# Jerry Falwell is a cuck and was blackmailed into supporting Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898 "2020-08-24T17:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/141 "2020-11-02T19:23:21Z")
While you may have just been reiterating what I said, I did refer to the link I posted as “amusing satire”. Some satire, especially satire by right-wingers, is pretty opaque “ I want to shoot all libtards ha ha just kidding don’t you recognize satire” but I thought this one was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/142 "2020-11-02T19:24:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > While you may have just been reiterating what I said, I did refer to the link I posted as “amusing satire”. - Sorry, I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/143 "2020-11-02T19:26:28Z")
In your defense I did too, which is not Ann’s fault. My eyes tend to skip right to the link and then go back if I find it interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/144 "2020-11-02T23:17:18Z")
And if it wasn’t satire, and Falwell really did try that defense, that would be even more amusing. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/145 "2020-11-02T23:24:32Z")
Man, that’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/146 "2020-11-06T03:06:07Z")
This is satire, a la The Onion or Babylon Bee. However, if JF Jr. really DID say a thing like that, I wouldn’t be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/147 "2020-11-06T03:10:17Z")
You know, I said it was “amusing satire” in the original post then someone else posted telling me it was satire then I told them that I said it was “amusing satire” in my original post then someone else said that they didn’t know I knew it was satire when I posted it But thank you ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/148 "2020-11-06T03:17:37Z")
Um, sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/149 "2020-11-06T03:38:02Z")
Well, it sure looked like something JF Jr. might have said. So we all thought you simply meant that your remark, calling it “amusing satire”, was amusing satire. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/150 "2020-11-06T11:18:24Z")
Yes, but did you know it was amusing satire? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/151 "2020-11-06T11:53:47Z")
I’m not sure if you are aware, but the article you linked is not from a factual source. In fact, it is a satirical piece, and not to be taken seriously. Just my 2 cents 🙂 D&R ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/152 "2020-11-06T13:56:44Z")
Look everyone, @Ann_Hedonia was very well aware this was a satirical article when she posted it. The real question is whether or not she knew it wasn’t a real quote. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/153 "2020-11-06T14:03:47Z")
What is it they say? Something like “Good satire is indistinguishable from reality”? Sadly, as our world descends into insanity and chaos, the line between plausible reality and “This has got to be a joke; it can’t possibly be true.” moves ever farther into crazy-land. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/154 "2020-11-06T19:52:24Z")
Would a risible depiction of St. Andrew’s Cross be an amusing saltire? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/155 "2021-04-16T22:11:06Z")
🤑 > **[Liberty sues Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages](https://apnews.com/article/jerry-falwell-lawsuits-virginia-lynchburg-3b9c8e0c3bf525c79fbd54dc95889c86)** > > RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University has filed a civil lawsuit against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking tens of millions in damages after the two parted ways acrimoniously last year. > [@](#): > > The complaint, filed Thursday in Lynchburg Circuit Court, alleges Falwell crafted a “well-resourced exit strategy” from his role as president and chancellor in the form of a lucrative 2019 employment agreement while withholding damaging information from the evangelical school about a personal scandal that would explode into public view the following year. > > “Despite his clear duties as an executive and officer at Liberty, Falwell Jr. chose personal protection,” the lawsuit says. > > It also alleges that Falwell failed to disclose and address “the issue of his personal impairment by alcohol” and has refused to fully return confidential information and other personal property belonging to Liberty. > > In a statement, Falwell said the lawsuit was full of “lies and half truths” and called it an attempt to defame him and discredit his record. > > “I assure you that I will defend myself against it with conviction,” he said. > [@](#): > > The lawsuit says that Falwell had a “fiduciary duty to disclose Granda’s extortive actions, and to disclose the potential for serious harm to Liberty.” > > Instead, Falwell “furthered the conspiracy of silence and negotiated a 2019 Employment Agreement that contained a higher salary from Liberty,” the suit says. > > The lawsuit argues that Falwell and Granda’s actions have injured Liberty’s enrollment, hurt fundraising, disrupted faculty, resulted in the 2019 agreement that proved “detrimental to Liberty’s interests” and damaged the school’s reputation. Granda is not named as a defendant in the suit. > > University spokesman Scott Lamb said Liberty’s “only word on the subject is the lawsuit itself.” > > Before the Granda scandal exploded, Falwell had [already been on leave](https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-religion-media-social-media-virginia-53437a0f21d0b3df86f96a11e76e5687) after posting a photo on social media that sparked an uproar. It showed Falwell on a yacht with a drink in his hand and his arm around a young woman who was not his wife, their pants unzipped and his underwear exposed. > > The complaint, written with a flourish, offers new details reflecting the university’s perspective on its rift with Falwell both before and after the photo scandal. > [@](#): > > The lawsuit alleges three counts: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and statutory conspiracy. > > On the second count, the lawsuit says it seeks damages in excess of $10 million. On the conspiracy charge, it seeks $10 million in compensatory damages and argues that sum should be tripled, as allowed by state law under limited circumstances, plus $350,000 in punitive damages. Liberty is also seeking other costs and fees. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/156 "2021-04-17T00:12:54Z")
I’m seeing income potential… HELLO, I AM JERRY FALWELL JR. I NEED YOUR HELP GETTING $40,350,000 OUT OF A BANK IN LYNCHBURG. IF YOU CAN SEND ME $300 IN WALMART GIFT CARDS… ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/157 "2021-04-17T00:36:38Z")
I see multiple appeals going out for donations to his defense in the name of God. Also plenty of check boxes for recurring donations and threats of damnation should you chose to have your bank account closed after a single. easy. payment. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898/158 "2021-04-17T02:12:12Z")
It’s like a race to see who can fleece the rubes first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-falwell-is-a-cuck-and-was-blackmailed-into-supporting-trump/918898.md?page=7)