Two days ago I wrote about Jerry Falwell’s facemask design using a blackface and KKK photo. An online professor resigned over it. Now, a student at Liberty University has written Falwell an open letter of protest. Rather than comment extensively, I will post his tweet here:
I (Micah Trostle) wrote this letter to my school President, Jerry Falwell Jr, whom I have been burdened by his inappropriate racial, sexual, and political behavior. As a member of Liberty's student body, it is my duty to step up and share my concerns. #jerryfalwelljr #liberty pic.twitter.com/gNAQoIsRfR
— trostlefilms (@trostlefilms) May 30, 2020
The letter is a little hard to read for older eyes so you can see a larger version by clicking this link.
The nation is tearing itself apart and Jerry Falwell thinks it is appropriate to use painful racist images to make some lame political point. This isn’t getting much press because the riots, COVID, and Donald Trump allow no time for anything else. However, I suspect a majority of Liberty students would agree with Mr. Trostle.
UPDATE:
Falwell is doubling down with some head scratching reasoning.
People have asked why I won’t apologize for reminding people of the @vagovernor racist past in a recent tweet. It’s because that same Gov just ended tuition assistance grants for the 27% of @LibertyU online students who are African-American! Put your$ where your mouth is Gov. Sad
— Jerry Falwell (@JerryFalwellJr) June 1, 2020
I plan to check into the facts but I doubt that Gov. Northam picked out Liberty U’s African-American online students to target. In any case, Falwell sounds like a child – he won’t apologize because of something someone else did. If you take a look at the comments on the tweet, he getting — as the kids say — ratioed.
Here is a balanced article on the online funding issue from Inside Higher Education.
Insults and idiotic behaviour can take many forms, notwithstanding the gross and vile actions of Falwell.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8392587/Donald-Trump-calls-massive-fall-unemployment-great-day-murdered-George-Floyd.html
Trump is plumbing new depths of revolting poor taste. I really think he is going completely mad.
And now, stay tuned for Falwell Jr.’s petulant reaction / animus against this student (perhaps even shutting down the entire “International Business” studies program)… all because of Falwell Jr.’s yearning to set an example through the love of Christ.
As a follow-up, may I present this gem from the Babylon Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/jerry-falwell-whips-out-sword-to-hack-ear-off-man-who-briefly-criticized-donald-trump
But then Jerry Jr, is a whiny thin-skinned little b*tch just like his thin-skinned whiny little b*tch Orange Dear Leader.
As a follow-up, may I present this gem from the Babylon Bee:
https://babylonbee.com/news/jerry-falwell-whips-out-sword-to-hack-ear-off-man-who-briefly-criticized-donald-trump
But then Jerry Jr, is a whiny thin-skinned little b*tch just like his thin-skinned whiny little b*tch Orange Dear Leader.
I skimmed through the responses, my favorite was:
Masks are so passe. Poof Covid gone for now.
I wonder if it’s related to this: https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/liberty-university-slams-northams-proposed-cut-to-online-tuition-aid/
If it’s related to what’s in the article, then Falwell is way off base. And I can’t see what else it could be about. Falwell’s tweet makes it sound like black students have been singled out, which is nonsense – the cuts are to assistance for online classes (the article explains the reason) and apply to all online classes in Virginia, and all students, not just black students.
Well, Jr, just like his daddy, is a fraud and a charlatan. But, it says a lot about the ignorance of the parents, that so many students keep showing up there. Without them, Jr. would be mopping floors somewhere.. His dad was so swarmy, I had to go hit something whenever his fat greasy face showed up on TV..But they’re all like that. Pat Robertson, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn. I blame the folks who are too stupid to ignore them..