Liberty U students file class action suit-alleging Falwell placed students "severe physical risk"

[Dennis Donovan]

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NEW: @LibertyU students file class action suit against Liberty University alleging LU/ Falwell placed “students at severe physical risk and refused to refund thousands of dollars in fees owed to them for the Spring 2020 semester.”



12:32 PM - Apr 14, 2020

[cilla4progress]

1. AWESOME!!!

[madaboutharry]

2. Good for them.

They should all transfer to other schools.

[DenverJared]

3. The great American tort system at work

Open and shut case.

[lagomorph777]

4. What did Junior Fuckwell expect was going to happen

when he flouted orders from the state and local governments and jeopardized the lives of his Evilgelical students?

[MFGsunny]

5. How you like Liberty now, eh???????

Karma is a bytch and INDEED she's got sisters (who also show up).

[lame54]

37. Liberty to sue

[Thomas Hurt]

6. Oh no a revolt amongst the christofascist theocrats...forgot fall in line and shut up

probably putting their personal relationship with Jesus Christ in danger....tsk, tsk.

[gratuitous]

13. It IS odd

I would hazard a guess that most of the folks who attend Liberty University are the kind of authoritarian-loving followers who prefer to let other people do their thinking. Rising up against the Maximum Leader just because he's trying to kill them - and in a court of law! - would seem an extraordinarily bold step. This may take Jerry Jr. by surprise; he didn't know they had it in them to challenge him.

[MH1]

26. Most of them are probably only there because of their parents. nt

[Hortensis]

18. You're talking mostly about adolescents, whose tuition

is paid by parents who want them educated there.

Maybe we should try to be more like the people we think they should be. When they've grown up, of course.

[kimbutgar]

7. Wouldn't that be great if Liberty U is sued out of existence and Falwell is sued into bankruptcy?

They also need to put liens on all his assets.

[JHB]

27. Depends on whether the Moonies will bail it out again

Rev. Moon bailed it out For Jerry Sr. back in the 90s, when he was throwing money around to win friends and influence people among conservatives (such as operating the Washington Times at a loss to the tune of over a billion dollars over 20 years). Now that he's dead, it's less clear whether Moon's successors would do the same.

[OMGWTF]

34. The "Washington Times" still lives on unfortunately. It's Fux News in print.

[gibraltar72]

8. Not very Christstain of them.

[BrightKnight]

47. You can't justify spreading disease and killing vulnerable people in the name of Jesus

with anything in my Bible.

[malaise]

9. Your money and your life

Let us PREY!

[RKP5637]

17. Yes. preying for the students, or preying students ... That's Liberty U for sure. Propaganda, Inc.

filled with religious nuts.

[malaise]

21. Some of us were celebrating when Miss LU didn't know quid pro quo in the Jeopardy

College Champs - I was ROFL

[RKP5637]

23. ... they're not the sharpest tools in the tool shed!!!

[OMGWTF]

35. I love this quote so hard!!!

"An early objection I had with Christianity at school was when I was told I was part of a flock. Shepherds don't just look after sheep because they like them. They either want to fleece them, fuck them, or eat them." -- Christopher Hitchens

[malaise]

39. Perfect

they believe the flock are theirs to use and abuse - it's why I want no part of any of them. Of course the fact that I have no belief in any gods helps.

[Renew Deal]

10. This lawsuit will tell us if schools open in the fall

It's not looking good right now.

[VOX]

11. They are gambling with their immortal souls, risking an eternity of hellfire and torment!!1!

Good for them. The students sound like they have one foot planted in OBJECTIVE REALITY, at least.

[Leghorn21]

14. *Snort*!! some twitter comments:

“Didn’t know the students attending “Liberty University” had this level of collective action in them how socialist”

“SPOILER ALERT: Because of this lawsuit, these kids won’t get in to heaven”

“As a Reverend he's in tight with the Big Guy. I don't mean God. I mean Trump. Watch for interference from the WH.”

“This is like Christmas for heathens.”

[malaise]

22. This is like Christmas for heathens

for the win

[RKP5637]

15. Excellent!!! n/t

[SunSeeker]

16. LU should be glad it's just a class action for damages and not a wrongful death suit. nt

[crickets]

19. *ding!* This. nt

[thucythucy]

20. I hate to say it

and sincerely hope I'm wrong but:

give it time.

[SunSeeker]

33. True. Deaths seem to start happening about 3 weeks after exposure. nt

[Permanut]

24. Seems like physical risk would be welcomed by these students..

According to the Billy Graham organization,

"Heaven for the Christian will be a place of glorious life that will never end. Joy inexpressible, limitless peace, pure love, beauty beyond description—that’s what heaven is. Greatest of all will be the presence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, with whom we will enjoy fellowship forever."

If I believed that, I'd welcome the chance to go early. But that's just me.

[oldsoftie]

28. But the Bible also says killing yourself is wrong!

[Permanut]

31. Dang, missed the fine print.

[OMGWTF]

36. Sounds like the promise of 76 virgins or whatever BS they tell Muslim fighters.

[Permanut]

40. My luck I'd get 76 trombones. n/t

[robbob]

45. The you could lead the big parade...

😁

[obamanut2012]

43. Many of the kids who go here are made to

by their parents, or they won't pay for college. I've personally known several of them.

[CatMor]

25. Good for them ....

I also think the citizens of the USA should file a class action suit against trump.

[Evolve Dammit]

29. Great start. Now get the fuck out of there and go to a real school while the suit proceeds.

He showed you what he thinks of you. Don't doubt it ever again.

[CaptainTruth]

30. I guess they dont like losing their liberty.

[Mr. Ected]

32. None of these kids is at Liberty accidentally

Some of them want to be there of their own volition. Others are there because their parents are making that decision for them. For them to make their own lane and file a class action lawsuit against the university is an amazing testament to their fortitude, in my opinion.

A baptist preacher died yesterday after continuing to hold services during the covid-19 lockdown period. He challenged God and claimed that his faith was stronger than any virus.

That's these kids' case in a nutshell. They were the sacrificial lambs that Falwell brazenly (and heartlessly) offered to God in some sort of diabolical oblation. If they died, they were God's good soldiers who stayed in school because God called them to service. If they lived, they'd keep paying those tuitions and praised the Lord for their totally-expected-all-the-time survival. Falwell had it all figured out.

Bet he NEVER saw this coming.

[luvtheGWN]

38. "A baptist preacher died yesterday after continuing to hold services during the covid-19 lockdown pe

And how many congregants did he manage to infect when he shook hands with them after the service? I hope someone is keeping track of that.

[sfstaxprep]

41. Thoughts & Prayers

There.....all better now.

[SayItLoud]

42. Haven't seen any reporting about # of students, faculty and workers infected. NT

[spike jones]

44. In the early seventies I worked for a building supply company near Lynchburg VA and

we supplied material for the Thomas Road Baptist Church. The company was never paid, and Jerry Falwell basically dared it to sue the church. The boss was possibly a real Christian and let it go as a loss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Road_Baptist_Church

[Fritz Walter]

46. If this lawsuit ever goes to trial...

...please let me be a juror! I promise to review all the facts in the case, and render a decision fairly and impartially!

Given current circumstances, I’m willing to do my civic duty without asking taxpayers to pay expenses or a per-diem. We all must make sacrifices now to preserve the Republic. It would be an honor to serve!

<— is this really necessary here?

[Hekate]

48. Wakey-wakey kids. This man Fallwell just wants money and mind-control & is far from godly. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

49. Good for them. Fucking grifter.

[ck4829]

50. K&R