Dear The Media,
Listen...I'm all for respect for the dead. But, um...the way you're handling the death of Falwell (how's that for ironic names)? Is, well, baffling at best, stupid at worst. And by worst I mean "reality." All this posturing and making him sound so missed and like he was a force for positive change, blah blah blah.
You seem to have forgotten a few key things:
1. This is the guy that said women who want equality are just mad because they don't have a man to tell them what to do and are taking it out on all men. Now I know some of you know a feminist. Hell, I know some of you ARE feminists. Can we not whitewash this, please?
2. He blames 9/11--9 e-fucking-leven--on women, the ACLU (of which I am now a card carrying member--thanks MS! and just in time!), gays, activists, working mothers, etc. etc. etc. That's like saying someone got cancer because God was punishing them. And you're going to let that slide?
3. He boycotted the Teletubbies because he decided one was gay. TELETUBBIES!!! You can't even make this shit up.
4. Liberty University is NOT a fine school. It's not even accredited. Quit acting like it's not a brainwashing camp. It is.
5. He said Billy Graham is an agent of the devil. It's like he got so right wing bats that he wrapped all the way around to the left side.
I could go on all day about how Falwell is a douche who deserves to have his grave pissed on by every person who loves America and what it stands for--freedom, equality, and logical dissent. But I'm not. I'm not saying you should, either. Just let's not act like he's, I don't know, a decent human being worthy of respect. Adolph Hitler, whoever burned up those little girls in Alabama, and people like them don't get positive reviews on NPR. He shouldn't either.
Sincerely,
MF-S
Dear Jerry Falwell,
There is only one thing I can say to you.
The Bible says that whoever causes a person to sin is guilty of a sin greater than the one committed by the misled person. Further, the Bible says that the greatest sin of all is to deny the Holy Spirit.
You made me an atheist. What do you suppose your God has to say about that?
MF-S
Update: Apparently even Fred Phelps hated him. You gotta be some kind of asshole...
16 May 2007
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2 comments:
very well said.
It's a sad, sad day in a country when Jerry Falwell and Anna Nicole Smith get better obits than Kurt Vonnegut. What's happened to us?
I like that Al Gore's new book directly takes on The Assault on Reason. I guess when our leaders are making decisions this objectively bad, the only thing the media can do to help them out is distract and dumb down the public. God forbid anyone should be inspired to read Slaughterhouse Five right about now.
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