![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
"Ken Lay was neither black nor poor, but I'm angry because Ken Lay was a victim of a lynching. . . The folks who don't like him have had their say. I'd like to have mine ... (Like Jesus Christ) he was crucified by a government that mistreated him." -- Reverend Dr. William Lawson, speaking at Ken Lay's funeral.
Good fucking grief. Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't expect the funeral to be about Lay's crimes and follies, but comparing him to Jesus and calling him a victim of a lynching? Wow.
(ETA: And yeah, I'd like some specific context on the Christ comparison, given the parentheticals. But the rest of that sentence implies it's not likely to be very out of context.)
Good fucking grief. Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't expect the funeral to be about Lay's crimes and follies, but comparing him to Jesus and calling him a victim of a lynching? Wow.
(ETA: And yeah, I'd like some specific context on the Christ comparison, given the parentheticals. But the rest of that sentence implies it's not likely to be very out of context.)