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In response to "Most leaders have a mixed legacy at best, but when they pass away you focus on the good stuff. -- nm" by Roger More

While this is true, I don't really agree with ignoring the bad stuff when leaders die. But these people are doing the same thing

Posted by ty97 Dec 6 '13, 12:43

They are ignoring all the good (the great really) and writing it off.

As a people (in the US at least) we seem to view people as good or bad. Villain or Hero. (Not racially:) black or white.

We don't deal with grey (which is all reality is made up of) well at all.

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Personally, I think people have the rest of time to weigh someone's legacy. A couple of days or a week after someone's passing doesn't make much - Roger More Dec 6, 12:50 3
- Taking to full (and admittedly silly example) conclusion, this would mean the headline "Respected Amateur Painter Adolf Hitler Mourned After Suicide" - ty97 Dec 6, 12:56 2
  - I'll leave that part to professional obituarists. But when a politician I disagree with dies, I won't say "good" or "serves him right for what he did" - Roger More Dec 6, 13:15
  - although that's a fantastic Onion esque headline. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:59

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While this is true, I don't really agree with ignoring the bad stuff when leaders die. But these people are doing the same thing

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