I'm not going to say anything, anything at all, other than to point out how few liberals on this forum, who are currently up-in-arms about the response of some posters of other political persuasions, how few of them held comment when Reagan, Ford, Buckley, or any other conservative figure died in the last five years.
I'm not sure if I'm one of the people you're not talking about, but for what it's worth, I made the comparison with Reagan in my first post here and there has been lots of interesting discussion of the same point here and on other threads. DWDL bumped all of the "_____ dead" for Republicans threads he could find right away. I think the inclusion of Helms is interesting and that's also been the subject of many discussions--I'm curious what you think about whether we can assess different political figures differently.
ON REVIEW: You said "Helms" in your first post, and then changed it to Buckley. Why?
Two reasons... number one, it was a genuine mistake. I had meant Buckley, but the last thread I saw before posting here was one on Helms. Second, after reading that I had written "Helms" I suddenly became ill at the thought of that terrible man, who should indeed be reviled, even in death, and decided that I had to go back and reassert my original intent.
