Update/Related (16:44 | May 17) P.J. Gladnick of "DUmmie FUnnies" (also an NB blogger) has a blog entry about Democratic Underground worrying about commenter bile over Falwell damaging their "cause."
Update (10:14 EDT | May 17): WikipediaReview.com picked up on this post. The discussion board's slogan: "Now with 100 percent better judgment, care, and sensitivity than Wikipedia itself." Check them out.
(Content warning: Inappropriate, crass comments from left-wing nutjobs excerpted below)
Joking that an elderly religious man died from suffocating on a penis is not my idea of anything "comical." It is to the George Carlin wannabes at Wonkette though, reporting on a vandalized Jerry Falwell page on Wikipedia:
Something happened to somebody famous, so guess what happened on Wikipedia … that’s right, the person’s page was comically vandalized! Nobody ever gets tired of a really good joke.
Accompanying that post was a screenshot of a Wikipedia page (it has since been cleaned up) which read: "Jerry Falwell choked on Pat Robertson's cock to death. THE END wootah."
You'll recall that in March, MRC's Brent Bozell wrote about Wikipedia's bias against conservatives, but this is ridiculous.
On Wonkette's part, posting such an item served only to provide another comment thread for wingunuts to spew hatred about Falwell and religious conservatives, such as this dirge by commenter "choirboy":
It gives me great comfort to know that Pastor Falwell is picking up his gift bag in hell right about now.
I was so hoping that he would be alive for another decade or two hooked up to a breathing machine and feeding tube so he could share in the good times that Ms Schiavo had for so long. Alas, not to be. So, burn Jerry burn, ya fuh-reek.
The same jerk also posted a blasphemous comment that dragged Jesus Christ into the mix:
Cocksucking is an old Evangelical tradition. It's called the anointing of the tonsils. Come Lord Jesus.
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I am FURIOUSJUST FURIOUSGod h
May 16, 2007 - 16:15 ET by bigtimerI am FURIOUS
JUST FURIOUS
God help us all.
bt...I hear ya!I do however t
May 16, 2007 - 16:23 ET by Clear thinkerbt...
I hear ya!
I do however take comfort in knowing that people like this ingrate will be going to hell when his time comes. What goes around, comes around, in a biblical way of course.
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
You know, the idiots who writ
May 16, 2007 - 16:21 ET by bretzysdudeYou know, the idiots who write that kind of garbage may actually be teenagers who never learned who Falwell is, but just think it's cool to make fun of a dead Christian.
Now, of course, if they DO know who Falwell is, they are at the maturity level of said teenagers.
While I think it's horrible t
May 16, 2007 - 16:26 ET by LeonWhile I think it's horrible to mock anyone in death, Falwell inspired a lot of anger in a lot of people. He has said some horrible things in his day and I don't think it's fair to ignore his hateful comments. As I posted before and will post again, in my opinion, this is one of the most despicable comments I've ever read from someone that is so widely revered:
“If Chief Justice Warren and his associates had known God’s word and had desired to do the Lord’s will, I am quite confident that the 1954 decision [Brown v. Board of Education] would never have been made…. The facilities should be separate. When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line.”
- Jerry Falwell commenting on what he called, "the Civil Wrongs Movement"
We will give you that one L
May 16, 2007 - 16:42 ET by MightyMouthWe will give you that one Leon. Anything else? Or does one racial statement made 53 years ago in the segregated south, define a man's life? No forgiveness from Leon?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Forgiveness can only be had i
May 17, 2007 - 07:20 ET by Roger the ShrubberForgiveness can only be had if a public figure kills a woman in his car, or was a Klansman many years ago. Oh, and if he's a Democrat(ic). Only then could forgiveness be found.
That being said, Falwell was a scumbag televangelist and deserves nothing more from the folks here at NB but our disgust and scorn.
"That being said, Falw
May 17, 2007 - 09:16 ET by MightyMouth"That being said, Falwell was a scumbag televangelist and deserves
nothing more from the folks here at NB but our disgust and scorn"
Roger, you have him confused with Jimmy Swaggert. I knew Falwell (indeed graduated from the same college as he) and he has gotten a bad wrap, don't believe the BS about him. He had a local church that used the medium of television to increase it's out reach. His church has had many outreachs and programs to help unwed mothers, Alchoholics, AIDs awareness etc. You may or may not like Coulter but check out what she has to say about him.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Leon, you are an idiot. Jerr
May 16, 2007 - 22:46 ET by mostlymoderateLeon, you are an idiot. Jerry Falwell was only declaring what a majority of people in the South felt concerning segregation. The only reason you feel diferently 53 years later is because you have had 53 years to be "convinced" that segregation was inherently wrong. We are a wiser people nowadays. How dare you judge somebody on the race issue for something they said 50+ years ago. We locked Chinese people in prison camps too! Women were expected to stay at home and work. You were a whore if you had sex before marriage. etc. You gonna judge our grandparents and great-grandparents for all that too? What else you got, Merlin?
I'll make it easy for you. What has falwell said the last 20 years that was offensive?
