Given the climate in this country, it might not be a bad idea to keep politics out of an obituary.
In North Carolina, Larry Upright’s obituary was zipping along like a typical obituary when this line hit the reader:
Also, the family respectfully asks that you do not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. R.I.P. Grandaddy.
The results in the attached comments — to an obituary! — were sadly predictable.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins