If they violated work regulations then they should have been disciplined, did they, were they?
Do you mean contempt for the people or was it for their views; how was it different to your contempt for them?
Refraining from heavily and repeatedly deriding someone in an obituary doesn't mean you're whitewashing anything.
Perhaps the optics of disciplining a terminally ill employee were judged to be worse than keeping him around.
how was it different to your contempt for them?
How is acknowledging their abusive behavior contempt? Hate the message not the person.
If they violated work regulations then they should have been disciplined, did they, were they?
Do you mean contempt for the people or was it for their views; how was it different to your contempt for them?
Refraining from heavily and repeatedly deriding someone in an obituary doesn't mean you're whitewashing anything.