Yesterday, there was a big funeral for Rep. John Lewis, with three former presidents flying in to Atlanta to be at the funeral, including Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

That’s as it should be for the civil rights icon who was deserving of the recognition.

But not everyone has that ability because of the various virus regulations, as a person who had just flown in for the funeral of his own father observed.

I get it. My dad wasn’t important. So it’s ok to limit his funeral to 10 people tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/9MCAlNrRK4

— brink (@brinkofill) July 30, 2020

This is not an attack or statement on Lewis or Masks. Rather, a statement on the double standards of those we have voted into office vs. the people who voted for them.

— brink (@brinkofill) July 31, 2020

It’s one of the more horrible aspects of the pandemic rules and the arbitrariness of it is galling.

But for some reason this local ABC reporter Wendell Edwards thought it was some kind of attack on Lewis.

Thanks for clarifying. It does seems like an attack. Your dad was important. I’m sorry for your loss. I know the feeling of losing a parent. But that doesn’t warrant shade for a civil rights icon and congressman who spent his life fighting for others.

— Wendell D. Edwards (@ABC3340Wendell) July 31, 2020

Then Edwards went over the slide.

Not at all. His father was important and should be celebrated. But he was not John Lewis.

— Wendell D. Edwards (@ABC3340Wendell) July 31, 2020

Wow. Literally “some people are more equal than others.” How Orwellian. People should be accorded rights on the basis of “importance” as judged by those in power. So because his father was “not John Lewis,” basically who cares if his family is able accord him the respect they would like to give him? All lives are precious and worthy. One of the reasons America is great is because of equality under the law, a principle for which John Lewis fought.

I didn’t read it as shade. Lewis was an incredible man. But double-standards are what frustrates people. Pointing that out doesn’t mean a person wants less liberties for celebrities, but equality for all. You believe in equality, right?

— Gary, MA professional counseling (@GaryCGeorge) July 31, 2020

This is not a good look, Wendell. At all.

— Sister Toldjah 😁 (@sistertoldjah) July 31, 2020

Unfortunately, there are many others like Brink who have had to suffer the same problem and he got 70,000 people liking his tweet.

HT: Twitchy