie Thatcher was a VILE person! DLnyc Apr 2013 #37
Just to remind people what we are actually talking about, sans lingo like 'gravedancing' Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #35
I'm in the middle of trying to get over DU members dancing on grand parrents poor people and vets... L0oniX Apr 2013 #36
Morality has not one damn thing to do with it. scarletwoman Apr 2013 #38
Thank you for so eloquently stating what I also firmly believe. sibelian Apr 2013 #40
Bravo! Well said. (nt) Paladin Apr 2013 #46
Common courtesy has been overlooked by people who should know better. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #48
Sorry your girlfriend died. Starry Messenger Apr 2013 #42
lol. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #44
Complain? I doubt it. What would be the point? nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #45
right winger vs. left winger bigtree Apr 2013 #47
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