Reagan was a sophomoric jerk.

[Rex]

Since when did some of you become the pinnacle of good manners? To the Net Nannies here, I got a spot of bad news - there are a lot of pissed off people who hated Ronald Reagan. No amount of you "tisk-tisking" the rest of us will change the way we are. If you feel that we are hurting "the cause" then I suggest you get a raincoat and weather the storm. IMNSHO Reagan was a POS, B-class actor. That he became President is a horrible chapter in American history. Good riddance to him and other political cockroaches like him.

-EOM-

[Sandpiper]

1. I have a feeling

That much of the tsk-tsking is coming from "Reagan Democrats."

[nemo137]

2. or it comes from people who are uncomfortable with

speaking ill of the recently dead, out of respect for their families and a realization that it really does no good and makes one look like an asshole.

[Sandpiper]

3. Yes, we should all play nice with the Repubs

And say nice things about Reagan, even though a) Reagan was scum, and b) trying to be Miss Congeniality with the right has gotten us nowhere

[HEyHEY]

4. Or people who accept the man IS dead and see no point...

In making crude insults to a corpse.

[JVS]

7. It's about throwing salt in the wounds of those who feel loss right now...

and stiffining our resolve to make sure that not every thing in the whole fucking country is named after him in the next 3 years

[HEyHEY]

11. That - I understand.

And I agree with those making points as to why he was a lousy president. But I think there is a mis-communication between camps here. No-one minds the thoughful critisim. It's the vile insults I think people, or at least I, are objecting too. I mean if they don't name a children's hospital after him it will be because of his neglect of such things during his time as president. It won't be because "He's a fucking son-of-a-bitch."

[JVS]

14. But it might be because "He's hated by a sizable group of people"

Right now people who like Reagan are trying to build a "great man" concept it is our duty to combat this with a "Reagan was worse than goat smegma" concept. Let both the vile insults and the criticism flow forth.

[HEyHEY]

16. haha...

So the focus group decided ont "Reagan was worse than goat smegma" concept eh?
Well, research doesn't lie. ;-)

[Sandpiper]

8. As long as the media is heaping slavish praise on him

I think it only fair that the truth be told about him, regardless of whether it's nice.

[HEyHEY]

12. My post above to JVS can work as a response to you as well.

[meow mix]

6. the same people must be perfectly comfortable with an evil murdering

president. as long as they dont have to look at the dead, its ok!!

[JVS]

5. Well maybe they'll quit the McCain for VP threads and continue this

[raysr]

10. Some of the worst

years of my life financially, Reagan. It's almost the same now, 250 jobs at Kenworth, almost 1000 show up to apply, same thing with Reagan. POS, I agree.

[mitchum]

9. He was a living criminal who is now a dead criminal

I didn't respect him then. I don't respect him now. Death changes nothing.

[Sandpiper]

13. No no, you're wrong

He was a loser when he was alive, but now that he's dead he was a nice man with a sunny disposition and just had dishonest advisors.

We don't want to say anything unflattering about him because that will make the Repubs angry, and we don't want to hurt their feelings because...well...I'm not really sure about that one, but we just don't! OK?!?!

So, nothing but nice things about Reagan from now on.

[JCMach1]

15. Yes he was

http://www.thesyndrome.com/archives/00000993.htm