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Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:05 am
by LadySiren
They should know by now that the geek shall inherit the earth...

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/2 ... st-church/

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:22 am
by darph nader
OK,I'll bite. Who's Fred Phelps and why protest at ComicCon? :confused:

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:23 am
by CBeilby
darph nader wrote:OK,I'll bite. Who's Fred Phelps and why protest at ComicCon? :confused:
A fundamentalist Christian ignoramus. He's the one responsible for 'God Hates Fags' and his 'church,' which consists mainly of his family, are notorious for picketing the funeral of people who have died of AIDS, military funerals, and anything in general that hits their hate buttons. Another forum I'm on has outright banned any discussion of him simply because of the sheer amount of revenge porn he tends to draw (close to 100%.) He's also a lawyer, as are many of his family, but was disbarred due to repeated filing of lawsuits to push forward his agenda of hate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps

He was protesting ComiCon, claiming that people were worshiping the characters in the comics.

Basically, he's a sad, ignorant, crazy little man who is threatened by anything at all that's different... (Which is sad, considering his past activities in the civil rights movement of the 60s...)

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:44 am
by LadySiren
Here's a good story that includes an interview with one of the Phelpies.

http://www.salon.com/books/comic_books/ ... s_open2010

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:52 pm
by drcorey
but they have nothing on Landover Baptist!
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:13 pm
by Mayonnaise
Oh yeah... Landover Baptist are completely fuxored...

... and completely parody.

8^P

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:29 pm
by Main Streeter
CBeilby wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps

Basically, he's a sad, ignorant, crazy little man who is threatened by anything at all that's different... (Which is sad, considering his past activities in the civil rights movement of the 60s...)
His horrid activities in the 60's should have been enough to ban ol Fred from life. :twisted:

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:00 pm
by LadySiren
Mayonnaise wrote:Oh yeah... Landover Baptist are completely fuxored...

... and completely parody.

8^P
Jesus is watching you.

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:52 pm
by PatchOBlack
LadySiren wrote:Jesus is watching you.
I thought that was Ceiling Cat.... :cat1:

Re: Fred Phelps & Westboro Baptist Church pwned at ComicCon

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:40 pm
by Shorty82
Westboro Baptist and the Phelps family give Christianity a bad name. They preach hatred, pure and simple. Their picketing of funerals, especially military funerals, is one of the worst things they do. They picket the funerals of the men and women who died defending freedom, the same freedom that allows them to have their protests. I applaud the efforts of the people who counter-protest them (like at ComicCon) and, at funerals, shield the mourners from them (like the Patriot Guard Riders).