Well put. I was debating saying that there but decided to stay silent.Phredd3 wrote: ↑October 18th, 2021, 10:42 amI didn't want to sully the nice tribute thread OY, but as sad as I am about the passing of Colin Powell, I'm just as sad about how his death will be weaponized by anti-vaxxers. They won't bother to read the part about him being 84 and immunocompromised. His death will likely lead indirectly to other deaths.
And as noted OY, although he had his faults, he did have solid principles, which is rare in public figures these days.
RIP.
I had a lot of respect for him but did not love his politics when he was in office, but the political differences we dealt with then seem trivial compared to what we are dealing with now, and he wisely called Trump out for the sociopath he is, which puts Powell ahead of a lot of people in my book.