Is it the same as for utterers of reprehensible mocking comments of the dying? And the defenders of utterers of reprehensible mocking comments of the dying?
You’ll probably be in a place where you can ask the haters yourself, I imagine.
What has happened to this country is a basic failure of manners combined with unduly excessive of any story that might reflect negatively on Trump.
Last night, I heard one anchor refer to the comment as “horrific”. Really? If that is “horrific”, what adjective do you apply to genuinely devastating tragedy? I think the remark was rude and insensitive, but I also think it was not mockery nor a joke (as it was referred to in another news item) - I think it was a rude offhand remark that for all we know, is now regretted by the person who said it. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t had something come out of their mouth that he or she regrets - the only difference here is that, in their cases, the remark isn’t subject to the biased scrutiny of a 24 hour news cycle.
I am sorry for Senator McCain - his diagnosis is pretty devastating, and I wish nothing but the best for him and his family. But I think the reporting of this story, as well as the expressions of outrage, are disproportionate to the offense. Just MHO.
Sorry, meant his funeral. Obama did pay his respect as reported by Reuters:
“The president and first lady Michelle Obama were greeted by Chief Justice John Roberts, spoke with some Scalia family members and briefly stood in silence, heads bowed, in front of Scalia’s casket during an afternoon visit,” Reuters reported.