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Now It’s Over, I’m Dead and I Haven’t Done Anything That I Want/Or, I’m Still Alive and There’s Nothin’ I Want to Do
By Jeff Fecke | May 15, 2007
Jerry Falwell is dead.
I wouldn’t ordinarily speak ill of the dead so soon after death. But Jerry Fallwell was happy to blame gays and women for 9/11 within days of the attack, so I’m feeling little compunction on this.
The world is better off without Jerry Falwell. He was a hatemonger and a bigot, the symbol of an era that will soon be passed. Fifty years from now he’ll be remembered as a Father Coughlin–a hateful, spiteful man too focused on the motes in his brothers’ eyes to see the redwood in his own.
I wish I believed in Hell, so I could imagine Falwell enduring the eternal torment he wished on so many. But I believe that if there is a God, She is far more merciful and tolerant than the twisted sadist Falwell imagined. And so if there is a life after this, I wish no ill on Falwell–only that he understands the damage he did to his fellow citizens, his nation, and the good religion whose tenets he perverted.
Topics: Christianity, In Memoriam, Religion | 8 Comments »
May 15th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
[...] In related news, claimed objective “reporter”, Jeff Fecker, from same Soros funded attack blog dances on grave of Falwell in hate filled rant. <blockquote> I wish I believed in Hell, so I could imagine Falwell enduring the eternal torment he wished on so many.</blockquote> [...]
May 15th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
[...] Some people just have no sense of humanity and cannot wait a day or two before speaking ill of the dead. [...]
May 15th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
After all, Jerry waited two whole days before blaming me for 9/11.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
maybe he died because he wasn’t doing gods will. Ariel Sharon
May 15th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I find it especially interesting that the people who value tolerance and diversity are the first ones to leave it behind.
Shame on you.
May 16th, 2007 at 6:23 am
Good riddance Jerrry Falwell; one less hatemonger in the world. He served only to divide America, just like his prote’ge’ President George W. Bush. Falwell deserves zero respect.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
[...] Others have commented on the predictable reaction from Falwell’s enemies. Malkin has some here. Mitch Berg has noted a personal encounter. Jeff Fecke provided his special brand of comments here: I wish I believed in Hell, so I could imagine Falwell enduring the eternal torment he wished on so many. But I believe that if there is a God, She is far more merciful and tolerant than the twisted sadist Falwell imagined. And so if there is a life after this, I wish no ill on Falwell–only that he understands the damage he did to his fellow citizens, his nation, and the good religion whose tenets he perverted. [...]
May 16th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I find it especially interesting that the people who value tolerance and diversity are the first ones to leave it behind.
Tolerance? Surely you jest. I’m tolerant of Jerry Falwell’s brand of hate, as long as he keeps it to himself and his friends. But he tried very hard to regulate the lives of my friends. I’m not going to be tolerant of that.
And I feel no shame in attacking a bigot. When David Duke and Fred Phelps die, I’ll write things just as scathing, if not more. And I’ll be right to do so. There’s no shame in hating evil, and a great deal of shame in acquiescing to it in the name of “civility.”