Holy Crap

[filkertom]

Jerry Falwell dead at 73.

If you know me at all, you know how I feel about this man and his words and his work. But that doesn't matter for the moment. A man is dead. May he find whatever rest he sought.

Mr. Falwell, at this point you will find out if you were right. For your sake, good luck.

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[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

Every time I remembered seeing him, he seemed smug and secure. To my knowledge he was never confronted with the people who argued against him.

The moment I remember was seeing him, right after Reagan's election I think, making a statement that the Moral Majority was largely responsible for his victory and he'd better listen to what they had to say. When the interviewer said this seemed like a threat, he backpedaled and said he was hoping to work with Reagan.

I believe what James Thurber said: "All men should try to learn, before they die/What they are running from, and to, and why." I think the tragedy of Jerry Falwell is that he never learned, or even tried to learn.