2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I wasn't coming back to GD P but Skinner's post prompted me in a way to do so. [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)have said such a thing. Let me be blunt with you. I have sat in the room with her while she heard and discussed the horrible things Reagan did. She now seems to have forgotten all of that. This is frightening. It is possibly a cognitive problem.
This is not a small thing. When Reagan finally broke his Seven Year Silence on AIDS 40,000 Americans had already died. There were massive protests all over the world.
Would you wave it away so casually if Bernie had 'misspoke' and said the George W Bush was the great hero of Hurricane Katrina, the sounder of the alarm and the savior of New Orleans? Would it be sufficient to say 'ooop, no he wasn't, I forgot that he was really the villain of Katrina not the hero'?
She never made amends, she never explained HOW and WHY she said that insulting shit. Her supporters on DU continue to excuse and defend those comments without explaining how or why they think such comments are acceptable.
I will vote for the nominee but I will not forgive her nor forget what she believes nor will I forget the calloused indifference of her supporters. Ever.