• HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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    don’t speak ill of the dead don’t speak ill of the dead don’t speak ill of the dead

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          If you aren’t a POS, you have nothing to worry about. Its impolite to say it when she’s alive at 90, its impolite now, when are we supposed to call her out for terrible behavior exactly?

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            If you aren’t a POS, you have nothing to worry about. Its impolite to say it when she’s alive at 90, its impolite now, when are we supposed to call her out for terrible behavior exactly?

            Because every human being is 100% perfect and has never had any POS moments in their life, right?

            Respect for the dead is a real thing. Talking shit to someone’s face is allot braver than talking behind their back when they’re buried in the ground.

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                If you aren’t a POS, you have nothing to worry about. Its impolite to say it when she’s alive at 90, its impolite now, when are we supposed to call her out for terrible behavior exactly?

                Because every human being is 100% perfect and has never had any POS moments in their life, right? Respect for the dead is a real thing. Talking shit to someone’s face is allot braver than talking behind their back when they’re buried in the ground.

                a lot

                If all you got as a reply is to correct someone’s spelling then that’s a pretty damn weak reply.

                Not that you’d care, but the voice-to-text feature on my phone has its own mind.

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              Of course everyone has had bad moments. They are part of the truth though, and should be spoken of publically where appropriate. Judge people by their entire life, not only by the good parts. We as a society were not brave enough to demand she step down 3 years ago, but we can at least do her the courtesy of not lying anymore now that she’s dead.

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                We as a society were not brave enough to demand she step down 3 years ago

                Don’t remember her condition being public knowledge 3 years ago?

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                    The condition of being 90?

                    Its not the age, its the mileage (cognitive abilitiy), that matters.

                    /facepalm Is it reall that hard to understand that some people are more mentally healthy/whole at an age than others at the same age?

                    I get young people wanting to bash older people for bashing sake, makes them feel better. But there’s no truth to that, only selfish satisfaction.

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      At least Romney took the hint. But as much as I’d like to say good riddance, these days it seems like he’s one of the only rational republicans left in Congress.

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        It’s crazy. Romney is not some great person, but compared to the rest of his party, he looks like a beacon of hope for the return of debate about policy positions (gross as they may be) rather than having your constituents threaten and attack your opponents.

        He gets his place in history though, as the only person to ever go against their party to do the right thing in an impeachment vote. (In addition to the whole presidential candidacy thing)

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      While I understand the sentiment, it honestly seems misplaced. We should be able to have completely honest conversations about the dead, even if it is conversations about the terrible things they did. A lot of dead people deserve people speaking ill about them.