Morning Jolt: Why We’re Taught to Not Speak Ill of the Dead

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

"Of the dead, say nothing but good"

We used to widely honor the instruction to not speak ill of the dead, at least in media and public communications. But in our modern era of social media, the instinct is largely the opposite. When a prominent political figure passes away, those who loathed the figure jump online and instantly proclaim how happy they are that the person has died, how terrible the figure was, how they hope that figure is burning in hell, etc.

You can find a lot of hackneyed columns disputing the old edict to not speak ill of the dead, particularly after the death of a prominent conservative, with all the columnists ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 18 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 18 2021 Why We're Taught to Not Speak Ill of the Dead De mortuis nihil nisi bonum "Of the dead, say nothing but good" We used to widely honor the instruction to not speak ill of the dead, at least in media and public communications. But in our modern era of social media, the instinct is largely the opposite. When a prominent political figure passes away, those who loathed the figure jump online and instantly proclaim how happy they are that the person has died, how terrible the figure was, how they hope that figure is burning in hell, etc. You can find a lot of hackneyed columns disputing the old edict to not speak ill of the dead, particularly after the death of a prominent conservative, with all the columnists ...   READ MORE

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