Is it OK to politicize a death if the person who died wants it to be politicized?

What does OK mean?

In these Trumpish days, there is no such thing as proprietary and culture. No such things as dignity and decorum.

All the buffoon knows is how to call attention to himself, and his followers eagerly follow his lead.

In earlier and more polite times, politicizing a death – especially of a serious person – would have been uncultured and gauche. Bot in our brave new world, it seems to be normal.

One additional note: there is a difference between McCain’s death – he was a politician and everything he did was political —and Mollie Tibbet’s death, which is decidedly NOT political.

Well, the politicization of the death of Mollie Tibbets had some folks in an up roar.
And I agree @elbanditoroso.
Someone on my friend’s list actually posted a “missing persons” meme for Mollie Tibbets just yesterday. I was like…wait….what?

They were purposely insulting Trump. I’m not sure if insulting is the right word, but it was a retaliation regarding what Trump had said about McCain, and also an attack on what Trump has done to further divide the country, and to try to open the eyes of those following Trump’s lead regarding his hate speak.

McCain specifically asked that Trump not attend, and that Bush and Obama speak at the service. There is nothing subliminal about it, it is McCain’s overt attempt to try to take away power from Trump.

As political as this McCain’s passing is, I had written on Facebook the day of the service in DC that I wish the politicians had not worn solid blue, red, and purple ties this one day! First, because it’s a funeral, second because McCain wanted party not to matter, especially in that day. To me those solid ties are a symbol of how divided we are. Look back and politicians didn’t always wear the party tie. How about all congressman start wearing red, white, and blue ties if they have to wear a US color?

But they never said his name. So the question is, HOW did every one, including his followers, know they were referring to trump when she said, ”He was a great man. We gather to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice, those that live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served.” He sure as hell wasn’t talking about Obama!

Nope. I think when you die, you get to have the final word. If the final word is a big F-U to someone you dislike,then so be it. But it wasn’t a big F-U to Trump only. I think he gave his well wishes for the Nation he loved and he hoped up to till the end that we would rise up and bring back the things that made our nation great. The things he sacrificed a whole life time trying to achieve. I may not have agreed with McCain over the years on some issues, but I felt he did have the nations best interest at heart. Unlike so many of his colleagues and one President and his staff.

People “politicizing” deaths is why we have Amber Alert, the National Center for Missing Adults, Ryan White CARE Act, Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and Michelle’s Law, to name a few. Yes, it’s okay to politicize a death. I’d be honored if my family and friends would follow up on my death by advocating for impactful change that would prevent others from facing a similar fate.

Trump is not the only one being addressed, but he is included.

I’ll never forget seeing Trump comment years ago on how the Republicans are better at running political campaign. He said it was just amazing how they turned John Kerry into an anti-American someone who doesn’t support our soldiers and Bush was the pro soldier and military family candidate when Kerry had actually served and Bush has sidestepped the draft.

In the past Trump seemed more normal and more balanced in how he saw geo-politician issues and politics. This is why now, I figure he is either extremely smart and incredibly power hungry at any cost, or he has gone completely out of his mind.

If Trump has chosen to use the Republican strategies he has seen in the past to win and gain loyalty, well now he is paying the price of one of his choices. My guess is Trump was trying to say soldiers who run into gunfire are heroes, and differentiate that from “just” being caught by the enemy. Trump was an idiot. and now he pays for that mistake.

Also, since Trump’s slogan is Make America Great Again, then when Meghan says that of course she is directly talking to Trump and the followers of his who believe in that idea. Some of his followers aren’t behind that slogan, but many area.