Westboro Baptist Church to protest Limbaugh

[stevedeshazer]

Fred Phelps, of godhatesfags.com is planning another of his hateful protests, this one against Rush Limbaugh.

It is to take place on Monday, October 26th at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California (link to .pdf flyer here: http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/oct2003/Limbaugh_10-14-2003.pdf )

Can it get any weirder?

Weird enough in that it is a another case of the radical right eating their own, but why isn't John Ashcroft's Justice Department going after these guys for hate crimes?

Their logo:

[displacedtexan]

1. a nazi whacko with scruples?

it really is a mad, mad, mad, mad world!

[The Zanti Regent]

22. Maybe Fred heard of the Jeff Christie incident!

Hmmm did Fred Phelps get a hold of those old Pittsburgh Police Files showing Jeff Christie was arrested for soliciting gay sex in 1973?

[maxanne]

2. holy merde

This is beyond bizarre. Not only that, I thought Rush was in Arizona for treatment. It would be a hoot if Phred picketed the wrong treatment center.

[Some Moran]

21. Maybe...

"God's secret curse" is on Phelps.

[oustemnow]

25. not so bizarre

Phelps is a complete nutbag; he used to protest at Jerry Falwell's ministry weekly because, somehow in his mind, Falwell was a gay appeaser. He also thinks the same of Shrub.

So, yeah, it would be bizarre, if we were talking about anyone else.

[Bluzmann57]

3. This is just more proof that these people are nuts

and they can't get along with one another. It seems that the extremist movement must be falling apart. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

[ComerPerro]

4. That is just insane

All around. Apparently Limbaugh thinks they are sick because their organization's name is just disgusting, and they think Limbaugh is sick because he doesn't hate fags.

I always knew that Republicans had something seriously wrong with them, but this is just suprising.

[Some Moran]

19. Limbaugh isn't a homophobe?

News to me.

BTW, Phelps, for a number of odd political reasons, is a Democrat.

[theemu]

5. Wow

NOW does it bother you when people on this board go on their inanely homophobic 'Jeff Christie' rants?

Not even Phelps would touch that sort of bullshit.

[terrya]

6. Now, wait just a second.,

I thought Fred and his hateful nutcase family had only ONE agenda...to rid the world of gay people.

I've never heard Fred speak about anything else except the "evils" of homosexuality.

[stevedeshazer]

7. Must be trying to expand his base n/t

[pocoloco]

8. Maybe he has some inside information??

[Jack The Tab]

9. Want to know the real Fred Phelps? Read this...

This is an account of two of his children growing up with this maniac. It sheds the light on what Phelps is really about. He could care less about homosexuals. It's just a vehicle for his abuse.

http://worldzone.net/family/johnanderson/indexz27.shtml

[stevedeshazer]

10. Scary stuff

Why are people attracted to this hateful point of view?

[mermaid]

16. They Are Attracted To this Because

so few people are able to look within themselves and find validation.

It is so much easier to find a group of people to look down on, so that you can feel superior.

[mlawson]

11. That POS should be confined for life to the

deepest dungeon of the state hospital, where the worst of the criminally insane are kept. No papers, no ID, just thrown in there!

[mermaid]

29. Jesus Christ!!

I spent four hours reading this thing...all nine chapters...I just couldn't stop!
I have bitterly hated Phred Phelps for years now, and with good reason, being as I am transgender, and thus a target of his hatred.
Now I feel no hatred towards him...I feel pity and disgust.

Seeing this story of Phred Phelps, all I can say now is...

WHAT A SICK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CO Liberal]

12. I Hope a Bunch of Dittoheads Come to Counterprotest

They could show the tape on "America's Funniest Home Videos".

:-)

[karlschneider]

13. Yeah...well if anyone ever need evidence Phelps is a criminally insane

sonofabitch, this should do the trick. (trick, heh heh...I bet this guy has sucked more cocks than Liberace ever dreamed of.)

Caveat: I have nothing against cocksuckers, my comment is directed solely toward hypocrisy!!!!!!!

[MuseRider]

14. I just, not 10 minutes ago,

drove past their church. I don't get around there very often so I don't think I had seen it at night for a long time. The poor neighbors. That banner is painted on the top of the church with HUGE spotlights on it and also huge spotlights on the upside down flags. It is lit up like the sun.

[stevedeshazer]

15. Is it in a well-populated area?

It sounds massive. Do that many people really buy into their message?

[Don_G]

17. Westboro?

Protesting Rush?

Can I join and have some of what they're smoking?

[EggieDrudge]

18. In interviews, they are hillarious ...

Fred, his wife, and various children have been on Sirius 149 OUTQ (the gay channel) several times on the McMullen and Johnson Show. You have got to hear some of their stuff. It almost becomes a comedy routine. Some of the stuff Fred says is so far out there. He picketed Fred Rogers (Mr Rogers) because he claimed he was a 'fag-enabler'. Fred also hates the ex-gay groups saying they are imposters and that gays can't change. Here are some great pics: http://www.johnmcmullen.com/phelps.html Notice the Laura Bush 'fag pimp' picket sign.

[Some Moran]

20. Huh?

Either Fred Phelps is even more insane than I thought, or these pics were doctored.

Either way, Mrs. Phelps - Roper has some big gazongas...lol

[belle]

23. He is completely insane.

As little as I like Limbleargh, the slimeball, he's not like Phelps. The closest equivalent to Phelps in the mainstream is Michael Savage. (I still can't believe that Weiner is now "mainstream," but these are Strange Days, Indeed).

But I'm not surprised at anything Phelps and his sad little inbred family-cult gets up to; these are people who actually went to NYC shortly after 9/11 with signs about how "God Hates America" (as in, we had 9/11 coming). I really think Phelps has a literal death wish. He's not interested in making friends: not Limbaugh, probably not even Savage (although it'd be an interesting pairing, in a traffic-accident kind of way). He is: a freak.

[Loyal]

24. God, Limbaugh is nothing,

compared to Phelps. Phelps is fucking Satan incarnate, and that is an understatement! This bastard is demeaning the memory of poor Matthew Shepherd as we speak.

[mermaid]

30. Agree

See My posting "Jesus Christ!" on this thread...
All I can say about Phelps now is...

WHAT A SICK FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluestateguy]

26. So what?

It's not our job to defend Limblob when the Right Wing makes unfair attacks on him. That's somebody else's job. When was the last time Rush Limbaugh defended the Clinton Administration from Leftist attacks by the likes of Ralph Nader and others?

Moving on...

[neebob]

27. That's the most hateful and ridiculous website

I've ever seen. It's quite a leap from not naming a website to being a fag-enabler. But it's OK with me if they pester Limblab. If they must be allowed to exist, might as well have them doing something semi-constructive.

[mermaid]

28. Posted Elsewhere

See "Jesus Christ!!" On this same thread...this is in response to a different posting than here...