Reply #71: Nonsense. The man was a parasite [View All]

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Who cried for Torquemada, Vlad the Impaler, Rudolph Hess, Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, Mussolini, Napoleon, Hitler or Timothy McVeigh? Who will cry over Castro or bin Laden's death?

Falwell was a hardened segregationist/anti-semite who had a radio platform to spew his hate and gather the funds to enrich himself by preying on that hatred. This was long before he joined forces with Paul Weyrich to form the Moral Majority which not only put Reagan in power, but so much so that he had the ear of the President. That is an unbelievable amount of power for a man so disdainful of literally 3/54th the American people to have a say over their (our) lives.

It was his words spewed over the public's airwaves(and his imitators) that incited people to violence against abortion clinics, gay people, and especially the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. How many people died of AIDS because he believed it was a judgment from God, and had Reagan's ear, and Reagan did nothing but let people die. How many more are dying in Africa because of his influence in making sure anything we do must center around "abstinence only" policies?

This man, his riches, and his influence over public policy in the USA dating back to the early 60s has caused nothing but strife, fear, violence, and death no matter what kind of "nice Christian" face he put on it. He was a modern day Torquemada, and I for one, will not apologize for being glad his reign of terror is over.