DU's reaction to Falwell: "Disgusting, hateful, mean-spirited, hypocritical..."

[iconoclastic cat]

And that's just the intro to his obituary! (rimshot)

:evilgrin:

[tridim]

1. Now for the GOP-Media's reaction..

It's going to be sickening.

[iconoclastic cat]

3. No, it will be pornographic. You thought the Reagasm was bad?

:hi:

[liberaldemocrat7]

44. As James Tiberius Kirk said, He's Dead Jim.

I take no pleasure in this. God will Judge Mr. Falwell. I do consider Mr. Falwell an opponent of most of what I believe in.

[A HERETIC I AM]

55. Why would Jim say "He's dead, Jim"?

Perhaps the oxygen count was low on the ship that day.


WOW...My Star Trek geekiness just showed.

[liberal N proud]

7. State Funeral?

Wouldn't put it past them and request the flags at half mast.

[TahitiNut]

19. My thought as well.

It'll be a nauseating week on display.

[bdamomma]

27. yes, it is, wait for the funeral to be televised and all the religious

fundies will be coming out of the cracks. Too much religion can make people stupid!!!!

[Mz Pip]

2. Considering who Falwell is

I think the response has been subdued to say the least.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[iconoclastic cat]

6. I may have to kill myself so that I can track him down in hell.

How's that?

[jaxx]

4. You can't say we're not honest.

[Horse with no Name]

5. I doubt there are few in this community that were spared being

the object of his hatred or knowing someone who was the object of his hatred.
IF this man were a true Christian, this would be a celebration when he returned home to be with his Father...yet I am sure that most of the christianist's that surround Falwell know the horrid truth--and hope that Falwell packed lightly for his journey into the next sphere. I hear it's hot there this time of year.

[iconoclastic cat]

12. That bastard has done more harm to Christ's message than anyone, even Dobson.

He is/was a pox on Christianity.

[WiseButAngrySara]

16. Thank you. I agree. ....n/t

[Daphne08]

49. I must agree with you. n/t

[sheerjoy]

22. It is a good thing

that WE are not his judge....
I feel sure there will be celebration....for there is none righteous, no, not one.... that is why we are not dependent on ourselves for salvation but on the shed blood of Jesus...

Nuff said from here in the peanut gallery...

God's speed....

[Horse with no Name]

28. Nor is he/was he

Ours. I've read the Bible too.
Backatcha in the peanut gallery.

[gaspee]

33. well...

If that's what you believe, sure. But not everyone believes that and won't hold to your standard of beliefs.

For instance, I don't believe in any of that and find your post laughable.

Now, my sister in law, who is a born again christian of, I believe, the pentacostal sect, would say "Exactly," to your post.

The way some born agains post their beliefs as if they are the one true belief kind of chaps my hide.

I do feel qualified to judge an immoral hypocrite who scapegoated large swaths of the American populace to fill the coffers of his church with their money. After all, suckers are everywhere.

Your mileage may vary.

[sheerjoy]

36. Be blessed of the Lord. n/t

[StarryNite]

57. Okay, now you're scaring me...

It's damn hot here in Arizona, I hope you aren't implying that he's headed here. :evilfrown:

[hlthe2b]

8. and that's showing undue restraint

(normally due the seriously ill or recently deceased)....


Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Falwell eventually faces his maker or at least the lessons from his mortality. I'll have my own, for sure, but jeebus...

[niyad]

9. I am not enough of a hypocrite to pretend I am anything but glad that complete waste of skin and

oxygen, that spewer of hatred, bigotry and evil, is gone. and if that honesty offends anyone, too bad. as for his family--they knew what he was like.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Today, the world became a better place.

[iconoclastic cat]

14. I need to hear some Twisted Sister right now... nt

[BlooInBloo]

17. I'll do 2 Live Crew then!

[SoCalDem]

11. Shame on you.. I even wrote Jerry, the F a farewell poem

Dear Lord, please accept your child with open arms

We bow our heads in prayer

His job here on earth is done, with all its harms

He piled on the hate,, layer by layer

if only he could be clasping hands with his dear friend Pat, as he greets you

Treat him the same way he treated people here on earth.. with that sharp mouth

in other words.. Say "Howdy" and send that boy south.

[ForrestGump]

23. This is beautiful

It brings a tear to the eye...

