Jerry Falwell is no longer with us and Teletubbies everywhere are dancing. And that goes double for Tinky Winky.
But the Teletubbies have lots of company.
Gawker reports that it is a great day for Larry Flynt.
Kim Pearson at Blogher has a nice round up of Falwell's venom spewing life and some interesting reactions to his death. Don't miss the link to rightwing Newsbuster's round-up of "tasteless and mean" liberal reactions.
But the best way to 'grieve' hatemonger Jerry Falwell is to take a look at what he stood for -- in his own tasteless and mean words.
In "Another Segregationist Bites the Dust," Jill at Jack and Jill Politics reminds us that this guy didn't confine his hatred to gays:
"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
And from Reclusive Leftist:
“God is pro-war.” -- Jerry Falwell
“I listen to feminists and all these radical gals - most of them are failures. They’ve blown it. Some of them have been married, but they married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That’s all they need. Most of the feminists need a man to tell them what time of day it is and to lead them home. And they blew it and they’re mad at all men. Feminists hate men. They’re sexist. They hate men - that’s their problem.” -- Jerry Falwell
“AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals; it is God’s punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.” -- Jerry Falwell
“Homosexuality is Satan’s diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.” -- Jerry Falwell
From Boing Boing:
After the September 11 attacks Falwell said, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen." -- Jerry Falwell
"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being." -- Jerry Falwell
Positive Atheism:
"We're fighting against humanism, we're fighting against liberalism ... we are fighting against all the systems of Satan that are destroying our nation today ... our battle is with Satan himself." -- Jerry Falwell
"The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews." -- Jerry Falwell
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