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newguy888 said:All religious extremists and yes Falwell was an extremist are and were dangerous.
Correct.
newguy888 said:All religious extremists and yes Falwell was an extremist are and were dangerous.
dittonewguy888 said:All religious extremists and yes Falwell was an extremist are and were dangerous.
bosco said:I'm willing to bet (but am too lazy to go back and search the archives) that a lot of those expressing outrage at the opinions expressed at Falwell's death were willing to express happiness when Saddam Hussein was hung.
saluki9 said:Laurence - I can certainly understand the anger about this man's teachings. I don't agree with any of them. Comparing them to Muslim imams who advocate the death of all Americans is so far of a stretch that I think it makes you look a little silly however.
Having disagreements with a person's teachings does not make it right to gloat and celebrate the fact that a man died (at least in my book). You may not be religious, but in MY heart I have to believe that the creator looks down with severe disdain on anybody who celebrates another man's death. As for Khan's comment that they should be happy that he's headed to heaven. While they might believe that, you should know that most grieving is for those left behind, not those that died.
As for the commend on UBL and how all of us "right wingers" will be celebrating. when a man is a direct threat to humanity, he should be put down. That doesn't mean I would see any joy in it.
Laurence said:I'll go further to say that I probably should not have participated on this thread in the first place, it's only damaging to expel energy on something so negative. We forgive others not just to forgive them but to free our own souls/minds from a burden. Something I need to work on.
You're kidding yourself if you think that all of this is not classic hypocrisy. I'm not picking on you in particular, so don't take it that way. What I've seen in this thread is as disgusting as anything that I ever heard from the mouth of Falwell, a guy that I personally thought was wrong at least 90% of the time that he spoke. I'm not a fan of his at all but the attitude in this thread is simply wrong.lazygood4nothinbum said:this is not hypocracy talking. this is the sound of disgust. how convenient to try to dismiss an argument by mislabeling it. what the people here are expressing is not hypocritical at all. it is simply critique.
Personally, I'm neither right wing nor a fraud. Don't jump to the easy assumptions that way because they are usually wrong.alphabet soup said:You right wing frauds make me laugh. If it was Bin Laden who died you'd be falling all over yourselves frothing at the mouth and hurling the same kind of invective.
Would Bin Laden deserve respect? Hell, no. And neither does Falwell.
The world is just better off without some people.
You hypocrites.
I think that you're missing a point here. I've said that I didn't agree with (or even like to hear) some of Falwell's rants. He was often filled with misguided hate, I agree. My whole point is that responding with the same kind of childish hate now that the man is dead is a very obviously hypocritical approach to take.Laurence said:Ah, but Fox News has no problem condemning, and we have no problem jailing, Muslim Imams who "encurage muslim youth to wage jihad" on the western world. Yet Fallwell waged jihad on a large portion of Americans. The point is, many people feel his actions worked only to hurt people and this country, and are not sad to see him gone. Those of you quick to jump on this feeling as hypocricy, well, there is nothing to prevent people from only taking what they want from a conversation because it fits their world view. If you didn't see that Jerry was adding hate to the world before he died, you certianly won't see that now.
I, for one, don't recall expressing anything at all when Saddam was executed. I may be wrong, but I don't think I posted anything in a thread about his execution.youbet said:I'll disagree with ya on that one. I think you're wrong.
Deetso said:I must admit that Im rather perplexed at the comments here. I presumed that if you were so outraged by the level of disrespect this man gave to some people you would be outraged by disrespect to any human being.
Being happy someone has died and calling it good news seems extrememly disrespectful.