Glenn Greenwald:<p>“This demand for respectful silence in the wake of a public figure&#x27;s death is not just misguided but dangerous. That one should not speak ill of the dead is arguably appropriate when a private person dies, but it is wildly inappropriate for the death of a controversial public figure, particularly one who wielded significant influence and political power.”<p>“...the key point is this: those who admire the deceased public figure (and their politics) aren&#x27;t silent at all. They are aggressively exploiting the emotions generated by the person&#x27;s death to create hagiography. [...] Those gushing depictions can be quite consequential, as it was for the week-long tidal wave of unbroken reverence that was heaped on Ronald Reagan upon his death, an episode that to this day shapes how Americans view him and the political ideas he symbolized. Demanding that no criticisms be voiced to counter that hagiography is to enable false history and a propagandistic whitewashing of bad acts, distortions that become quickly ossified and then endure by virtue of no opposition and the powerful emotions created by death.”<p>Source: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;2013&#x2F;apr&#x2F;08&#x2F;margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;2013&#x2F;apr&#x2F;08&#x2F;margare...</a>