LogFAQs > #955302011

Her memory is being fucked up because she broke into a Federal building with the goal of confronting sitting members of the Senate. She allied herself with a group of people who showed up with guns, flex ties and a noose, who killed a man breaking into a federal building.

Is that all she is? No. Her family have a more robust picture of who she was over the course of their lifetimes and that's a valid way to view her.

However, her actions on the day she died fly in the face of any decent citizen of a democratic country. She died trying to subvert democracy violently. And that's the context that a majority of people will view her under. And I don't blame them.

Her family is free to mourn, and it's beyond understandable that they would view her reputation in a negative light. But that's a reality they've got to live with. That's a reality they have to reconcile with the woman they know.

Like, if someone starts sending hate mail to the family, that's one thing - that's fucked up, their family member is already dead and you shouldn't harass a family by calling their dead family member a traitorous pile of shit. But by the same measure, no-one should be expected to forget what she died representing.

we feeling bad for fascists now or

I'm soooo glad this terrorist was shot and killed!