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2014/03/17 12:08:24
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I will stay as indifferent as I am right now.
Silly silly religion.
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2014/03/17 12:14:59
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I really hope to see a great party of amusing placard holders show up, gays, military, bikers, nerds and everyone else his woeful clan has insulted and injured, and they turn the entire day into a very noisy celebration event.
God Hates Fred Phelps. 
Actually the very best these groups can do is for ther Patriot Riders, pro gaty groups etc get together and organise a formal statement saying there is to be NO PICKETING for Fred Phelps funeral of any kind. Invite press to turn up and see the funeral cortege pass through empty streets. Some counter protest organisers should be close by so that if anyone does want to come and wave placards they can be educated not to.
The message is simple, what he did was evil, so we wont join him. Let his family 'mourn' in peace, if they make a stand at the funeral, which they will do turn your backs on them, and say nothing. This would be the final word, and cement total victory over Westboro Baptists.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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2014/03/17 12:18:26
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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 timetowaste85 wrote: They picketed ComiCon a few years back, claimed all us "nerds" worshipped Superman. Stupid WBC...we all worship Batman. 
Lies. I Worship Midnighter. I mean, the guy used a zombie's head as a flail. That's pretty metal.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2014/03/17 12:33:59
What I have
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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2014/03/17 12:19:47
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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 SkavenLord wrote:
True, but maybe a simple beating attack from a mob, or some other large scale attack on them will suffice. They would only be feeling merely a fraction of the pain they've caused to others.
It's truly a shame though... for the younger ones. The older ones are probably not even Christian. The younger ones, I've heard, are sort of indoctrinated into this. Some of them even leave the church and feel honestly bad for what they've done.
Lets get this clear.
NONE of them are Christian.
Or put it this was they are as Christian as they are patriotic Americans. On the barest veneer of technicality and they share as much ground on their 'American patriotism' as the Freedom Riders as they do with anyone else.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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2014/03/17 12:21:07
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 d-usa wrote:Ignore the funeral, death is never a happy occasion. I hope he saw the error of his ways during his final time.
This. Also, feth that guy anyway.
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2014/03/17 12:24:17
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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 LordofHats wrote:In the end, Phelps hate mongering has probably done more good for the gay rights movement then could have been imagined as it put a real, tangible face on hatred and forced society to accept that the slippery slope also involved creepy weirdos like Fred. Fred's continuous picketting, protests and the like led more people to say 'I can't be on the same side as this guy' and helps influence a generation that this kind of bigotry is wrong.
Oh the sweet delicious irony of it all
What if...it was Just as Planned?  It probably wasn't though... Anyway, good riddance. Guy was a dirt bag, and it's good to know that he got kicked out of his own cult.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2014/03/17 12:28:45
What I have
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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2014/03/17 13:45:58
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Hallowed Canoness
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Well, why ? They say the do believe in Jesus Christ, no ?
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"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
https://twitter.com/WarComTeam/status/1268665798467432449/photo/1 |
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2014/03/17 14:55:31
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Heroic Senior Officer
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Ugh, this is going to be like when Osama bin Laden was killed a while back. People were out in the streets celebrating and completely ignoring the fact they looked almost identical to the religious extremists who were celebrating when the towers went down. And then they wondered why people over there still hate us.
Showing up to this guy's funeral and picketing it does NO GOOD. You're just sinking to his level and legitimizing his tactics. Plus, you're just going to make his followers feel justified and may even motivate them to keep going where they would otherwise fragment and fall apart.
Just leave him be. Let his church fade away. Stop giving the bastards the attention they crave. Of course, I'm wasting my breath. If the location of the Funeral leaks it'll be the largest protest in years
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2014/03/17 15:02:46
Subject: Re:Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Quality post mrmoustaffa have an exalt. Automatically Appended Next Post:
THere's a big difference in saying you believe in Jesus and actually following his teachings, remember Jesus wasn't exactly big on people who paid lip service to a religion but acted not according to it's tenets.
