Why is it "unpatriotic" to show the flag draped caskets of fallen soldiers

[Sandpiper]

But ok to put Ronald Reagan's flag draped casket on display in the Capitol Rotunda and broadcast it on every major network?

Could it be that one makes the wingnuts look bad and the other makes them look good?

*Sigh* Yet another example of how the wingnuts are Republicans first, Americans second.

[yellowcanine]

1. Because RR wasn't killed in Eyerack. Don't you know anything?

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[leesa]

2. Because they are bad for 'bidness' the business of selling

arms and weapons and huge government welfare contracts for warring and war clean-up might suffer if Americans discovered anyone was being hurt.
coffins of dead, very bad presidents are good for bidness.

[Lindacooks]

3. Excellent question

and one that should be asked of every freeper.

Not that they would form a coherent answer, but ask the jerks anyway.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

4. GRRRRRRRRRRR

YOU OBVIOUSLY HATE 'MURRICA AND WANT THE TERRISTS TO WIN! GEEZ!

[ClassWarrior]

5. Because they may suggest that actions have consequences.

And the Party of Personal Responsibility can't have that.

[Kukesa]

6. Because it brings the war into our living rooms.

And it's a reminder that people really are dying to fight that unjust war.

Shrub and his cohorts like to keep the war "over there" -- you know, where the BROWN people are.

But Ronnie Reagan, now there's a GOP hero and another cowboy, to boot. Never mind that he was buddies with Saddam and Osama; he had real family values, although he divorced his first wife and was estranged from his children.

Hail to the Chief; forget the Indians.