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I sincerely wish for a shunning today. A message of unwelcome to a person who is apart from decency. (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 OP
Everyone else involved in this event is too classy to do that The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #1
I expect you're correct. That doesn't change my wish for such. Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #3
It would focus undeserved attention on Tiny. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4
Absolutely right. Mrs. Overall Dec 2018 #5
I hope so too bdamomma Dec 2018 #2
It would be a tacky and graceless gesture. Best way to deal with him The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #6
Yea, I guess that is true bdamomma Dec 2018 #7
Besides, he'll find a way to set himself apart from the "crowd" packman Dec 2018 #9
This funeral Skidmore Dec 2018 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,584 posts)
6. It would be a tacky and graceless gesture. Best way to deal with him
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 11:42 AM
Dec 2018

is to treat him just like all the other dignitaries and the past presidents. He needs to be reminded that he's not special, and even a "shunning" would tell him he's special.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
9. Besides, he'll find a way to set himself apart from the "crowd"
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 12:03 PM
Dec 2018

No spotlight goes unnoticed by the Great Donaldo---

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
8. This funeral
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 11:44 AM
Dec 2018

is a lesson in decency and respect in a common space. Hopefully, Trump can take something from it. I doubt it. I do think the nation needs this touchstone and for it to be placed outside of current daily politics.

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