Surprised by how much Thatcher-bashing occurred in real life and on Twitter following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (RIP), I did my Twitter story on these strong negative reactions. You may read it on Storify here.
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interesting opinion on how to speak about a dead public figure by glenn greenwald: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette
Check out the “speak ill of the dead” search: https://twitter.com/search?q=%22speak%20ill%20of%20the%20dead%22&src=typd
I think this post brings up the interesting effect of obituaries as history lessons. There are always times we don’t become aware of someone whose influence peaked before our time, and it’s not until they die that we learn more about their impact. This might explain the battle over the degree to which eulogies are allowed to attack the person’s influence: obituaries are towards the beginning of how history will remember that person and their work.