i really dont like to go after people who died (hell i didnt slam anna nichole) but there are just some people who i havent liked forever and i just cant be nice.
so enters jerry falwell. there may never be a man in history who has done more to hurt this country than him. he founded the moral majority ,which in retrospect should have been called the immoral minority, and bullied lawmakers into running like scared puppies instead of standing up to schmuck. "I shudder to think where the country would be right now if the religious right had not evolved," he said when he stepped down as Moral Majority president in 1987. yes, a country full of compassion and understanding would be a terrible thing. The 1980s marked the religious conservative movement's high-water mark. In more recent years, Falwell had become a problematic figure for the GOP. His remarks a few days after Sept. 11, 2001, essentially blaming feminists, gays and liberals for bringing on the terrorist attacks drew a rebuke from the White House, and he apologized.Falwell had once opposed mixing preaching with politics, but changed his views. The Moral Majority grew to 6.5 million members and raised $69 million as it supported conservative politicians and railed against abortion, homosexuality, pornography and bans on school prayer. i'm sure the money and power were what changed his mind.....god was an afterthought. In 1999, he told an evangelical conference that the Antichrist was a male Jew who was probably already alive. Falwell later apologized for the remark but not for holding the belief. A month later, his National Liberty Journal warned parents that Tinky Winky, the children's TV character, was a gay role model and morally damaging to children proving that he was just good at stirring up the pot. if he didnt like being a lightning rod than he shouldnt have said ridiculous things. With Falwell's high profile came frequent criticism, even from fellow ministers. The Rev. Billy Graham once rebuked him for political sermonizing on "non-moral issues". this goes back to my thoughts that churches should be taxed.
"Dr. Falwell was a man of distinguished accomplishment who devoted his life to serving his faith and country," said Sen. John McCain, a GOP presidential contender who during the 2000 primaries referred to Falwell and Robertson as "agents of intolerance." McCain has since distanced himself from those comments. i guess that makes mccain a flip flopper doesnt it. it just shows what some politicians will do for a vote.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Mormon whose own faith has become an issue during his run for the presidency, said Falwell "built and led a movement based on strong principles and strong faith," and "the legacy of his important work will continue through his many ministries where he put his faith into action." romney is another asshole politician who sucks up to get votes. hey mitt, he didnt like your religion...you were competition.
Matt Foreman, executive director of National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, extended condolences to those close to Falwell, but added: "Unfortunately, we will always remember him as a founder and leader of America's anti-gay industry, someone who exacerbated the nation's appalling response to the onslaught of the AIDS epidemic, someone who demonized and vilified us for political gain and someone who used religion to divide rather than unite our nation." like him or not matt foreman is a gentleman. much more than i am but hes right on the money with what hes said. falwell stood on his soap box and in a very christian-like manor (but in reality totally against everything jesus stood for) put down everyone who wasnt exactly like him. if you were brown, gay, foreign, from another religion....then you were the enemy...unless you were giving him money. to steal a line from a movie ...jerry falwell had no answers, he was good at telling you what was wrong and who was to blame, but thats all.
well heres a toast to jerry falwell. i hope that if there really is a hell of which you spoke then i hope there is a very special room there for you.
this is shoes ....over and out......
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It never ceases to amaze me how critics like yourself can rip someone to sheds for lacking compassion & understanding & intolerance etc. and then to proceed to emulate that person by doing the same things. You also are very good at telling what's wrong with everything, but you don't have any answers either. At least any good ones. I still love you & hope to see you soon.
well first, i never preached the word of god (though rest assured i would be better than jerry was at that job).
second , please dont hate me because i call it like it is. he badmouthed gays,muslims...etc without any basis. he threw a blanket over them all. i on the other hand called falwell a piece of shit because in reality he was a steaming pile of shit that deserves to be used as an example of what jesus railed against.
i guess i am guilty of pointing out what he is but i'm only doing to him what he did to others....only i have a real basis for my comments and i'm not doing it to collect money from the tv christians and i'm not doing it under the guise of "gods work".
true i dont have all the answers because unlike falwell i cant just blame a group and say its all their fault but i can point out what one of the problems are and its men like falwell.
I read this on a blog the other day about him dying, dont know much about him Im afraid but what I did read about him he sounded off his tits -Bill Hicks once said of Jesse Helms, "You know when he dies, he is going to commit suicide in a washtub under some pecan tree with the note 'I been a bad boy' pinned to him, while the skins of young children dry in his attic and on a continuous loop on CNN his widow saying 'I always wondered about Jesse's collection of little shoes" because there has to be something seriously wrong with someone that far to the right. You do know that, right?" (Rant in E Minor) I often thought similarly of Falwell partially for his comments about homosexuality and AIDs and partly because his post 9/11 comments. Id love to see the expression on his face too when he meets his 'maker'
Well it's good to see you back ranting and raving....youre month of march was bit slim and i thought you may have given up the blogosphere....but now i feel better knowing youre out there swinging at falwell and al sharpton and alot of other folks who need a good spanking.....
gk
What's up buddy? I'm back too (under a different name).
You nailed this one... and to answer bac, showcasing what's fundamentally wrong DOES pave the path to discovering answers. you may not have all the answers in your pocket as a bulletted list, but knowing the stench of cat shit when you smell it is the first step. And, you never claimed to have answers or lead folks to heaven, and I've been reading you for a couple of years for the low, low cost of zero dollars!
And you're worth every penny! (that's supposed to be a compliment!)
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