"Speak no ill of the dead."
"If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all."
FReepers usually manage to withhold their distain when a hated Democrat passes. Democrats have much poorer impulse control.
Usually
Hmm
I’m frequently saddened by the disdain I see over folks dying if their politics were wrong or they died taking risk
This forum still inspires at times but it’s gotten old and crotchety
Yep that includes me too at times
All that said the woke left is far far worse
Bitter people
Many Dems are aborting their future voters. One reason for the open borders.
“FReepers usually manage to withhold their distain when a hated Democrat passes. Democrats have much poorer impulse control. “
Only time I didn’t hold my control was on the death of Charlie Manson.
I said “I was always told to speak good of the dead. Charles Manson is dead. Good.”
Then I left it at that.
In before the Mark Twain quote (supposed).
Josef Stalin.
Adolph Hitler
Mao Tse Tung
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Lyndon Johnson
Charles Manson
John Wayne Gacy
Ted Bundy
You were saying?
Was just about to say the same. Speak no evil of the dead.
That’s because leftism is both a cult and a mental disorder.
I’m not sure if I could refrain from a muted celebratory word or two if the turd* dropped dead or better still ended up in prison
*my affectionate name for the 44th president.
People who trash the dead are lowest of the low.
“Speak no ill of the dead.”
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History reveals many scoundrels who need to be trashed. To name a very few: Hitler; Bloody Mary; Stalin; deep South slave owners; and Hugh Heffner. The Bible identifies MANY rulers as wicked.