Sometimes protest is far more personal than just to protest. You may think I am talking about the Boo heard around the country that occurred that last night.

I am not.

Thursday, at the Capitol Building, the nation said goodbye to a very good man, Representative Elijah Cumming of Maryland. We were fortunate enough to attend the public viewing. Prior to that, ther was a private service for family friends and colleagues. One woman watching on television noticed this:

I think this brother right here walked right past McConnell and did NOT shake his hand!!! Wow! @DrJasonJohnson @Bakari_Sellers @angela_rye @CNN @rolandsmartin pic.twitter.com/dkSyeLjPtp

— Moni jay (@akajd31) October 24, 2019

Of, course it went viral. One question I asked was why, after shaking the hands of other republicans there, did he rebuff McConnel? This morning we learned why. The man's name is Bobby Raskin, a close friend to the late Mr. Cummings, was one of the pallbearers. He wasn't aware that people saw what happened.

Mr. Raskin was not protesting for attention - his conscience along with his personal moral code prevented him from shaking the hand of a person.

When people like Mika and Morning Joe tsk the country for the boo last night, perhaps they are forgetting that everyone has personal reasons for rejecting something that causes deep pain. It's okay to reject that which makes our moral compass coil in horror. It's okay to reject evil.

Small acts like not shaking a hand make as much of a difference as booing an authoritarian white nationalist.

It's not okay to make normal those that cause us pain.

and

Raine