It started last night, when news of Reeve's death was first posted on FR. The thread went from sympathetic to nasty in less than five minutes. At least two "freepers" were banned over their comments.
I saw a Christopher Reeve thread earlier today which had a nbr. of posts deleted by the Mods. I found that curious but I think that people need to keep death in it's proper perspective.
That is to say in the case of someone who held political beliefs which are contrary to one's own it should simply be let go at some point. I do not feel that way about terrorists or persons who support terrorism or certain other acts but on some level disagreements should be let go once a person has moved on.
I had someone quite close to me die unexpectedly a few years back. At some point that person's reputation was being slammed by persons who had what I considered to be a bad attitude.
A wise person told me that the deceased one was beyond those things now, and that was one of the most profound things that I have ever heard said. Christopher Reeve should be allowed to rest in peace. Slamming him after his death is immature and not worthy of posters on the FR.com.