Okay, I didn't dig Jerry's panache for scapegoating other people...

[Deja Q]

But my condolences DO go out to his family for their loss.

He's still a human and far worse ones get respect for some reason.

[niyad]

1. gracious of you--but those people lived large on his hatred and bigotry, so, no I don't have a whole

lot of sympathy for them.

[valerief]

4. Big fat ditto! nt

[rubberducky]

2. My his fat ass burn in hell. Sorry, no sympathy vote from me.

[BlueStater]

3. It's hard to think of someone far worse than Falwell

He was terrible man who harmed millions of people.

I feel sorry for his family but that's the extent of my sympathy.

[beyurslf]

5. I'm not sure I feel sorry for them, standing by his side and ready to carry

on his legacy.

[Deja Q]

6. I know nothing of his fmaily or their beliefs.

Indeed, Ronald Reagan had a son; the proverbial black sheep.

Anything's possible.

[TommyO]

7. Anything is possible, but unfortunately unlikely

Both of his sons are involved in the family business. Right from Falwell's bio at liberty.edu (I need a shower now)

Two sons, Jerry Falwell, Jr., Attorney, Vice-Chancellor of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va. and Jonathan Falwell, Attorney and Executive Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg Va.

[Deja Q]

9. Thx for the info.

And rest assured, I won't be going there any time soon. I read their web page list of qualifiers. For "liberty", their list of restrictions is too ghastly to contemplate. A pity; I'd love to find out what they mean by "liberty". Maybe later. Especially when they live in a town called "Lynchburg" - yeesh. Hardly love-affirming by any measure; sounds like a place (400 years ago) where the citizens had ritual lynchings...

[Deja Q]

8. I won't deny his verbal jabs and scapegoating influenced other people.

But I do not recall an incident where he personally maimed another human being.

Like I said, he said a lot of things I don't agree with. But he had the right to say them as much as we have the right to say the things we do.

My OP was meant to say I feel sympathy for his family.

As for people who are worse than Falwell, there are plenty. One near-modern day example is Charles Manson: Who would give his family solace when he dies? Look what he did. Vicious. Utterly vicious.