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Fred Phelps is dead.
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After decades of cultivating hatred against other people, Fred Phelps has left this world. He was 84.
He'll be remembered, as far as I'm concerned, as someone with basically no redeeming qualities; an abusive father who decided to dedicate his entire life & career to hating gay people.
OP will remain bare and shitty.
He'll be remembered, as far as I'm concerned, as someone with basically no redeeming qualities; an abusive father who decided to dedicate his entire life & career to hating gay people.
OP will remain bare and shitty.
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Though I thought it was classy what Lorde's fans did when the WBC came to protest her after his death. But I also know some would see not being vicious back to vicious people as weakness. But I don't think the fight is worth having they literally have no power beyond some minor media attention no major party will listen to them and their followers are mostly phelps. It's like the Partridge family but with hatred instead of talent.
Who are we talking about again? Ah well, They can't have been that important. Anyone want some funeral cake?
Jerry Falwell was worse in so many ways, but he doesn't get the infamy thing like Phelps.
I mean I know he was a disgusting human being and did horrible things but now we need to just move on.
Russia is dancing like it's 1938
A plane has gone missing with 239 people on board.
There was a landslide in Washington State that's killed eight people so far.
There is also a Science and a History thread.
As far as things this forum should talk and give a shit about Fred Phelps's death isn't one of them.
Dang yo.
Definitely moving towards full on pity for these peeps if they can't understand basic empathy for their loss.
Yeah, in terms of "cultivating hatred," Phelps is like a really enthusiastic guy with a 4'x4' backyard garden. Falwell was like Monsanto.
Rachel Maddow, did not have obituary for him, and doesn't even mention him by name, but talked about the protests and how they actually ended up bringing out a lot of good in people, and mentions ways that people have tried to mock or block the Westboro people protesting so that those attending the funeral they were at did not have to see or hear them.
http://on.msnbc.com/1hRanND
Basic message: false prophets are a still thing.
The more plausible reason for why Phelps was excommunicated was because he'd become mentally and physically infirm and the real leaders of the Phelps clan got tired of paying for his medical bills.
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Or they were trying to avoid people protesting his funeral.
Honestly I was expecting them to show up at his funeral. But no, actually, they aren't having a funeral for him because, again, funerals cost money.
Fred Phelps started the thing, but his wife has been the real one in charge for some time now.
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The "Sorry for your loss" poster is rising above and beyond the call of duty.
They preached their gospel and public opinion only moved further and further away from agreeing with them.
I am, however, glad that there's one less person spreading hate speech in the world.
I have never seen anyone anywhere call Fred Phelps a Catholic much less a Christian. Mainly because it would be a see through lie and also because no one is that dumb.
What is their stated goal? Their actual goal seems to be to bask in the warmth of hate directed their way and to fuel their own sense of righteousness. I fully believe they know that their protests and appearances are entirely counterproductive to any goal of evangelism. They don't expect to win hearts and minds because god has already damned the world and everybody (but them) in it.
In other words, just another cult, but this one was smart enough to make a splash in the media and courts.
Gods Hates Fags.
If you don't Hate Fags as much as God Hates Fags, then God also Hates you.
Also, we do whatever we think God has told us about Fags so we also Hate you.
Or: lets insult people enough to get them angry enough to be able to sue them to make money.
As I said, it's been his wife's show to run for a while now. Actually there was a schism not too far back when some of the elders realized Fred wasn't in charge any more.
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that being said the celebrating was limited to me lifting a glass and thinking 'huh fred phelps died.' Like all trolls these jokers are best ignored
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
that being said the celebrating was limited to me lifting a glass and thinking 'huh fred phelps died.' Like all trolls these jokers are best ignored
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
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Actually, I saw an interview with one of the church members a while back... they don't think they're exempt. They think they're going to hell as well themselves because of the actions of the "fag enablers".
We could always celebrate his life, I suppose.