[SoCalDem]

47. Thank you.. I was just "inspired"..

:evilgrin:

[Mad_Dem_X]

46. Beautiful

I think I'm gonna cry.






:rofl:

[porphyrian]

13. Campari, anyone? - n/t

[meegbear]

15. Betty Davis sums it up for me ...

she was asked to comment on the death of Joan Crawford. She said:

When I was a child, my Mother told me that one should only speak good about the dead. She's dead. Good.

[WiseButAngrySara]

18. Perfect! ....n/t

[The Magistrate]

21. That, Sir, Is A Thing Of Beauty....

I will remember it well....

[ronnykmarshall]

38. I'll remember that one today.

[MotorCityMan]

41. Good one

I cannot think of anything good to say about him, except maybe "may God show him the mercy that JF refused to show others"

[Virginia Dare]

54. Somebody else credited Moms Mobley..

whichever one said it, it's a classic.

[TheWebHead]

20. that will be the underlying theme

to right wing talk radio and Faux News... the comments we make now reacting to Falwell's death, because of that, I'd suggest opining on his beliefs and policy separate from news of his death. Don't feed into the other side's talking points today... There are a lot of conservatives combing through every comment posted to exploit while feigning indignation.

[Donnachaidh]

24. I can only wonder what level of hell he's settling down in right now

After all the damage this hatemongering bastard did in his lifetime.

[Greeby]

25. CNN just played a 1986 audio from Jimmy Carter

Saying "As a christian, I say he can go to hell!"

:rofl:

[iconoclastic cat]

26. Satan: "Oh, hell no!" nt

[L. Coyote]

56. Relying on moral authority. An apropropo usage in this instance.

That is almost a tasteful insult. At the same time, it
says something pointed about the Christians and their beliefs.

WE are ALL going to DIE. What will they say about US then?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x891012

In the final analysis, "We are ALL one family.
AND, politics is sure a lot of fun for us ALL.

The 1,099 Trillion Principle.
How many ancestors do we have?

http://jqjacobs.net/anthro/ancestors.html

[long_green]

29. A bad man, a very bad man

It wasn't enough to hate blacks and homosexuals and anyone else who scared him or made him nervous, he had to pick up the bible and use that as a shield for his bigotry. He would have been a Klansman if he had a little more moral courage.

The devil won't take him.

[gaspee]

35. Don't forget

them evil feminists. Which, if you listen to the likes of Falwell, would be any woman acting as anything other than a slave to her lord and master: her husband.

Too bad I don't believe in hell, might be a nice pig roast going on if there were such a place.

[long_green]

42. should have included them, of course

they scared the bad Reverend and made him nervous.

[Dukkha]

30. may winged demons carry your soul to it's purgatory

:party: :bounce: :party: :bounce: :toast:

[karlrschneider]

31. I just wonder if they'll bury all his chins with him...

:evilgrin:

[magellan]

34. ROFL!!

:rofl:

[WritersBlock]

32. So is the fucker dead yet? n/t

[dweller]

37. he's assumed room temperature.

dp

[Raffi Ella]

39. GOOD RIDDANCE

Let us dance and rejoice on this day of fortune:The world is FREE of that misearable creature.WE ARE FREE of Fallwell.May he rot in hell where he belongs.

[LibertyLover]

40. May Jerry's God reward

him as he deserves to be rewarded. Only thing I can think of to say.

[Ezlivin]

43. Praise the Lord!

Now please bow your head and say the following prayer:

"We thank you Lord Jesus Christ for taking Jerry into your embrace."

"Now please also take the following: Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Pastor Fred Phelps, Oral Roberts and any other so-called Christian you would like to see immediately."

"We humbly pray that you will now have the Rapture."

"Amen."

[UTUSN]

45. I beg to differ with "hypocritical"!!1 n/t

[AllegroRondo]

48. as the great Mark Twain said

"I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with great satisfaction."

and thats all I have to say on the subject.

[formercia]

50. Master Moon loses one of his best Disciples.

oh, well. and so it goes.

[maddezmom]

51. nuttin' but net

:evilgrin:

[Straight Shooter]

52. I appreciate God's reaction, but I seriously question his sense of timing.

Immediately after Falwell made that loathsome comment about why we were hit on September 11, that would have been the time to smite him.

Good riddance to a false evangelical who advanced the agenda of the devil while ignoring the words of Jesus.

[MsMagnificent]

53. The Lathe of Heaven turns slowly

Sadly.