Pat Robertson isn't owed respect—or respectful silence—on the day of his death.
The people at JustSecurity.org nearly didn't publish my piece on Bush 41 when he did because of the very phenomenon you describe: https://www.justsecurity.org/61769/george-h-w-bushs-persian-gulf-war-victory-tragedy/
Speaking Ill of the Dead
The people at JustSecurity.org nearly didn't publish my piece on Bush 41 when he did because of the very phenomenon you describe: https://www.justsecurity.org/61769/george-h-w-bushs-persian-gulf-war-victory-tragedy/