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Originally Posted by seretogis
I don't see a parallel. Discussing an event -- no matter how ignorant, slanted, or flat-out-wrong a discussion -- in a place where that discussion is common-place, like a radio station or newspaper or television news show, is not the same as bringing that sort of speech into a funeral or memorial.
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First as for the difference of a funeral very vocal activist and a medium..... is not as great as you may say.
Both are avenues to speak out, both are public forums.
Mrs. King, much like her husband, fought and spoke out for what she believed in. I may not agree with the staging nor may I agree with what was said, BUT, perhaps respect for an activist at their funeral is not to calmly sit by and just remember her. But to stand up and carry on her beliefs and to speak out as she had on issues that she spoke out on.
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Using your logic, any discussion of any event of the Iraq war would be inappropriate.
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There's a difference, at least to me. I don't speak out on the war and ignore the tragedies, nor dismiss them. It is one thing to speak out recognizing tragedy, it is another to use a forum to blame and ignore the tragedies.
And yes, there are those on BOTH sides that do this.
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That said, the country is indeed becoming a sad place. Though, I would say it is united in its division. 
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How are we united in our division? I don't see it, I see a nation torn apart and the divide becoming more and more harmful to all.