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This guy I know really just posted on FB saying Bush doesn't deserve a mourning day because Reagan and JFK didn't get one... What? Seriously dude?

I mean if he wants to argue other reasons why the late former President George H.W Bush doesn't deserve a mourning day and give actual correct facts/information to that or even just give an opinion then I won't say shit, but he's basing it off two other former late Presidents assuming that they didn't also have a mourning day... which is wrong because Reagan had a national mourning day and for JFK basically every day for the first two weeks after his assassination was technically a mourning day, but he also had a official national mourning day as well. Of course this guy wasn't alive during either time since he's my age, but I wasn't alive either yet I still know enough about history to know he's wrong/ to know the he shouldn't be saying things that he knows nothing about or hasn't properly researched... Also he spelt Reagan as "Regean" so I guess that speaks volumes...
Edit: When I wrote this I was tired and wasn't thinking 100% straight. This guy and I were alive when Reagan died but were still pretty young obviously weren't alive when JFK died. My mind blanked on that.
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SW-User
That guy sounds like a moron. Nixon left office in disgrace and was still honored the same as other former presidents when they died.
NaturallyPeculiar · 26-30, F
@SW-User One of my friends and I had to explain that to him. I have no idea why he suddenly thinks national mourning days for Presidents is a new concept and only given to Bush... I had the same AP American History class as him in high school and our teacher talked a lot specifically about JFK and the aftermath of his death which included the mention of his national mourning day so I have no idea how he wouldn't at the very least know that JFK did have a mourning day.