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In reply to the discussion: Will anyone on DU henceforth complain when conservatives dance on the grave of a left-winger? [View all]hollysmom
(5,946 posts)we have been known to laugh at some of the foibles of the person who passed - we told the Horseradish story at my father's funeral and several drinking jokes at my mothers- they both could take a joke -
but when you are talking about someone famous, it is another story. I am not talking to the family. It would be hypocritical if I heap someone with praise when it is known that I don't like them. But I am not on TV and not writing an article - so do you really care what I post on a message board? It is not getting quoted and posted every where (although one thing I wrote did get posted internationally and twisted to mean the reverse of what I said which required a bunch of explanations to all my message friends who did not see the original post - that's what you get using the same name on multiple boards - still not likely from here). People should say what they feel.