Fred Phelps is being.... Fred Phelps

[Parrothead]

Lady Gaga and her fans are going to hell.

[Arcade Man D]

Why are you even paying attention to him? Fred Phelps thrives on any attention, positive or negative.

[Amanita]

Fred phelps is a straight up attention whore. I won't even dignify him by calling him reverand.
Given all the fucked up protests he's held, I am surprised that nobody has beaten him and his followers to a nice, juicy pulp by now.

[Cat]

Fred phelps is a straight up attention whore. I won't even dignify him by calling him reverand.
Given all the fucked up protests he's held, I am surprised that nobody has beaten him and his followers to a nice, juicy pulp by now.

Mant people would love to, but I think a good number of that clan are lawyers. Fear of bein' sued.

I think they came to my state a few months back, but very little was reported on it.

[Rageaholic]

Why are you even paying attention to him? Fred Phelps thrives on any attention, positive or negative.

Because they are so stupid, it's entertaining.

[Nyoibo]

Cool, more company for me.

[linguist]

Mant people would love to, but I think a good number of that clan are lawyers. Fear of bein' sued.

I think they came to my state a few months back, but very little was reported on it.

they were here for the funerals of the ft. hood shooting victims, too. according to a friend who was there to confront them, when confronted by soldiers they ran like cowards, parked their van in parking lot of a restaurant near the cemetery, and tried to continue their protest from there. the restaurant management told them to leave, so they did, but they left the restaurant property on foot, leaving their van, which management then had towed.

[Boozy]

Fred Phelps thrives on any attention, positive or negative.

I'm also in the "Ignore him and he'll go away" camp.

If I say something batshit crazy, I am ignored. If Phelps says something crazy, he gets press coverage. And it's because he is hateful and cruel and I am not. I think it's sad that all it takes to get attention in this world is to be hateful.

[Tanasi]

That bunch was supposed to come to my hometown to protest the funeral of a local guardsman that died in Iraq. This soldier was my youngest brother's best buddy. The local chief of police was told if he allowed the Phelps bunch to come in then expect a body count. I think the message was relay to them and they didn't show. I have no use for the Klan but in this instance they did right.

[lordlundar]

They even tried to cross the border into Canada one time. Landed at the airport and was subsequently told if they set foot outside of it, they would be detained and extradited for attempting to incite a riot. Never got past the airport, and to this day, no member of the Phelps clan is permitted in Canada for that very purpose.

[protege]

Isn't that about the time the "God Hates Canada" page went up?

[lordlundar]

Litlle bit before actually. The site went up right after the news of the Montreal School Massacre went public, and the Phelps crew tried to cross the border about 2 weeks later. The site was actually used as evidence to prohibit them from crossing and to institute the permanent ban on anyone from Phelps group, citing potential terrorist activity.

[Supermarket Slave Girl]

It ain't just Lady Gaga going to hell, it's all of us apparently, according to them anyway.

Might as well enjoy the ride

[Bloodsoul]

Ah, man.. and Hendrix was playing in heaven with Franklin, too.

[Sarah Valentine]

At least I'm going to burn listening to something I like.