Elites, Dems crowd church for John Lewis funeral as normal Americans face worship restrictions

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There ya have it. (The big defense for WHY it is OK for Democrats to ignore social distancing, but not other groups of people). ( “Sometimes some issues should not be raised.” )
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Sometimes, out of basic respect, this society needs to focus on the issue at hand instead of looking to score some vapid, partisan ‘gotcha’ points.
 
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Nepperhan said:
Sometimes, out of basic respect, this society needs to focus on the issue at hand instead of looking to score some vapid, partisan ‘gotcha’ points.
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So calling out the lack of social distancing in this church at a time when most churches are restricted is “vapid”.

Message received. And not the one you wanted us to get, but the one you’re really communicating. Which is that some people are more equal than others.
 
Nepperhan said:
Sometimes, out of basic respect, this society needs to focus on the issue at hand instead of looking to score some vapid, partisan ‘gotcha’ points.
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Always, out of basic respect, the leaders of a society should follow the rules they set up for the society to follow. Else whatever message they would like to project will be lost in favor of the snobbery illustrated in their actions.
 
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Cathoholic:
To the readers here:
There ya have it. (The big defense for WHY it is OK for Democrats to ignore social distancing, but not other groups of people). ( “Sometimes some issues should not be raised.” )
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Sometimes, out of basic respect, this society needs to focus on the issue at hand instead of looking to score some vapid, partisan ‘gotcha’ points.
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What about basic respect for the loved ones of those who have died from COVID who are not a prominent politician? For those prevented from going to their loved one’s funerals, paying their loved ones some last respects, my question is where is “their basic respect?”
 
He’s a Dem in Republican clothing,I regret ever having voted for him…twice🤦🏻‍♀️
 
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I was at a funeral recently that had 10 people and I was a pallbearer. The family really looks forward to a memorial service since the funeral was so restricted.

If I had to guess, from what they said, I would relate that they don’t give a hoot about what happened elsewhere.
 
So politicizing things like someone’s death is okay if you believe it is a good cause. Got it.

I’ll remember that the next time Trump or his allies make something political.
 
I believe it is what John Lewis would have wanted Obama and others to do. Lewis was not a soft-spoken individual in public. (In private, I have heard he was.) On the contrary, he was a fighter, using non-violent protest and politics as instruments for change. He had moral values, and one of his values was never to remain silent when you perceive an injustice in the world. He called it “getting into good trouble.” For him, politics, in its truest form, meant morality, doing what he believed to be in the best interest of the “polis,” the city-state. That is exactly what Obama was doing, particularly with regard to voting rights, which Lewis fought for so courageously.
 
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Nonetheless, we can all remember that the next time someone complains about using coffins draped in the flag for political ads, or getting political during Saturday or Sunday church and/or synagogue services.

I know people get up in arms when celebrants take sides during a regular religious service.

I can think of plenty of examples of people being bothered by things being turned into campaign rhetoric. I see it as classless.
 
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That is exactly what Obama was doing, particularly with regard to voting rights, which Lewis fought for so courageously.
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Few remember that when Mother Theresa first achieved fame, it was in 1975 when Time Magazine listed her as one of the earth’s ‘Living Saints’ (an oxymoron if ever there was one). I remember the US citizen who Time included in that list: John Lewis.
 
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While John Lewis deserved a respectful funeral, every other person who has passed in the last few months has deserved a respectful funeral. I know several people who have had loved ones die and were not able to hold a real funeral.

I heard about a woman in California who died, she had a large family who wanted to celebrate her life in some way. Since a church service or any type of gathering was not allowed, they held a “peaceful protest” since protests were still allowed.

This is just another example of “do what I say, not as I do” from the left.
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They feel entitled to worship as they please, just so long as nobody else can. The hypocrisy is blatant – and they obviously don’t care.

All the more reason to vote these folks out of office at the next available opportunity.
 
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I am perfectly OK with Rep Lewis’s funeral. Democrats need to go to church at least as much as anyone else.

If prayer does not change you, you are not doing it right.
 
Jeanne_S said:
Just not a surprise,true to form for that magazine
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Time was always more conservative than Newsweek. What picture of Malcolm X did you think Time printed after his assassination? The answer will surprise you.
 
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Nepperhan . . .
Sometimes, out of basic respect, this society needs to focus on the issue at hand instead of looking to score some vapid, partisan ‘gotcha’ points.
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Oh baloney.

If this is REALLY life and death, then you don’t center “arguments” based upon your feelings.

Your ACTIONS are telling me you don’t believe this is life and death.
If I had to guess, from what they said, I would relate that they don’t give a hoot . . .
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Yes but the world does not revolve around them.
What if somebody else DOES give a hoot that they are not allowed to have a fuller family funeral, or see grand dad in the nursing home, or your younger brother dying alone with cancer in a restricted hospital?

What if OTHER people DO give a hoot?

Does THAT count?
 
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meltzerboy2 said:
I believe it is what John Lewis would have wanted Obama and others to do. Lewis was not a soft-spoken individual in public. (In private, I have heard he was.) On the contrary, he was a fighter, using non-violent protest and politics as instruments for change. He had moral values, and one of his values was never to remain silent when you perceive an injustice in the world. He called it “getting into good trouble.” For him, politics, in its truest form, meant morality, doing what he believed to be in the best interest of the “polis,” the city-state. That is exactly what Obama was doing, particularly with regard to voting rights, which Lewis fought for so courageously.
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Except when it came to the unborn and and survivors of “botched” abortions.
 
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