Death can be grey

It’s always amazing how polarizing death is. The amount of love or hate that pours in for an individual in the spotlight is a sight to behold. It seems like there’s a constant battle between the two forces of those who show love and of those who demand repercussions. A never-ending battle of the loudest voice.

I'd like to book a table for a Mr. Jack Mehoff 

I saw a post on twitter of a young man who had travelled a long way to visit the queen. This man went to visit the queen simply for the fact that he respected that she was hard working. He never mentioned what he thought about the type of work she did. He never mentioned her past or what he thought about her personality. He simply admired the fact that she was hard working, and he wanted to pay his respects. The amount of posts talking about things that are COMPLETELY unrelated to what he said was unimaginable. The tirade of abuse from anti-royal towards this person paying respects to a single factor of the queen’s life was a site to behold. Not to mention the tsunami of pro-royalty responses that came in to respond. It’s hard to say where the bots and real humans began or ended. Individuals were so caught up in their heated discussions they were 50+ responses deep. And we must remember, the original post is about the queen simply being a hard worker. I would prefer to see some thoughtful arguments about whether she was hard working. Did she spend long hours? Did she work smart? It's seemingly not important or relevant on the modern social platform.

Imagine this guy in a mineshaft

Why do we need to make a person’s life so black and white? Can we not live somewhere in the grey? Do we need to vilify someone or put them on a pedestal once they pass away? It’s strange to me that modern society has become so black and white, especially with the vast amount of information we have preserved. You no longer need to remember what happened in the last 100 years, and we can look up what most of our modern superstars have eaten for brunch for the past 10.