My mother always told me, "if you can't say something good or nice about someone who's dead...

[Enter stage left]

Don't say anything at all.

I promised her I would always live by that rule.

So here it goes about Charlie Kirk...

"It's good that he can no longer spew hatred towards the people he hates, and I think that's nice!

There mom, I did what I promised!

[niyad]

1. !!!

[Buzz cook]

2. "if you can't say something good or nice about someone who's dead...

they must have been a real asshole".

[Enter stage left]

3. But I made a promise!

[Buzz cook]

7. Understood.

But I'm sure mom will understand.

[deRien]

4. I'm always

reminded of Thumper from the movie, Bambi. He had that cute little voice when he said, If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

[usonian]

5. We've been doing that and got a fascist regime.

When the God's honest truth is seen as violent treasonous vile ...

[edbermac]

6. My mom said that too.

Which is why I have nothing good to say about him.

[Jack Valentino]

8. My mother never told me that...

although, back in those days, it seemed less necessary to tell someone that---

since the dead had committed less crimes or spoken less hatred against others...

[stopdiggin]

9. Your mother didn't say that

you stole that straight from Thumper. ( -Bambi- )

Nice try though ...

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[Skittles]

10. if you don't have anything nice to say about someone

you're probably a lot of fun to talk to

can't remember where I heard that

[CTyankee]

11. The way I heard it was: if you don't have anything nice to say to someone,

then come over here and sit by me.

[Skittles]

12. YESSSSSSSSS

Phyllis Diller maybe?

[Heidi]

14. "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit here by me."

Alice Roosevelt

[Skittles]

15. there ya go!

I heartily agree

I also liked the quote from Jeff Goldblum's character in The Big Chill: "I only like gossip if it is really ugly"

[CTyankee]

16. I coulda sworn it was Dorothy Parker. She was pretty snarky.

[pcdb]

13. "... then piss on their grave"

Glad that wasn't the punchline.