One of the things that distiunguishes Democrats from the GOP:

[guillaumeb]

We should and must fight back when the GOP attempts to rewrite history.

I wrote a post calling Bush Sr a racist, lying traitor. And that is exactly what he was. So, why should we ignore what he was while the US corporate media makes the racist lying traitor into a saint?

That is how the GOP rewrites history.

They did it for Reagan when that racist lying traitor died, and they will do it now that Bush Sr has died.

And they will do it when Bush Jr. and Dick Cheney die.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Now you've done it

Prepare for a severe scolding.

[guillaumeb]

6. I am prepared.

But it will not change the reality of who Bush Sr. was.

[m-lekktor]

10. The gay community is remembering his behavior during the onslaught of AIDS in the 80's

And we are having a fucking RAVE on his grave! Apparently any evil asshole can be forgiven just because he isn't as bad as Trump, a very LOW bar indeed.

[WeekiWater]

2. I feel like I've shared my thoughts on this recently.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11497772

[guillaumeb]

5. And allow me to paste your excellent analysis here as well:

I think it is sometimes a really fine line.

No one knows how to bastardize history like that of the media, elected officials, and the citizenry after the death of a President. It is truly a week or two of rewriting history. Purposeful omission is as good as a lie. I call it a fine line because many grave pissers do the exact same thing, just from a different angle.

Then again, the only reason I smiled when Osama was killed was because of who got to announce it. The smile was not long lived. I simply have a difficult time smiling or pissing on death.

Truly well said.

[WeekiWater]

14. Thank you.

These people have to be remembered properly. What this man did in Iraq had a huge role in setting the stage for his son and the deaths and injury of a lot of people.

[guillaumeb]

15. Agreed.

Even President Obama, while being polite, does us no favor when he ignores what the Bush family really is.


And this rewriting of the record is one reason that many voters know so little about actual history.

[Downtown Hound]

3. Pretty much where I'm at

I'm tired of seeing truly awful men get a pass.

[guillaumeb]

8. And by the media that, in theory, informs us all.

They did the same thing when Reagan left office.

They turned a racist monster into a saint.

[Coventina]

4. The guy was a cold-blooded murderer by proxy.

Why anyone feels he deserves even a speck of respect is beyond me.

[guillaumeb]

9. Agreed.

And even more disturbing is that the media knows it, but cannot say it.

[dflprincess]

7. They'll do it when Trump dies

And there will be people on DU who will complain about grave dancing if anyone posts the truth about him.

[guillaumeb]

11. Possibly.

We must resist this tendency to ignore what these people did simply because they died.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. I was bothered by the way people here lionized John McCain when he died.

McCain was NEVER a friend to the poor or downtrodden, never some kind of secret Democrat, was always an incredible hypocrite who was only interested in himself.

[guillaumeb]

13. He had his faults.

And, to your good point, he left his first wife to marry a very rich woman.

[Devil Child]

16. Damn right, not impressed by the revisionism and mythologizing of Bush Sr

One less member of the Bush Crime Family is fine by me.

[guillaumeb]

17. It is revisionist History 101.

Control history, control the narrative.

[Garrett78]

18. People, including children, die every minute of every day.

But a celebrity or politician dies and, no matter how awful the individual was, we're subjected to days of fawning.

Just look at the type of legislation that was supported by George H.W. Bush or John McCain, and tell me those weren't horrible people.

[guillaumeb]

19. Agreed. eom