Class envy has nothing to do with it. There simply isn't a contradiction here between giving money to charity and supporting the estate tax. It's silly to suggest that if one supports the estate tax, they must therefore oppose giving any of their money to anything OTHER THAN the estate tax. That's just plain retarded thinking. It doesn't hold water.
Thank you for your agreement: the jist of my argument is how ridiculous ANY estate tax is. I have nothing against charitable giving, which would, BTW, likely increase if we were to eliminate Capital Gains, as well.
What's retarded is those who assume he's not going to deduct the contribution to avoid paying taxes.