decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoMy Lai massacre - War crime committed by US Army personnel involving the mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and childrenen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down119
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minus-squareAshyr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 months agoFamed evangelist Billy Graham wrote a stirring defense of Calley, the officer in charge of the massacre. We have all had our Mylais in one way or another No Billy, we have not. The sickness of the evangelical church is not a recent development. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/09/archives/billy-graham-on-calley-perhaps-from-mylai-may-emerge-justice-love.html
minus-squaremo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months ago We have all had our Mylais in one way or another “So Mr. Graham, does that mean you’re willing to forgive Obama for wearing a tan suit or eating Dijon mustard that one time?” Mr. Graham, in “Bilbo suddenly turning into Gollum for a second” voice: “NEVER”
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago We have all had our Mylais in one way or another You know, looking back on my life, I’ve made some mistakes. But I have never committed nor have I excused the rape and murder of children. Billy Graham got to hell in 2018 and I hope he’s had a new My Lai every day since then.
Famed evangelist Billy Graham wrote a stirring defense of Calley, the officer in charge of the massacre.
No Billy, we have not.
The sickness of the evangelical church is not a recent development.
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/09/archives/billy-graham-on-calley-perhaps-from-mylai-may-emerge-justice-love.html
“So Mr. Graham, does that mean you’re willing to forgive Obama for wearing a tan suit or eating Dijon mustard that one time?”
Mr. Graham, in “Bilbo suddenly turning into Gollum for a second” voice: “NEVER”
You know, looking back on my life, I’ve made some mistakes. But I have never committed nor have I excused the rape and murder of children. Billy Graham got to hell in 2018 and I hope he’s had a new My Lai every day since then.