Well, Jerry Falwell died. I never could figure out how so many people could buy his line of bullshit, hook line and sinker. He was such a fake! And a liar! And really more of a con man than anything else, not some fellow Jesus was great pals with. I do wish he'd had less influence on US culture. But, Americans can be so gullible. Some of them.
Diana found this today on Newsweek's website. Read it! A real, accurate biography of this person who did very little to better the world in which he lived.
Here's my favorite excerpt:
"On September 13, 2001, Falwell said this on Pat Robertson’s show, “The 700 Club”: “The enemies of America give us probably what we deserve.” When asked to elaborate, Falwell added, “When we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. 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.’” Robertson replied, “Well, I totally concur.” Falwell later apologized, unconvincingly, for offending anyone."
This is the best quote I saw on cnn.com:
"He should be erased from every history book and media story," wrote Brian Pippinger of St. Petersburg, Florida.
If I believed in a specific afterlife (who knows? I am a pagan agnostic after all!) I bet he'd not be in a fun one. Or maybe I'll just hope his next life is one as a gay woman of color. Maybe a muslim one. Yeah. He needs to see how the rest of the world perceives things, so he can get some better karma.
I am enjoying my imaginary future for ole Jerry now.
Hmm, there are very few people I truly dislike enough to write stuff like this about.
2 comments:
He should not be erased. Just as we must keep teaching about Hitler, Amin, and Pol Pot, we must remember Falwell's Satanic legacy lest we fall for another just like him--or worse.
I think I mentioned in my emails the ideas Don Buckley was discussing - about the conservative way of thinking that believes you can't understand the complexities of the world and therefore shouldn't even try, but instead follow a fixed set of principles and leaders. Falwell was such a clear example of that. He never tried to understand anyone or anything, just cheerfully condemned them according to the rules he'd decided to follow.
I think Don Buckley is quite brilliant.
Teresa
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