• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      I just want to point out that “speak no ill of the dead” is a fucking stupid idea, and nobody should ever say that phrase.

      People should be remembered for what they did and who they were, even if (or maybe especially) they were bad.

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        8 months ago

        I completely agree. Just last week I was saying to a friend how if we say the deceased, “were just the best/nicest/friendliest, etc.” it minimizes the truly great people.

        I was trying to make a joke and couldn’t come up with anything better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