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Falwell
I hate to rejoice in someone's death, but Jerry Falwell just died. It's one less block on the road to enlightenment.
Here is a quick recap of this man's idiocy, courtesy of Wikipedia:
Falwell was a controversial subject for his theological, political and social beliefs. After the September 11, 2001, attacks Falwell said on the 700 Club, "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" (a sentiment with which Pat Robertson concurred). [2] After heavy criticism, Falwell apologized. [3]. As for homosexuality, Falwell remarked, "AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals." Falwell's ghostwriter, Mel White, said Falwell remarked about gay protesters, "Thank God for these gay demonstrators. If I didn't have them, I'd have to invent them. They give me all the publicity I need."[25]
During the Civil Rights Movement Falwell was a supporter of racial segregation. He said this about Martin Luther King, "I do question the sincerity of people like the Reverend Martin Luther King..."[citation needed]
Falwell has also said, "Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers."[26] Regarding public schools, "I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don't have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them." (America Can Be Saved!, Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1979, p. 52-53.)[27]
In February 1999, an article in Falwell's National Liberty Journal suggested that a Teletubbies character, Tinky Winky, could be a hidden homosexual symbol, because the character was purple (which the article claimed was a color symbolic of homosexuality), had an inverted triangle on his head and carried a handbag. ( The pink triangle was used as a badge to denote homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps, and has since been adopted as an emblem by gay-rights movements.) Falwell denied any personal involvement with the original article, and made clear he never had any prior knowledge of or concern with the Teletubbies. Falwell's organization said the author of the article was simply repeating what others in the media were already saying about the nature of the character [28]. In the months following this incident, Falwell received a number of Tinky Winky plush dolls via mail, most of which he has given to his grandchildren.[29]
Here is a quick recap of this man's idiocy, courtesy of Wikipedia:
Falwell was a controversial subject for his theological, political and social beliefs. After the September 11, 2001, attacks Falwell said on the 700 Club, "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" (a sentiment with which Pat Robertson concurred). [2] After heavy criticism, Falwell apologized. [3]. As for homosexuality, Falwell remarked, "AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals." Falwell's ghostwriter, Mel White, said Falwell remarked about gay protesters, "Thank God for these gay demonstrators. If I didn't have them, I'd have to invent them. They give me all the publicity I need."[25]
During the Civil Rights Movement Falwell was a supporter of racial segregation. He said this about Martin Luther King, "I do question the sincerity of people like the Reverend Martin Luther King..."[citation needed]
Falwell has also said, "Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers."[26] Regarding public schools, "I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don't have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them." (America Can Be Saved!, Sword of the Lord Publishers, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1979, p. 52-53.)[27]
In February 1999, an article in Falwell's National Liberty Journal suggested that a Teletubbies character, Tinky Winky, could be a hidden homosexual symbol, because the character was purple (which the article claimed was a color symbolic of homosexuality), had an inverted triangle on his head and carried a handbag. ( The pink triangle was used as a badge to denote homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps, and has since been adopted as an emblem by gay-rights movements.) Falwell denied any personal involvement with the original article, and made clear he never had any prior knowledge of or concern with the Teletubbies. Falwell's organization said the author of the article was simply repeating what others in the media were already saying about the nature of the character [28]. In the months following this incident, Falwell received a number of Tinky Winky plush dolls via mail, most of which he has given to his grandchildren.[29]
Comments
I hope Regent University and his other crap folds in on itself and implodes, leaving a minty fresh smell all over Lynchburg.
(Oh, Jason. If it is working, then start writing man! There a long list of the Mother-fuckers still breathing!)
I am not doing a happy dance, but I am hoping that Pat Robertson is close on his heels.
/w00t!
The worst insult I have to give the dead is my indifference to their death.
I'd rather see Hilter see Justice, then be killed, Death is well, a coup out for guilty people. I mean being someone who doesn't believe in God or an afterlife, Death means nothing, no justice, no anything. I'd rather see Assholes see justice then death. Anyhow, Fallwell was clearly insane in the last years of his life and definitely needed to be institutionalized. The problem with people who were "visionaries" (I use this word loosely in his case) at one point or another is that it's hard to figure out when they've fallen off the rocker so to speak, this definitely occurs if you are a follower of his.
Those comments he made about 9-11 pretty much destroyed all of his political power, so in the end it was a good thing he said such crazy things.
I caught a minute or two of the 700 Club commentary on his death (I was half asleep and the previous TV programming ended). Not surprisingly they portrayed him as a great leader and champion of religion in politics, and conveniently forgot to mention any of the racism, bigotry, memorable quotes, etc.
Anger is simply one of the natural emotional states that arise when one feels threatened, the other obviously being fear. Once a person is dead, and thus no longer a threat, there is no sense in holding on to whatever internal emotional state correlates to that person.
I'm just really not the grave dancing type, the fact is that Falwell was a person, and that if nothing else (in this case nothing else) warrants some measure of respect and civility IMO.
Think of it like this: he sowed venomous hatred, and now we're all spitting it back out, so it can die with him. There's no holding on to emotions here; a lot of people are letting it out and moving on.