ReggieBush

@Squamfan you can criticize the practices of different cultures without it being necessarily racist.  People that are offended often conflate the two.  

As the saying goes "Just because you are offended,Doesn't mean you are Right".

Some people aren't satisfied with their lives so they sit in the basement at Moms house and Bitch on "Social Media".or is it "Not so Social Media".

@NewbieCanuckFan 

From a young age John was a tortured insecure lost man who was manipulated by Yoko when he became famous

Not long after they met, Yoko repeatedly used to stalk the gate outside John’s and Cynthia’s Kenwood estate, before eventually being invited in from the rain out of pity by Cynthia and her mother

Just after Johns murder, Yoko sent Julian a cheque for $1 (which he framed)

 He since sued her and got a settlement (Most likely not to bad mouth Yoko to keep receiving)

John Lennon said in his very last radio interview (just hours before he was shot and killed) that like most young men he was more involved with his career than with his child, and he said he regretted not spending enough time with Julian. He also said that he and Julian would have a relationship in the future but sadly they both were deprived of this.

I never lived his life and would not judge him myself

As far as him not being a nice person ?,

You are talking about what John was like when he was a psychologically messed up 21 year old guy, not the pro-feminist, nurturing house husband and father he remarkably became and walked away from the drugs and the music industry to "Watching the Wheels"

John was a man of peace...grown from a boy of violence...he grew and changed and he wanted to see the world do the same

I think he brought a lot of joy to Millions of people , (just in his music  alone), far more than most men have (and continues too) than he ever hurt in his life

How many people that judge him, can say they have reached that many people positively?

No-one is a saint, in death or in life and should refrain from judging someone else, especially if they were not affected - it is not like he was a murderer, he was murdered and used his powerful influence for World Peace, Women being a pro feminist, before it was popular and Minority Rights

I don’t believe John Lennon was some saint, some perfect role model, or the embodiment of peace and love. I believe he was a human with a good heart, but not without his flaws. In his words, he was a “violent man who [had] learned not to be violent”. He had the capacity to recognize and regret his flaws, and change for the better. He wasn’t a “bad” person, or a “good” person - nobody is. It’s far more nuanced than that. His path of change does not erase his violent past with his father etc, but it is still commendable. In my eyes, his reflection on his younger self’s behavior, along with his progress away from that redeems his character. I believe that if he wasn’t killed, he would have continued to prove himself to be a better person.

You might want to see where someone came from, how he rallied for causes, how he changed his life from what he knew as only a child to who he was as he died

With all that John went through and the pressures and how he transformed himself

He changed for the better, 

Why slander his name

I for one am glad there was a John Lennon

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That is my opinion on speaking ill of this dead man,

Keep yours if you will