Mitten (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} agentmitten) wrote,@ 2004-06-07 10:24:00 |
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Day of Mourning
So I hear there's to be a National Day of Mourning on Friday. While I really can't bring myself to mourn the president who presided over one of the most corrupt and criminal administrations ever, a friend suggests that instead of mourning Reagan, we mourn all those who died of AIDS due to Reagan's indifference to the epidemic. Or perhaps all those who died at the hands of the Contras, who he funded. Or both.
On Friday, I will mourn these tens of thousands of dead, not the man who whose policies directly or indirectly killed them and whose 'dumbing down' and greed set the stage for the mess America is in today.
So I hear there's to be a National Day of Mourning on Friday. While I really can't bring myself to mourn the president who presided over one of the most corrupt and criminal administrations ever, a friend suggests that instead of mourning Reagan, we mourn all those who died of AIDS due to Reagan's indifference to the epidemic. Or perhaps all those who died at the hands of the Contras, who he funded. Or both.
On Friday, I will mourn these tens of thousands of dead, not the man who whose policies directly or indirectly killed them and whose 'dumbing down' and greed set the stage for the mess America is in today.
