I have been watching the debate on this past weekend's activities with some amusement. It seems to me that both sides are behaving badly.
First, Glenn Beck. Why have a rally at the same spot on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s great speech? Even if you set it up without knowing, once you realized the date was the same, why not consider another weekend?
Next, Al Sharpton. If the anniversary was so important, why didn't you reserve the memorial for your activities?
Finally, the park service. Why wasn't someone paying attention to the potential issues with this weekend?
Fortunately, both events went off without a hitch and without any apparent interaction between the two camps.
I do have issues with both Beck and Sharpton, neither one is high on my integrity list. Both seems to have a problem with a running mouth which says things they later should regret but without the apologies being made.
Both make major issues out of minor things, reading evil motives into apparently innocent behavior.
2 comments:
You really don't think Beck knew what he was doing when he picked that date and that location? He's wiley, that Glenn Beck. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him .
Ryan,
I don't know whether he did or not. He likely did, but even if you assume he didn't know, then once he found out, why not change it? He would have gained a lot of respect for it.
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