HOLY LOLLER

[profundis]

It's simply not realistic to expect or even wish that people will be over talking about a figure as infamous/famous as Jerry Falwell within 24 hours of his passing. 

Whether you hate, love or could care less about him and his life or death - people talk.  People have opinions that have formed over years and they aren't going to be done expressing them in less than one day.  If we are still going on about it 3 months, that will be annoying but how long did the OJ thing and the Anna thing and even the iPhone thing go on?  

On a personal note I think there is something of a generation gap on this topic - I feel like younguns are more apt to think "Falwell who?" since televangelists were already objects of hilarity by the time they were old enough to be aware of him.  The best thing I can say to that, is that I am so happy that they have grown up in a world where the internet has largely replaced TV and if someone says something hateful on it - well, they can just "go cry about it in their Livejournals" and know they aren't alone...and that there are other opinions out there - that they are not themselves wrong or broken or sinful or evil for not living up to the "moral" standards espoused by bigots.

As much as it makes me shake my head, I'm actually glad that there is a generation of 'mos that have the mental and social luxury of feeling sorry for someone who was so unsympathetic to them and people like them - because that means that *we* won.  We're still here. We survived. He's food for worms. 

We're here, we're queer, get over it.

Hallelujah.

Comments

[bigfundrew.livejournal.com]

Hallelujah, Holla Back.

[lucentnotion.livejournal.com]

Hear hear! let everyone say what they have to say and just skip over posts you don't want to read. That's my advice to everyone!

I can't tell anymore if I fall into the category of Youngon.. LOL. I turn 27 on monday... but I knew who falwell was and I despised him...

[ericdabear.livejournal.com]

I agree with what you say here.

Also too the opinions expressed help us better understand those people we read and it helps fuel topics and avenues for discussion which is part of what LJ is about imo.

[kev-bot.livejournal.com]

We do keep winning, don't we? It takes a nation of millions to hold us back. Thanks for this.

[jkusters]

To me there's a difference between "feeling sorry" for Falwell and choosing not to rejoice in another human's death. I am truly happy that his message of hate and intolerance has ceased. Like you, I've been outraged frequently by this opportunistic a-hole. (And if your profile birth date is accurate, I've been around a few more years than you.) I'm thankful that his apparently stupid and ignorant remarks are now the thing of legacy, and not ongoing prejudice. I just can't bring myself to "dance on the grave" of any human being, no matter how hated he or she was in life. So, while I will join with my fellow 'mos in abhorring his message and working against his legacy, I will mark this human's passing in the same way I would any other, by appreciating the of my own that remains.

JOhn.

[imageartifacts.livejournal.com]

It is odd isn't, the new generation? I'm jealous and in awe at the same time.

My family was nearly snake-handlers, so I'm very glad he's gone. As we continue to become more visible as real people in the world, change will continue. At least that's what I think.

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

"Blessed be."

[cachorro34.livejournal.com]

Very nice Mikey.