From: garyrayl70@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/16/2025 8:45 AM, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 12/16/25 1:38 AM, DocUFO wrote:   
   >   
   >> @y=   
   >> `O`   
   >   
   > Trump's comments regarding Rob Reiner highlighted BOTH his   
   > lack of political coy AND the pandemic of mental illness   
   > that now plagues our society.   
   >   
   > There are a number of not-at-all-subtle differences here   
   > that, none the less, the afflicted cannot grasp.   
   >   
   > Kirk was executed for thought crimes, and millions rejoiced,   
   > many calling for more Thought Crime executions. Reiner's   
   > death was pure tragedy.   
   >   
   > Reiner expressed hate towards Trump. Directly. It was   
   > personal. Reiner gushed personal insults, hate directly   
   > towards Trump. Kirk didn't even know that his murderer   
   > existed. He never met or could possibly recognize almost   
   > all the people celebrating his death, and calling for   
   > the death of his wife, children and political figures.   
   >   
   > There was no personal injury.   
   >   
   > In short, Trump reacted as someone who is NOT a politician   
   > would react towards an enemy that had died tragically in   
   > a manner that he -- the enemy -- was personally involved in.   
   >   
   > Worse, this enemy chose to be Trump's enemy. Trump didn't   
   > make any personal attacks on him. No, this deceased enemy   
   > had, in a sense, picked a fight with Trump. And, no, NOT   
   > over policies or "Just" policies. The hatred was toward   
   > Trump himself.   
   >   
   > Yes, it was classic Trump in that it was pretty low brow.   
   > It's what YOU would say, or even what I might say but not   
   > the kind of remark a politician is supposed to say.   
   >   
   > However...   
   >   
   > Did they not only recently elect a man on the same end   
   > of the political spectrum as Reiner who called for the   
   > deaths of his opponent and his opponents children?   
   >   
   > Trump, not being a politician, only accounted for reality   
   > and failed to account for the mental illness pandemic and   
   > how it undoubtedly would prefer to interpret his remarks.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Reiner is/was a well-known liberal who's been outspoken all his   
   adult life, private and professional. I admired his directorial   
   accomplishments and always support his and anyone's right to   
   freely exercise their constitutional right to free specch. One   
   can be sued, of course, but the right to say it is paramount in   
   a healthy democratic system.   
   After Kirk was killed, Reiner was in a TV interview where he did   
   not denigrate him. He had that admirable trait of respect for the   
   family and friends of the victim.   
   There is a line of moral behavior, whether private or public,   
   that is not to be crossed lest one has such enmity and immaturity,   
   such lack of empathy and common respect for the survivors that   
   it cannot be restrained.   
   That'd most likely be due to a person's upbringing, his social   
   setting and his willingness to degrade himself in striking   
   ruthlessly at people in their extreme suffering from a major   
   relational loss in their life.   
   It has, however, has much to do with the timing of these type   
   of vitriolic comments (anti-eulogies). If dirty Donald wants   
   to toss the salad of worms and cockroaches, he should at the   
   least wait for awhile past the death of someone he despises.   
   I look forward to living long enough to see him brought down   
   and humiliated - much more than he humiliates himself.   
   He is a very troubled man who's on a dead-end road.   
   Most people don't like this kind of poor public behavior. It   
   is, however, the sad "standard" this nation is seeing all too   
   often today.   
   But, America's at a crucial crossroad that is upsetting and   
   foreboding. The worst times in the past were preceded by such   
   raw behavior becoming prominent. Physical suffering and losses   
   however win out over the avalanche of hatred (and violence),   
   eventually but it can be a long painful period.   
      
   @y=   
   `V`   
      
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