Disrespecting the Dead?

I see that the right-wing snowflakes have been out in force following this Ann Widdecombe business, working themselves up into their usual frenzy of self-righteousness over anyone perceived as 'disrespecting' their fallen 'heroine'.  We had their 'thought police' in the form of the right-wing press fuming because Sky's Adam Boulton had apparently described her as an 'old maid' and a 'spinster', forcing him to issue an apology.  Now, I'm no fan of Boulton, although his Alistair Campbell-induced on air meltdown in the aftermath of the 2010 general election was hugely entertaining, but seriously, we're meant to condemn him for simply stating facts?  It's a fact that Widdecombe never married, making her, by definition, a spinster and at her age, 'old maid' is also a pretty fair description.  If I'd been in his position, the only apology I'd have issued would have been along the lines of  - 'I'm sorry that you are so oversensitive that you feel the need to censor public speech you don't deem to be 'woke' enough'.  I mean, it's just political correctness gone mad, isn't it?  Bloody right wing woke bastards getting upset over nothing!  It's just words, for God's sake!  

But we're back in that strange world where you aren't allowed to speak ill of the dead.  Well, not if they were some kind of right-wing icon, that is.  I'm sure that if, say, Jeremy Corbyn, had passed away, regardless of whether he had died of natural causes, or been assassinated by an axe-wielding neo Nazi maniac, indoctrinated by years of listening to the speeches of Nigel Farage, whilst making jam or planting tomato plants on his allotment, the right-wing press would all be telling us that he had been a loony left-wing extremist hell-bent on having us all raped and murdered by one-legged transsexual illegal immigrant terrorists.  Yet if, say, I was to (accurately), describe the late Ms Widdecombe as a 'bigoted old biddy', then I'd doubtless find myself facing the opprobrium of her, equally batty and bigoted, admirers.  It's the same across the pond, where politicians from across the board feel obliged to find positive things to say about the recently deceased Senator Lindsey Graham, despite the fact that he was a hypocritical Trump-enabling right-wing reactionary who had long ago destroyed whatever credibility he might once have had.  We really need to start questioning all this nonsense about 'respecting the dead' and 'not speaking ill of the dead'.  Look, once someone is dead we can say what we like about them - legally speaking, you can't libel the dead - so why are we so reticent about actually speaking the truth about them?  Just because I think, correctly, that Ann Widdecombe espoused and worse still, put into practice when in government, some utterly repugnant ideas which should have no place in any civilised society, doesn't mean to say that I think she deserved to be bludgeoned to death.  I'm entitled to express my opinion, for God's sake.  It's called 'free speech' you right-wing woke warrior snowflakes!