Reply #23: Not Sure Why Some Are Getting Huffy Puffy With Ya. I Get What You're Sayin

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Unfortunately it is human nature, and in my opinion not a bad part of it, to show genuine sympathy upon the loss of another decent human being, even if that person wasn't well liked when alive. Death changes everything about the perception of another.

I do know where you're coming from though. I think it's a shame that Lidle was outcasted in such ways and wish those grieving him now would've treated him a bit better when he was alive. But there is no going back now. You are right when you say that their gushing seems a bit hypocritical due to their lack of respect towards him prior, but I don't think that means that they shouldn't offer such grievances. Like I said, we all have our petty differences and animosities when we're alive, but unfortunately only upon death sometimes does human nature kick in enough to realize those differences were in fact petty and realize the true decent value of the human being. That's why the grieving takes place from those who would not be expected to do so genuinely. It's because they now have realized that no matter what he did that made them disassociate with him to begin with, that he was a decent human being and a good person that did not deserve his recent fate. It's the awareness that in the grand scheme of life, those things were just not important anymore, and the sadness that comes with realizing a decent person has been lost.

Unfortunately, those realizations oftentimes come to many only after the subject is no longer with us to change our behavior towards: But like I said, that's human nature. We could all do better in life if we started identifying our petty differences that are simply not worth permanent animosity ahead of time, prior to death.

Having that said, I'm not sure why others are attacking your post. All you did was provide some background fact on the player and what he had to deal with, from those now grieving heavily. But I hope you understand that it may not really be hypocrisy for them to do so, but instead it's them realizing how petty their gripes were in the scheme of things, and the sadness that comes with realizing all opportunity is now lost to make it up to that person.