jerry falwell

[faceless_wonder]

i shouldn't take any happiness about jerry falwell being dead...and yet i can't help it. it makes me a bad person, even to be happy that a bad person is gone, never again to spiritually torture people...but there i go. i'm happy. i'm happy he's dead. and, if he's right and there's a fiery, burning, eternal hell...i hope he's in it.

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[nancy-whiskey.livejournal.com]

I'm planning on writing an entry about this (although I probably won't get around to it while it's still relevant). My brother and I were talking about something similar last night, and about how just because someone dies doesn't make him any less of an asshole. I can't say I'm ever happy because someone has died, but I'm certainly not mourning the man. I've noticed a lot of conservative blogs talking about how terrible the savage liberals are in making rude comments about poor dead Jerry. I'm sorry, but I remember when Saddam was executed, they were ALL about taking joy in that.

OH YES. I WENT THERE. But seriously. I realize they're not the same type of person, but spiritual and political terrorism isn't a good thing either. He's built up a good sized group of followers who are going to carry on doing what he tried to do. Kind of like executing Saddam got rid of a bad guy, and made room for more bad guys to take over what he was doing.

I'm sure there's some Old Testament verse about rejoicing when God smiteth thine enemies. Those folks LOOOOVE quoting the OT. And by blaming me and people I generally associate with for September 11, well... I'm pretty sure he was no friend to me. I'm just not going to use the Old Testament as a crutch and an excuse to get my agenda across.

[mrvoid.livejournal.com]

i shouldn't take any happiness about jerry falwell being dead...

Everyone keeps opening posts with this. I have no idea why.

The world is better off without him than with him. He had 73 years on the planet, and he used them to make the lives of others worse.

His death is a happy occasion.

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

So apparently WBC is protesting the Falwell funeral:

http://pandagon.net/2007/05/16/the-phelps-clan-falwell-and-yolanda-king/

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

that's just absurd. i guess, i knew they were even worse wingnuts than jerry falwell was, but this is just...irrefutable proof.