I've never seen any point in saying nice things about someone in death you didn't like that you wouldn't say about them in life so I don't.
You can live up to that without compromising your principles by saying nothing derogatory about the person at a time when those who liked him are all trying to get their heads around the fact that he's gone. Sometimes what you don't say is even more important than what you DO say.
You have every right to feel the way you do about the man, and I daresay you have the right to say what you please. But just because you CAN say or do something does not make it the best course of action. Your words hurt a lot of people you probably didn't mean to hurt, at least in the beginning. In your persistence you hurt yourself.
I don't know you, but I take you to be a young fellow. Learn from your mistake. Make amends. That's the mark of a man.
