Booing at Funerals
Okay, being joyous is fine, booing people who knew the man personally is not. Trent Lott may be a doofus, but he was paying respects to a man who he worked with and booing him is inappropriate. They may have been political opponents, but one clear thing about Wellstone was his ability to disagree without being disagreeable. We should honor that legacy as well as his progressive nature.
On a slightly different note, Robin Carnahan’s “Don’t Let the Fire Go Out” was a much more effective way to spur people to action while keeping an event respectful.
Given my father has asked that there be no funeral and only a rip roaring party in his home town, the rest seems generally appropriate to me.