Um. . .not more than one mont
May 16, 2007 - 23:00 ET by tracheostomyUm. . .not more than one month ago during a public message, he called a very substantial chunk of Evangelicals heretics.
http://www.founders.org/blog/2007/04/jerry-falwells-friday-13th-declaration.html
Commentary Quote:
"For all the talk about the Great Commission, why call the father of modern missions, William Carey, a heretic?
For all the talk about preaching and the Church, why call the Prince of Preachers, Charles Spurgeon, a heretic?
For all the talk about being salt and light, preserving culture and all, why call men like D. James Kennedy and Al Mohler heretics?
For all this talk about being baptist, why call Baptist theologians like Boyce, Mell,Dagg, and Nettles, Baptist pastors like Bunyan, Dever, and Malone heretics?"
(h/t to Timmy Brister, see comments below article)
But it's no big deal to you. . .YOU'RE ON A ROLL! Falwell had an incredibly careless tongue. James 3:1-12 is of particular note here, especially verses 1 and 9.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Oh yeah I guess you missed hi
May 17, 2007 - 06:46 ET by LeonOh yeah I guess you missed his disgraceful 9/11 comments. pretty sure those were in the last 20 years.
And by the way I fail to see how it was ok to be racist 50 years ago. Just b/c people in the South were ignorant, bitter they lost the civil war, and full of hate does not mean their racist beliefs were valid. I will judge my grandparents and great grandparents for their racism. We're talking about 1958 almost 100 years after the civil war and over 300 years after other civilized European countries banned slavery. Please, give me a break. Falwell was a racist. Once a racist always a racist. How come you all don't have the same forgive and forget (it was 50 years ago blah blah blah) about Byrd? Explain that.
I haven't had to be convinced segregation was inherently wrong. It's something all people should know from birth. Racism is wrong. Period. Your defense of Falwells racism is sickening.
Kumbayah, Leon?
May 17, 2007 - 09:30 ET by RJKumbayah, leon? What a dumb post. Children are taught bigotry from an early age and it can be difficult, if not impossible, to get them to change....other, older individuals like you make a conscious effort to become bigots....and are even more difficult to enlighten.
"1958...over 300 years after other civilized European countries banned slavery" Huh. America really disgusts your well-tended sense of elitism, doesn't it?
Racism is wrong. So is havi
May 17, 2007 - 09:35 ET by JimboRacism is wrong. So is having a burning hatred of the United States, which appears to be a trait shared by you and the terrorists.
Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speech and treason"
Once a racist always a racist
May 17, 2007 - 10:38 ET by pbanks7Once a racist always a racist.
What crap. In the 70's it was acceptable to tell ethnic jokes. Then I saw "Soul Man," in which a white guy finds out what it's like to be black. That ended n****r jokes for me. Was telling those jokes racist? Does that make me a racist now?
Impeach Robert K.K.K. Bird now!
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.
D'oh! Double post.
May 17, 2007 - 10:42 ET by pbanks7D'oh! Double post.
Give it a rest leon
May 17, 2007 - 09:08 ET by JimboLeon – you are such a child. You are taking a post which presents a situation which is clearly undefendable by anyone, regardless of political or social leanings, and taking that opportunity to spin it into something else to support your own twisted sense of reality.
You say that the action being discussed is “horrible”, but you devote two full paragraphs on other things.
Give it a break. Please.
Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speech and treason"
I guess I'll be first to as
May 16, 2007 - 16:36 ET by Tom1969caI guess I'll be first to ask the obligatorily obvious question...
WIACSI?
~~~
"Al Gore never shuts up; it's just occasionally we have to hood him like a falcon so we can get some sleep..."Denis Miller (on Al Gore)
Huh? I'm new here, and I trie
May 16, 2007 - 16:38 ET by bretzysdudeHuh? I'm new here, and I tried to Google that. No luck.
Such compassion, such underst
May 16, 2007 - 17:02 ET by Andrew H.Such compassion, such understanding, such patience and love... these leftists are filled with hate and think they're filled with love. I don't understand how they can think so wrongly, say such inane, stupid things. I don't hate them but I'm bumping up next to it.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
...very "tolerant"
May 16, 2007 - 17:10 ET by TruthMonger...very "tolerant" aren't they as they "celebrate" the "diversity" of the different views and opinions of our wonderful world...
"Jerry Falwell choked on Pat
May 16, 2007 - 17:47 ET by NoMoreClintons"Jerry Falwell choked on Pat Robertson's cock to death.
These nutjobs are so ignorant that they can't even put a sentence together. Talk about fractured syntax . . .
How amazing that every Libe
May 16, 2007 - 18:56 ET by awffp1890How amazing that every Liberal posting I have read about Falwell complains about his "hate speech". And how do they complain? With hate speech. Hippocrates of the worl unite!
"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity. But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning
No surprises there. These
May 16, 2007 - 19:20 ET by Jinx McHueNo surprises there. These supposedly "tolerant" and "non-hateful" people are nothing of the sort. They are far, far more intolerant and hateful than they [falsely] claim Falwell was.
o_0 - Helloo, language? No
May 16, 2007 - 22:23 ET by tracheostomyo_0 - Helloo, language? No need to repeat verbatum now.
Just keepin' the Falwell spirit alive. =D
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
This, from tolerant, open-min
May 17, 2007 - 10:28 ET by pbanks7This, from tolerant, open-minded, non-hating liberals.
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.