Jerry Falwell in critical condition

[chequita guevara]

Must be why God is calling him home now. If four hurricanes weren't enough to get conservatives to realize where God's wishes lie, he's gonna have to do things more directly.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Elok
I don't wish Falwell dead, myself...he's just another angry man who rabidly supports his probably mistaken beliefs without any thought or reflection. He probably does think that he's doing the right thing. There are lots of people like that in the world, and many more virulent.

Jerry Falwell was a vocal supporter of racial segregation during the 1950s and 1960s.

In 1994 1994, Jerry Sloan questioned Falwell about a homophobic statement he made about a gay church in which Falwell says "But thank God this vile and satanic system will one day be utterly annihilated and there'll be a celebration in heaven." Falwell flatly denied saying this and offered $5,000 to anyone who could produce a tape of him saying this, which Jerry Sloan promptly did. Falwell refused to pay and accused Sloan of tampering with the tape. Mr. Sloan took Mr. Falwell to court and won. Falwell appealed the case because the judge was Jewish and felt that he ruled against him because he was a gentile. In the end, not only did Falwell have to pay the $5,000 but he had to pay another $3982.90 for wasting the courts time.

Falwell has been under investigation for using his church's tax-exempt status illegally for political purposes, including open endorsements of right-wing candidates.

Falwell once proclaimed that the Antichrist will be a Jewish male who is probably "alive somewhere today."

"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals." -- J. Falwell

Of course, there was also his blatant back-stabbing of his "friends" Jim and Tammy Faye Baker.

Also:

http://home.att.net/~vlaszlo/jerry_falwell_1.htm

http://www.salon.com/news/1998/03/cov_11news.html

http://members.freespeech.org/boblarson/falwell.htm

He's corrupt. He lies. He defrauds people. He violates laws. He's a racist bigot. Sorry, but I doubt even he is deluded enough to believe he's doing the "right thing." He's a fraud and I bet he knows it.

[Sava]

we need an applause smiley....

Boris

[Bkeela]

It's funny how normally non-religious people have this vague, superstitious notion of karma. The fact that Bill Gates seems healthy and fairly pleased with himself is proof there is no karma.

[Sava]

Boris

[Boris Godunov]

That being said, I don't "hope" he dies. But if he does, it won't illicit one ounce of sympathy from me. I'll just think of those who lay dying of AIDS and had to hear what he was saying about it.

[Wycoff]

What's wrong with hoping that someone dies/ wishing that they would die?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Wycoff
What's wrong with hoping that someone dies/ wishing that they would die?

Because life is precious and you only get one shot.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Wycoff
What's wrong with hoping that someone dies/ wishing that they would die?

It's a little tacky, but if the person is sufficiently evil, there certainly isn't anything wrong with it.

[Sava]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Because life is precious and you only get one shot.

[chequita guevara]

Even a burglar and drug-dealing pimp can become Malcom X. As long as you're alive, you can see the error of your ways and do something to make the world a better place. I admit, in Falwell's case, it's unlikely, but even Paul could see the light.

[Jaguar]

I proclaim that Boris has PWND Jerry Falwell.



However, if he really hates corrupt bigoted people who were vocal supporters of racism back when it was hip, then maybe it's time for him to give up on defending Robert Byrd. I got into an argument with him over this in January, and I think I have to bring it up in order to point out Boris's partisan slant in judging people.

Jerry Falwell was a vocal supporter of racial segregation during the 1950s and 1960s.

This is enough for you to conclude that:

He's a racist bigot.

However, I remember bringing up Byrd's use of the n-word on National TV in 2001, and his Klan membership of several decades ago, and that wasn't enough definitive proof for Boris that the man is a racist.



Boris PWNing Falwell
Partisanship
Racist Right-Wingers
Racist Left-Wingers

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Jaguar
I proclaim that Boris has PWND Jerry Falwell.

I proclaim that Jaguar has PWND Boris Godunov.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Jerry Falwell was a vocal supporter of racial segregation during the 1950s and 1960s.

I used to hear him preach about the evils of Federal intervention in local school systems with a little crystal radio I made when I was 10.

Falwell has been under investigation for using his church's tax-exempt status illegally for political purposes, including open endorsements of right-wing candidates.

There's recently been a scandal in town. The mayor of Lynchburg, a black preacher, accepted a very large donation from Falwell's ministries. The mayor, who also sits on the city council, voted in favor of a development project in which some of the Falwells are said to have an interest. You know, it seems to me that the briber should be just as culpable as the bribee, but while the mayor remains under investigation, no one at the Falwell organizations is being asked to account.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
He was the founding father of "Moral Majority", the organization that hand delivered the fundamentalist vote to the Republican party. At the beginning of this year he announced that he was seeking to start a new movement along the same lines in order to insure that Bush's successor would be someone who would carry on the good work.

Such success is enough for me to want his movement dead (with the logical implication that he personally is either dead or senile) before he can take care of the heritage.

This is exactly the same reason why I can't wait to see Le Pen die. He managed to unite almost all of the far right behind his personality, despite the sectarism inherent to such extremistic beliefs. Should he die, the far right would become divided and irrelevant as it should be. I think Falwell is similar in terms of uniting sectarians.