Apologists abound every time it is suggested that a statement or action has belittled, demeaned, insulted, or otherwise offended someone who has passed, because, it is usually said, doing so is contrary to our culture, which forbids us to speak ill of anyone who is no longer in our midst.
The principle – if it is indeed that – sounds okay to me, because one should normally hesitate to say anything bad of someone who cannot stand up in their own defence, and that is an important tenet of natural justice.
