Shortly after Pierre Elliott Trudeau died, Link Byfield, the then-publisher of Alberta Report, penned a particularly venomous article in the Globe & Mail about the deceased prime minister. I thought it was out of line. I vehemently dislike Trudeau too, and will never forgive him for the lasting damage he did to this country. But at the time I thought Byfield's piece was uncalled for: we ought not be slamming a former prime minister in such a mean-spirited way so soon after his death. It shows a lack of respect and tact.
Link Byfield's indiscretion was a rare one among pundits on the right. I wish I could say the same for the other side.
Today I am disgusted with the outrageous behaviour of certain leftists in the wake of Reagan's passing. Aside from so-called "blog terrorist," whose asinine lunatic ravings on this web site are more predictable than snow in winter, several leading pundits have weighed in with over-the-top invective against the Gipper.
The worst offender is Greg Palast, who I was unfamiliar with until he recently appeared as a guest on the now-defunct (thankfully) CBC program Counterspin. Palast calls Reagan a killer, coward, and conman, amongst other things.
Almost as bad is Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens is a brilliant polemicist, but it's tough to muster any outrage over this because it was so predictable. His "bash the dead" shtick is getting a little hackneyed. He did the same thing with Bob Hope and Mother Teresa. Give it up.
There are no doubt other examples of such inane claptrap on chat groups and websites like this, but they're not worth commenting on.
We are taught from a young age to not speak ill of the dead, or so I thought. Some people, I suppose, have no shame.
(Thanks to Drudge for the links)
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 6:38 PM
