Its occurred to me today

[snowybirdie]

that in kinder, gentler days, people would give the death of a famous person at least a day of tribute and/or sadness before bashing his/her record. But, alas, we're all so angry these days.

[lkinwi]

1. So true!

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. True, but I also think that depends on the nature of that record

and whether or not the individual has any remorse or regrets. Or did anything good as well as the bad.

[brooklynite]

3. It would appear that respected Democratic Leaders have a more forgiving opinion...

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. Probably do. Appearances matter far more to officials than to anonymous internet posters

I agree with post #4 and #5. It depends on the individual. In this case, I think Powell was a generally decent man who went along with a terrible mistake and allowed his reputation to be exploited.

He may not deserve the scorn Limbaugh did, or Cheney will. But had he not gone along and given legitimacy to BushCheneyCo, how many millions of Iraqis would be alive or still in their homes? How many Americans? Where would we be now if BushCheneyCo and the republicons hadn't been empowered then?

The consequences of that mistake were terrible. I don't plan to disparage him personally, but I can understand those who do.

[hlthe2b]

4. Anger blinds. It seems we can no longer differentiate gradients of bad acts or the truly "evil" vs.

the deeply flawed. The latter include those whose mistakes led to lifelong regret-- despite the (no denying) cost to all of us.

I said and thought nothing when Limbaugh died to much-deserved excoriation. Nor will I be likely to say a word in response to posts on Cheney or Trump or so many truly foul figures during their "final repose"-- no matter what is said.

But, I'd like to think we could still see differences among those with whom we vehemently disagreed during most or all of their lifetime.

[rustydog]

5. Well said

Colin Powell's passing is sad. He did try to turn his life around after the Iraq war fiasco confessing e made a huge mistake. he went on later to disparage the GOP for betraying Americans.
RIP

[Baked Potato]

6. And, those bashing hopefully haven't profited off the war or MIC. NT

[Maraya1969]

7. Na. Remember when Jerry Fallwall died? And that great video of the Teletubbies

dancing on his grave to "Ding dong the witch is dead"

That didn't take a day.

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. Falwell deserved every bit of that

But then, he was considerably worse than Powell.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. If someone doesn't want others to talk shit about them after they die, they shouldn't do shitty

things when they're alive.

[Skittles]

17. not sure why that concept is so hard for some people to fucking understand

nope

[mopinko]

11. well, i'm not sure when those days were. surely must have been before du.

but like clockwork, this thread appears whenever some asshole dies.

obits are the 1st draft of history. shut up now, and the 1st draft is a lie.

[stillcool]

12. perhaps we're just up to our eyeballs in bullshit

kind of hard, to live and let die some of the more famous purveyors of said bullshit.

[piddyprints]

13. So, when TFG dies,

Should we still follow that rule? I’m planning a huge grave-dancing party.

We are angry because of what these people have put us through.

[LeftInTX]

14. There are very few people that I grave dance over...

The last one was Scalia...

Scalia was in position of power

Even then, my grave dancing over Scalia's death didn't turn out too well.

Colin Powell was out of public life for awhile. I see no reason to say negative things about him because, his public influence has been gone for quite awhile.

[Skittles]

16. his influence has been gone?

ask the people of Iraq or the families of soldiers killed or disabled in Iraq

[LeftInTX]

19. After the Bush admin, he basically retired

He wasn't making decisions anymore.
Scalia was on the supreme court ruining lives when he died.
It also opened up a vacancy on the supreme court

Colin Powell's death doesn't change anything in the world.

[Skittles]

20. yes I remember when he opened up and called out BUSH INC

oh wait

NONE of them were ever held accountable

[LeftInTX]

21. I'm not defending him. I just have got more important things to focus on today than Colin Powell.

[Skittles]

23. and this exactly why they were never held accountable

we were told we needed to "move forward:

DONE HERE

[LeftInTX]

24. I'm working on a Special Election right now.

I also have been testifying to the Texas House regarding redistricting.

Those things have been taking of much of my time.

[Skittles]

15. some people don't even deserve five minutes

let alone a whole fucking day

[ecstatic]

18. Lol. Not on DU. I'm not much for grave dancing but

when tfg's day comes... oh, it's on. 🔱🔱💃🏾

[CrackityJones75]

22. He is partly at fault

He is partly at fault for selling a war that brought the deaths of how many hundreds of thousands of people?

Fuck him.