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Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
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2014/03/17 15:15:35
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain
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2014/03/17 15:20:24
Subject: Re:Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Hallowed Canoness
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Bullockist wrote:THere's a big difference in saying you believe in Jesus and actually following his teachings, remember Jesus wasn't exactly big on people who paid lip service to a religion but acted not according to it's tenets.
Oh. I guess you know that first hand, do you not ? Because from what I know, Jesus is dead and gone (if he even existed), and all we have to know his teaching is old second-hand (or third-hand, or worst) accounts that may or may not be consistent together, that or may not be true. And everyone is welcome to choose which account is true, which one is false, and all that. So, if someone want to say that actually, Jesus teaching said you had to sacrifice your firstborn, and he gets followers, they would still be Christians, just not having the same interpretation of the teachings of Jesus as you do.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2014/03/17 15:21:03
"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
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2014/03/17 15:39:54
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Shas'ui with Bonding Knife
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They should host world pride on his grave...
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2014/03/17 23:48:53
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Fresh-Faced New User
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The Louie Theroux docs on his life were really interesting: it was terribly sad to see the conflicted emotions of the daughters who had to follow their teachings which might contrast with their honest emotions.
In the end it infuriates me that he's lived so long because according to him anyone who dies prematurely has done so due to Gods will. I hate to think he feels he's won. It's also somewhat true to think that he was nothing but a professional troll who thrived on upsetting others.
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2014/03/18 04:25:13
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Pustulating Plague Priest
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 Siberiandreamer wrote:The Louie Theroux docs on his life were really interesting: it was terribly sad to see the conflicted emotions of the daughters who had to follow their teachings which might contrast with their honest emotions.
In the end it infuriates me that he's lived so long because according to him anyone who dies prematurely has done so due to Gods will. I hate to think he feels he's won. It's also somewhat true to think that he was nothing but a professional troll who thrived on upsetting others.
Remember though, he was excommunicated the year before by his own church. Won't that mean he technically lost? 
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   Faithful... Enlightened... Ambitious... Brethren... WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD! |
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2014/03/20 20:39:06
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine
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SkavenLord wrote:
Remember though, he was excommunicated the year before by his own church. Won't that mean he technically lost?
No, because if the Westboro Baptist Church hates you, you must be doing something right. Which makes this situation kinda ironic, huh?
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2014/03/20 21:37:03
Subject: Re:Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
Curb stomping in the Eye of Terror!
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Didn't see this here...
Statement from George Takei:
I take no solace or joy in this man's passing. We will not dance upon his grave, nor stand vigil at his funeral holding "God Hates Freds" signs, tempting as it may be.
He was a tormented soul, who tormented so many. Hate never wins out in the end. It instead goes always to its lonely, dusty end.
^ This.
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2014/03/20 21:40:33
Subject: Re:Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Fixture of Dakka
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Absolutely true. Once you stoop to someone's level, then you admit that if that's the right thing to do, then everyone should now treat you that way.
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2014/03/21 00:00:20
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Ferocious Black Templar Castellan
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 Spacemanvic wrote:
“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain
We don't agree on much, but that was classy. Have an exalt.
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2014/03/21 00:44:18
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Fixture of Dakka
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2014/03/21 01:00:02
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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Spacemanvic wrote:
“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain
Well said (well, well quoted, anyway).
And nothing of value was lost.
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 lord_blackfang wrote:Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
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2014/03/21 01:59:25
Subject: Re:Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Navigator
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Best thing we can do is just forget he ever existed.
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2014/03/21 12:04:32
Subject: Now here's a funeral we can all go protest.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 CthuluIsSpy wrote: LordofHats wrote:In the end, Phelps hate mongering has probably done more good for the gay rights movement then could have been imagined as it put a real, tangible face on hatred and forced society to accept that the slippery slope also involved creepy weirdos like Fred. Fred's continuous picketting, protests and the like led more people to say 'I can't be on the same side as this guy' and helps influence a generation that this kind of bigotry is wrong.
Oh the sweet delicious irony of it all
What if...it was Just as Planned?
It probably wasn't though...
Anyway, good riddance.
Guy was a dirt bag, and it's good to know that he got kicked out of his own cult.
That is exactly who I thought of when I read that.
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