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You hit the nail on the coffin (I mean, head)
Falwell was nothing more than a "media personality". Like so many others who have filled air time with their vapid ideas - Anna Nicole Smith, Tucker Carlson, Pat Roberston - he offered nothing of substance to the culural dialogue. Like a good old fashioned huckster, he used hate and religion to manipulate his target demographic. Funny how those were the two things Jesus himself hated most. I think Falwell's downfall is that he skipped over the Sermon on the Mount because that kind of gospel won't line your pockets and get you invited on Hannity and Colmes. What is interesting is that for a personality like Anna Nicole Smith I actually felt bad because it was obvious she was a victim. Falwell was no victim. He was just plain vain and greedy. Its just too bad this couldn't have happened 70 years sooner. It would have saved many people a lot of pain.
