Fair enough Saganite, keep in mind that everyone’s life is a mix of things to be proud of and things to be ashamed of, Mailer is no exception.
Why focus on a the man’s bad things right after he is passed on? Would you want people doing the same when you pass on?
IMO, Conservatives have more class then to do that sort of thing.
It’s a respect that decent people afford the recently departed, the Dems on the other hand turned the Wellstone funeral/memorial into a huge pep rally for electing Democrats in MN.
True enough.But Mailer,unlike me (and,I assume,unlike you as well) played a pivotal role in securing the release from prison of a guy (Jack Abbott) who had already committed *one* murder and who,just a few weeks after his release,went on to murder again...this time a 22 year old kid who had the temerity to tell Abbott that he couldn't use the bathroom.