Franklin Graham: Hurricanes will continue as long as gays are allowed to live on east coast

[kpete]

Franklin Graham says there will continue to be hurricanes as long as gays are allowed to live on the east coast.

“allowed to live.”

Is he suggesting killing LGBTQs? Or just having people like him drive force them out to camps or someplace? Murderous fascism. Hitler would smile

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[spanone]

1. fuck this ignorant grifting asshole.

[Amishman]

33. In a twisted way his insanity benefits us by keeping the religious right away from mainstream

Having wackos like him endorsing Republicans helps deter the less insane from supporting those candidates.

[spanone]

41. I know what you're saying and I agree, I'm just sick of them.

[Mysterian]

34. My sentiments exactly.

I despise these thieving preachers.

[hlthe2b]

2. His father had the patina of "moderate" (though we now know better re: his racism, antisemitism)

I have absolutely detested Franklin Graham since he pushed himself on the stage of the Columbine Memorial and gave his Christofascist speech at what was SUPPOSED to be nondenominational, given the many faiths represented and the non-believers present as well.

It made me so mad and while he was treated with the civility that he did NOT deserve-- by those whose raw pain he only added to--I will NEVER forget.

[Mariana]

27. Billy Graham did very well for himself in the preaching business.

I believe his net worth was about $25 million when he died.

[Effete Snob]

3. Bullshit

No one on Twitter is able to source that quote.

Someone made it up and a bunch of people are simply repeating it.

Where did he say this? To whom? In what medium?

[kpete]

5. Kurt Eichenwald

is a pretty straightforward, honest person.
I trust him.

peace,
kp

[Effete Snob]

6. He's full of shit on this one

Graham told him?

I don’t give a fuck who said it without a source. It’s still bullshit.

Tell us where he got it.

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But… whatever. Truth is so outdated.

But, hey, who needs critical thinking when someone famous forwards a bullshit quote.

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[GoodRaisin]

29. Good post, thanks for pointing this out.

While I think we all know who and what Franklin Graham is, we need to verify before spreading information, and hold one another accountable for doing so. I see OPs called out for this often and it needs to apply to everyone regardless of how much we "trust" a poster or how much the poster "trusts" their own sources. The bottom line is we don't want to be the spreaders of disinformation.

[FBaggins]

10. kpete

also strikes me as a pretty straightforward, honest person.

That does not mean that I should take anything you post at face value if an unsourced claim is made.

Given that this same quote has bounced around social media for years and never seems to include anything supporting the accusation... it's a stretch to assume that Eichenwald must have looked into it and validated the claim before repeating it - but just forgot to say so.

[Quakerfriend]

4. This guy needs to just disappear

I will never forget what he did last year when he set up medical tents in Central Park to help with COVID and then turned around and tried to get LGBT folks to sign some sort of pledge to go ‘straight’ before they would be allowed to receive care 😡.

[Effete Snob]

7. Franklin Graham is an asshole

But what you said, like the OP, is also not true.

If you care…

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/06/fact-check-covid-19-responders-required-sign-anti-lgbtq-statement/2955105001/

Yes, his aid organization requires that its employees and volunteers believe in his religion and its nonsense. No, it does not require that of patients.

[Trueblue1968]

40. FRANKLIKN GRAHAM IS NOT A CHRISTIAN !!!!!

[Blue Owl]

8. He's a dangerous simpleton

[Effete Snob]

14. As dangerous as the spread of fake stuff on social media

People just shut their brains off and believe any old thing they see on Twitter and Facebook.

[sarcasmo]

9. The "church" of idiots like Graham, should be paying taxes.

[Elessar Zappa]

11. Whether he said this or not,

he’s still a vile asshole.

[dawg]

12. Is that why they keep hitting San Francisco?

[smirkymonkey]

17. Yeah, and apparently Provincetown is really

getting a walloping lately as well.

[treestar]

23. LOL

And apparently, gay people have always been living on the east coast!

[we can do it]

28. And Rehoboth Beach.

[SKKY]

16. I find it odd they blame this on "the gays", and not for their own undying support...

...of a morally corrupt person like Donald Trump. Or for their "aggressive indifference" for the poor and less privileged. Or for turning their backs on immigrants. Or for showing up in front of their flock wearing 5K Armani suits and swindling them out of their hard-earned money. I can name many others, but the God I believe in has got to be looking down at them, shaking his head, and saying "Really? Really. WTAF people? That's not what I meant."

[roamer65]

18. Those states are way full of fake Christians.

I think it was God punishing them for their idolatry of Dump.

[eShirl]

19. So they will both continue. Bold prediction, Frankie.

[joetheman]

20. Is this man for real?? Is this post real? If yes, he is the scum of the earth!@ nt

[Effete Snob]

21. No, it's fake

There is no source for this quote which has bounced around with various attributions for years.

The OP does not care, since the operative principle is that it does not matter whether a bad thing about a disliked person is true or not, because it doesn't make a difference.

Once you cross that threshold, where the truth doesn't matter as long as the factoid in question suits you, it's smooth sailing.

[alphafemale]

22. He is way more extreme than his dad ever was

That is just...

He is literally saying gays should be exterminated.

His dad was just in it for the money and tried to be as benign as possible.

[malaise]

24. We give these ignorant fools way too much attention

That is all

[malaise]

25. We give these ignorant fools way too much attention

That is all

[treestar]

26. If he didn't say it, some preacher may have

[TheProle]

43. oh well then

what's a little deliberate misattribution in the name of the greater good, right?

[treestar]

44. wasn't it his father that said something simliar?

if someone did say it, yeah, attribute it to the right person.

You can't tell when someone is being sarcastic any more.

[moondust]

30. Little Nazi wants his ethnic cleansing.

How 'bout some good ol' fashioned genocide, Frankie?

[Duppers]

31. Better: Hurricanes will stop when preachers stop lying❗

Wish there were a hell where he could burn.

[DFW]

32. Actually, the real result of research shows the following

Hurricanes will continue as long as Republicans follow so-called "spiritual" leaders, whose only spiritual fulfillment comes when their deluded followers have given them all their money.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

35. Hurricanes have been around for millions of years, were early humanoids gay too? I'd bet

[Nevilledog]

36. 👇

[Vinca]

37. It seems people like Franklin Graham "protest too much" and next thing you know they're

charged with soliciting a male prostitute or similar offense.

[GoCubsGo]

38. No, Franklin. He's pissed off at all the hypocrites who spew lies and hatred in his name.

Like that sack of shit you see every time you look in the mirror. And, by the way, he's not too thrilled with all y'all who are ignoring his doctors and scientists, either.

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Nixon "allowed" a million North Vietnamese to live...

…those Frank’s pa, Billy Graham, wanted to drown by blowing up the dikes.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/27/the-preacher-and-vietnam-when-billy-graham-urged-nixon-to-kill-one-million-people/

[lame54]

42. I think he's suggesting...

They all move to the midwest