Two additional thoughts: 1. We as a country have an extremely annoying tendency to forgive people without those people atoning for their mistakes. 2. I had the opportunity to sit next to a man who literally wanted to make my marriage unconstitutional (and has never been held to account for this choice), I'd probably go ahead and pass.
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 12:32 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > So there is a Twitter uproar about Ellen hanging out in a skybox with > Bush. Her response: > > https://twitter.com/theellenshow/status/1181395164499070976?s=21 > > My response to this and to people like the Obamas hanging out with the > Bushes... Bush took a job he was woefully unqualified for and repeatedly > collapsed under the pressures of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and > pointless wars... thousands if not tens of thousands of people died as a > direct result of his incompetence. I have friends from all backgrounds who > believe in and have done things I disagree with. But to the best of my > knowledge, none of them are responsible for thousands of deaths. At a macro > level, people with disagreements ought to be able to get along, but I have > to think I’d draw the line at war criminals. > > Regarding Ellen specifically, she stated she doesn’t attend many public > events, so she had to know this would get attention. If there is fallout, > it is on her. But I doubt there will be any fallout... Twitter will move on > to something else soon, if they haven’t already. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CM5rBg7FZxrBxWBPuQy5k92XDj1ncKa1TSwd25Owm4QQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CM5rBg7FZxrBxWBPuQy5k92XDj1ncKa1TSwd25Owm4QQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeYSmHiF0n77DsnA-QSV4VZNv0ctQZRxkOn1zQ4egeN%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
