Mourn the Eighties AIDS victims, not her.

[Ken Burch]

Mourn the victims of the Contras, not her.

Mourn those who died homeless in the streets, not her.

Mourn the towns left to die in the Northeast and the Upper Midwest, not her.

Then...as the man from Sweden said"...Organize!"

[justiceischeap]

1. Who says we can't mourn everyone?

Including Nancy Reagan?

I am happy to say I'm nothing like that shit show on the right who dances with glee at the death or misfortune of someone on the opposite political system just because our politics are different.

[rockfordfile]

2. No not dancing. Somebody lost a family member, but this one had a terrible past

[elehhhhna]

3. That wasn't her. It was him. She was ignorant and a product/victim of the times

And her upbringing. Nancy was formidable and did her duty well.


I have spent the day intermittently crying about friend who died in '84 (aids). A flood of memories was sparked for me by a very well executed live production of The Heidi Chronicles last night. The male lead talks about the devastation of the aids epidemic, quite movingly, in a vignette set in the mid 80s.



Given that and my loathing of Raygun, I should be on your bandwagon. But somehow my takeaway on all this reflection is that it's better to be kind.

Sorry for the ramble.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Never apologize for your heartfelt emotions and pain

I am sorry for the loss of your friend and all that was taken from both of you. I have to believe that in the end, love always wins. Your instinct and commitment to kindness is the better one, and I for one admire it.

[Ken Burch]

10. I'm not celebrating her death, either.

I'm sorry for the pain Ron Jr. and Patti are feeling.

It's one death among many. All such losses are deep to those who feel them. And the deaths of the unknown should be mourned with equal passion to the deaths of the known.

[appalachiablue]

5. Well said and that's my view on it.

[GGJohn]

6. What's wrong with doing both?

People can multi task.

[ladyVet]

7. Not dancing on her grave, and also not feeling the slightest bit sorry. nt

[BooScout]

8. Regarding her death....

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First let me say, that I lost my little brother to AIDs on January 1st, 1987. As he lay dying in an Atlanta hospital, he was given AZT as a last hope effort to save him. It was not legal to give him AZT at that time because it hadn't been approved by the FDA. Those good Atlanta doctors risked serious repercussions for even giving him the drug at the time. Sadly, it was too late and he succumbed to that cruel disease. The Reagan administration shaped my own path to consciousness by its shameful handling of the AIDs crisis and the moral majority's witch hunt on gay Americans will forever shape my own feelings towards the Republican Party.

As to Nancy's passing....I forgave her because despite her husband's politics and her own life shaped by him....she did become an advocate for Alzheimer's and stem cell research. It's amazing how having a loved one personally suffer from a cruel disease will re-shape your thinking.

My mother died of Alzheimer's on May 11th, 2015.

[Ken Burch]

9. I mourn YOUR loss. n/t.