I am not typically one to celebrate someone’s death, and I am not celebrating this one. I offer my condolences to his family and friends, but at the same time I breath a big sigh of relief. This guy had way too much access to the White House for my comfort. Sadly, someone else just as militant and bigoted, preaching hate under the flag of a misrepresented God, will spring up and take his place.
Such is life.
That said, Jerry Falwell is dead. Fuck that guy.
Quotables:
“AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals”
“If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being”
“I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!”
“I do not believe the homosexual community deserves minority status. One's misbehavior does not qualify him or her for minority status. Blacks, Hispanics, women, etc., are God-ordained minorities who do indeed deserve minority status.”
[I wasn’t aware that God himself… sorry, Himself... personally ordained minorities.]
And just to be fair, he said some good things:
“God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.”
For all of the shit that spewed forth from his hate-filled mouth, he was bound to say a nice thing or two, but on a whole, he was a wicked, self-righteous bigot of a man who preached love but really was just a big fat dick. He called a Teletubby gay, for fuck's sake. Sure, call them evil, or responsible for the dumbing down of children, blame them for the death of the English language... but to call one gay?! What, are we on a playground here, calling names and shoving? It's about as ridiculous as Eminem taking a swing at a hand puppet (another low in the history of mankind).
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the problem with people like him and ronald reagan dying, is that they get memorialized in the press and remembered for their "distinguished achievements", not critiqued for thier scumsucking horridness.
i guess it's a comforting thought that people generally tend to say nice things about you right after you're dead, no matter how crappy of a person you were.
Go ahead celebrate, he won't mind!
I agree with Jesse that its a sickening spectacle to see media outlets like NPR go on and on about his importance and influence.
If I had any photoshop savvy, I'd do an image of a teletubbie dancing on his grave.
Thank Satan that CNN gave Chris Hitchens some time to give Falwell the send off he deserves. Check it out here.
Here Here!
He was nothing but a money grubbing hate monger. And now he's dead.
Too bad so sad.
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