Wednesday, May 16th 2007
Facebook to Falwell: Burn
On Tuesday Jerry Falwell died. When a person dies, what would you do? Pray for him, have a moment of silence, talk about his views, or ignore him? The other choice is to make a facebook group. Both fans and critics of Falwell have taken the fight online; I did not know people cared this much.
Some of the groups, like
Ann Coulter and Jerry Falwell had a baby and named it Satan were around before his death, while others with names like Burn in Hell, Jerry Falwell
are recent additions. There are many variations in names involving Falwell, hell, and burn. However, there are only a few stock pictures of him from google. There is also a Berkeley based group An Anti-Tribute to Jerry Falwell.
From the profile:
Death is never a nice thing — that’s just one issue on which Falwell and we differ. Still, the world just might be a better place with Jerry in the grave. Here’s hoping that he understands the extent of his depravity after a quick chat with St. Peter in front of the pearly gates.
And — here’s hoping that if he gets into heaven, we don’t.
For whatever level of respect or hatred you have for Falwell, there is a facebook group for you.
I have not followed everything Falwell has said and done, but some of his comments are over the top. I would have hoped the people who disagreed with him would know better then of any us that you don’t change anyone’s mind or get anywhere with negative rhetoric. Lets be better people, even if Falwell was not.
Hmm, for the second time in a few days I’ve been denied by the comments thing. Let me try this again.
I think that looking at a lot of the over the top comments he made - which reflected badly on him and on religious conservatives in general - we get a pretty caricatured view of who he was. Looking at the man himself, his personal life and deeds, seems to bear that out.
Besides, with the Westboro Baptist Church criticizing him, how bad could he have been?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273313,00.html
Comment by jfullmer — 5/17/2007 @ 2:15 pm
“Besides, with the Westboro Baptist Church criticizing him, how bad could he have been?”
The Westboro Baptist Church would have criticized Adolf Hitler for his liberal concentration camp policies.
Comment by Avinash — 5/18/2007 @ 4:27 am
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