By way of Cursor, a eulogy from Greg Palast, Killer, Coward, Conman - Good Riddance, Ronnie Reagan:
You're not going to like this. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead. But in this case, someone's got to.Ronald Reagan was a conman. Reagan was a coward. Reagan was a killer.
[. . .] The New York Times today, in its canned obit, wrote that Reagan projected, "faith in small town America" and "old-time values." "Values" my ass. It was union busting and a declaration of war on the poor and anyone who couldn't buy designer dresses. It was the New Meanness, bringing starvation back to America so that every millionaire could get another million.
I've seen several people write cautioning against saying anything bad against Reagan, for fear of giving the right-wingers ammunition for future attacks.
Children.
They're going to attack you no matter what. Haven't you worked that out by now?
And for the last time, it ain't all about the P.R. Can they score cheap points by linking to or quoting over-the-top denunciations? Yep. Does anyone, other than them, care? Not so I've noticed. In fact, I'm not even sure they care, despite the equally over-the-top complaints.
Ritualized form with no real emotional resonance on either side makes for terribly boring reading. Really. You have no idea.
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