Falsani takes a break to suck her thumb

Cathleen Falsani apparently is taking the weekend off from blogging to suck her thumb.    She deserves a rest.  She actually should take more than a weekend off.  Her employers at the Sun-Times should mercifully give her a l-o-n-g time off. 

This morning on her blog, she lists all the nasty things Christians called her while defending Rev. Jerry Falwell after they read her vicious column this week.  Falsani's wallowing in a self-pity pool this weekend, sucking her thumb and contemplating how mean "Jesus followers" are to her.

Okay, Cathleen didn't call Jerry Falwell a "nappy-headed ho" like Imus.  She didn't joke about sexually assaulting public officials as others did.  Cathleen merely celebrated the Rev's passing with a chorus of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," and mocked the life ministry of an evangelical leader.  She still should be fired.

Maybe Cathleen doesn't understand that her comments are akin to the Westboro Baptist Church clan picketing a military funeral.  Maybe she doesn't see that her hatred has blinded her own ability to value those who don't view the world through her eyes.  Maybe she absolutely doesn't tolerate those who believe in absolutes. 

I would fight for her right to say and write what she wants.  But she broke all forms of civil decorum with her rude and disgusting disrespect of the fallen Falwell.  And it wouldn't be so appalling if it hadn't come from the keyboard of someone who claims to have a special interest in writing about religion. 

Do us all a favor, and move on to entertainment or cooking or interior decorating if you must write, Cathleen.  We turn our backs on the Westboro Baptist Clan's tactics and we turn our backs on yours.

Comments

[Jason Baris]

Please dont ever link the westboro baptist church in an article again. They dont even deserve it...especially with signs that say "Pray for more dead soldiers."

Evil

[Jerry]

Typical liberal disconnection. Emails criticizing her for celebrating the death of a Christian minister are now "coming after me with pitchforks and torches".

Delusions of relevance.

[Pat Hickey]

Maybe Bono will get her some work ending world poverty and hunger by shopping with Oprah.

[Peter LaBarbera]

Oh, I get it, now that I've read her blog entry. Cathleen is the victim here!

Peter: exactly. She is a victim of reactionary rightwing God-Bags condemning her right to free speech.

Peter: exactly. She is a victim of reactionary rightwing God-Bags condemning her right to free speech.

[Peter LaBarbera]

"Reactionary rightwing God-Bags"? That's delicious. Identify yourself, oh Tolerant One.

[Werewolffan98]

In other news, the church once declared that the belief of the earth rotating around the sun was heretical and called Galelo a Heretic,and once in the 12th centry A.D. the church once viewed jews as being heretics and called those that converted "Conversos"(sorry for my Spanish)