A few minutes ago, I saw a breaking news bulletin on Yahoo saying that Elizabeth Edwards had died. This came just a day after announcing that doctors had advised her that there was nothing more they could do and that she’d decided to stop treatments.
After reading the short announcement, I scrolled down to read the comments. Though many people posted respectful condolences, many others saw this as an opportunity to spew hateful, grammar- and spelling-challenged remarks. For some people, everything is an opportunity for partisan politics and no exceptions are made, even to respect the grief of those in mourning. To such people, if you do not believe as they do, then you have forfeited any considerations of courtesy and common decency and it’s open season on you and yours.
I would think the old saying, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all”, should apply in such instances for everyone who has any character and integrity at all. If you don’t like Elizabeth Edwards or her husband, fine, but simply don’t comment on such articles at all if you can’t be respectful. A person’s death notice is not the time nor the place for partisan politics.
But the literacy-challenged trolls who haunt the comment sections of Yahoo News and other similar sites do not limit their vitriolic political spewing to articles relating to politics. They post comments trashing their political bugaboos on nearly every article posted, even those that don’t have even the remotest thing to do with politics. Apparently, no one has told these simple-minded fanatics that not everything in this world has to do with politics.
There are several ultra right wing politicians I find completely reprehensible, but I would nevertheless grant them the respect of my silence if they or someone in their family were to die and allow them to grieve in peace. Time and place, people. There are certain niceties that are the hallmark of a civilized society, and respect for the mourning is one of them.
Thoughts?
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I agree wholeheartedly! There is a time and a place for everything.
Absolutely. I'm a breast cancer survivor and Elizabeth's struggle and death hit me pretty hard. As it always does when another pink ribbon sister passes on. None of us are perfect and all of us will likely leave behind a few people who may not care that we are no longer here. But for those wonderful few (or many) folks who will care, who do love us... all of us deserve to give those people their moment of peace and silence as they grapple with the finality of life. I think that for too many people, celebrities, politicians and the like cease to be real and therefore they do not seem to require the same treatment that is afforded other real people. It is a shame that we have moved so far from basic civility. Thank you for your post... it was wonderful.
The trolls always seem to come out at time like this.
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I am glad to see that I am not the only one taxed by the lack of what should be basic human character. Not only in the grievous circumstances you are addressing, but in common every-day things such as commenting on Youtube videos. It may be a way to vent anger and frustration, but condemnation and personal attacks seldom if ever convince anyone that the person confronting them has a point worth heeding. If you don't have something good to say, say it in an inteligent, respectful way. At least people will listen.
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A sad day when another peephole on the universe is slammed shut forever. Didn't agree with her but vaguely admired her persistency. Of course this was only based on fleeting sights on the television. Like Dee Snyder.
A sad day when another peephole on the universe is slammed shut forever. Didn't agree with her but vaguely admired her persistency. Of course this was only based on fleeting sights on the television. Like Dee Snyder. Don't agree with John Edwards, with normal teeth or abnormal teeth.
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