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Originally posted by Ideal08
How is this any different from what Russ Parr and his cronies said the other day? I don't understand why there are certain things people are not allowed to have opinions about.  Now, just because the man is dead, people have to hold in "negative" opinions? I love how freedom of speech only works when speaking in favor of the status quo. A lot of what this kid said is the truth. But that all gets swept under the rug because it's seen as being in bad taste? When do people get to talk about all the jacked up stuff that this man did? How long does he have to be dead before it's talked about? Or is it protocol that after someone dies, you don't say anything negative about them? Does death erase wrong doings? Maybe I'm in a bad mood today, but WHO CARES??
SO WHAT? 
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I don't think his sentiments about what was done by Reagan or his administration was in bad taste...calling it a party to celebrate the fact that the man is dead is what I think put people off. I think that all of the whitewashing of history is ridiculous and dangerous. Yeah, ‘if you don't have anything good to say don't say nothing at all’ sound good but I think a lie of omission is still a lie. It is okay to speak the truth about what went on during the Reagan Administration. I think reveling in the death of anyone is in bad taste no matter how good or bad the person was.