Just got back from mocking Fred Phelps's crew (UPDATE, more photos)

[ET Awful]

The good reverend didn't deem it necessary to show up himself I guess.

I'll have more pictures to post later, but I thought this one deserved an immediate posting, he's broadened his scope a bit with his signs.









And the opposing view (who were much friendlier people)







EDIT: Added more photos

[RetroLounge]

1. God Hates Asshats who drag the flag on the ground too

RL

[ET Awful]

2. I just thought the "God Hates You" was a bit ridiculous.

What's funny is they were telling people that they were there to preach to them and save their souls. . . of course, they couldn't explain how that was possible if God already hates "you".

I still say it would be funnier than hell to see . . .say a Vietnam Veterans group meet up with them while they're toting the "God Hates America" sign.

There was also one carrying a Pope in Hell sign, I asked him why he wouldn't go down to South Boston with that sign, and he wouldn't answer me :).

[Gormy Cuss]

38. Way to go ET. Southie, Charlestown,hmm it could be fun. n/t

[ET Awful]

46. I was just laughing when I said it because I had a sudden swirling vision

combining the Phelps group with the dudes from Boondock Saints :).

[CrownPrinceBandar]

4. Looks like she's standing on it too.......

I guess she hates America as well.

[Zuni]

5. they have a website saying that Godhatesamerica

and they protested George Bush's inaguration saying he is a fag enabler.

I have seen them desecrate the flag by drawing people humping on it.

They are batshit loco

[HeeBGBz]

18. Well who the fck DO they like?

It seems they hate everybody?

It seems someone would have kicked their collective asses by now.

[MidwestMomma]

32. People who kick Fred Phelp's ass get sued big time

I think every member of his family is a lawyer and if you get physical with any of them, they will sue you for everything. That's the lowdown on that.

Phelp's used to protest at AID's victims funerals until they got a restraining order against him. Can you fucking believe that? He truly is the spawn of Satan.

[ET Awful]

6. Of course she does, all of Fred's gang do.

They carry signs that say God Hates America and Thank God for 9/11.

[Zuni]

15. and the left are the anti-americans (eyes)

if I recall correctly, it is the batshit rw that hates us for our freedoms--like Jerry falwell who said it was immoral behavior that caused 9-11

[xmas74]

24. That's exactly what I was thinking!

Now those flags have to be disposed of.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. www.godhatesbigots.com........

Not real, but would apply here.

[MidwestMomma]

7. Where the F were they today?

Any event will do for the Phelps bunch. Graduations, weddings, funerals, Billy Grahm conventios.

Did you like the signs with the stick figures in obsence poses? What a way to communicate. And usually it's kids holding those signs.

I'd call Phelps a rat bastard but that would be insulting the rats and their bastards.

[Zuni]

10. Hell, Jerry Falwell is

a fag enabler to these nut jobs. They are beyond fucking crazy

[MidwestMomma]

34. I know. Billy Graham was having a convention for evangelicals or

something like that at a local hotel and they were there protesting.

I think that's when I first saw the lovely stick figure signs. One has a figure in a priest smock and another figure 'kneeling' in front of it.

Basically, if you're a minister and unwilling to condemn gays to hell and worse, then you are the enemy.

Why can't that man leave Kansas. We don't want him. We don't need him. He does not represent us at all. :mad:

[Zuni]

41. He doesn't even represent the fundies

even the Jerry Falwell crew probably thinks Phelps is a raving nutter. Jerry Falwell is a paragon of tolerance compared to Nazi Phelps.

[ET Awful]

12. No, this time the kid was holding a sign that said

Fags Eat Feces = Scat

[Zuni]

8. where was this?

is this just one person mocking the flag and promoting bigotry?

[ET Awful]

11. No, more pictures will follow.

This was at the Lexington High graduation being held at Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass.

He showed up in the area because of an essay on Ellen Degeneres that won an award in Dracut, Mass (by an 11 year old if I recall correctly).

[Zuni]

14. a fucking High School Graduation?

man, even batshit crazy bigots must have better things to do! :eyes:

[paineinthearse]

36. I don't why they chose Brookline HS, but...

They are picketing an ELEMENTARY school because a student wrote an essay favorable to Ellen Degeneris (sp?).

I know a well-known resident of Brookline and gave him a heads-up last Friday night.

[Kat45]

42. I know about something that happened at Brookline HS recently

that certainly would have set those folks off but I'm not sure if that's the particular reason they showed up. A gay organizaton had a table, I think with AIDS info, health info, whatever. Also on their table was some kind of 'manual' for gay activities that was not something that belonged on a table at a school--it was absolutely adult-oriented--and the org claimed it was not supposed to be there and was put there by accident. Caused some problems in Brookline

[JimmyJazz]

9. That's so fuggin' absurd as to not be believed.

Do people actually believe any of this crap? Those poeple are repulsive and disgusting.

[TlalocW]

13. I ran into Phelps' grandson in a chat room when I was in college

I think he was too (KU). It was a politics channel, and he was in there spreading the Phelps' brand of hate for over an hour when I joined. Someone private messaged me to do something so I asked him about lesbians - if they were going to hell. Of course they were. I asked if AIDS was God's scourge on homosexuals. Of course it was. I then said, "But lesbians have one of the lowest AIDS infection rates of any demographic group. By your own logic, lesbians seem to be God's chosen people." He damned me to hell, and I said, "Yup, it seems like God REALLY REALLY likes lesbians. He must be a man after all." He damned us all again and left the channel.

They came to Tulsa once. I stood across from them with two signs - "God Is Love" and "Fred Phelps Is a Wanker."

I don't think Fred shows up at the protests anymore unless it has a lot of publicity, or there's a speaking opportunity.

TlalocW

[sakabatou]

21. That's brilliant

[MrScorpio]

16. You have no idea how upset that fucking person makes me - Here's why:

1. She's disrespecting the Flag

2. She doesn't even know that she's disrepecting the flag.

3. If someone told her that she was disrespecting the flag, I can guess what her reaction would be by the signs that she holds.

4. She's a homophobe.

5. She equates homophobia with patriotism (Again we come back to the flag)

6. There are plenty more people in this country who are just as stupid and hateful as she is.

7. Some are worse.

[ET Awful]

20. Actually Scorp, she probably DOES know she's desecrating the flag

but because she believes that "God Hates America" she doesn't care and does so willingly.

[MrScorpio]

22. Well that just reinforces her stupidity

It's like saying that she prefers a that theocracy rule this country instead of a democratic republic under the rule of the Constitution that allows her to have her own preference of religion, despite how fucked up her beliefs are.

Talk about shooting oneself in the foot.

[maveric]

17. "And Jesus wept"

[Left Is Write]

19. Phelps and his followers are so misguided it's almost comical.

"God hates." Yeah. Right. If God hates anything, I'd bet it's the spreading of hateful messages by the likes of Fred Phelps.

[gmoney]

23. Can someone send Phelps the Jim Jones handbook?

I think they'd all be happier in their own compound in some central american country or a private island somewhere... the book also has a killer Kool-Aid recipe.

[Kat45]

25. Do you know if they made it to Brookline too?

He had some choice words for Brookline High and was planning to go there today as well. Like Cambridge, Brookline is a liberal community--and a highly Jewish community--and those folks would not take to kindly to those interlopers. My friend is a firefighter in that town, and I told him that I hoped he'd run into them while he was working. :D

[A HERETIC I AM]

26. Fred Phelps just HAS to be a self hating homosexual...........

of this i have no doubt. I contend the man is indeed gay but hates the concept so much it manifests itself in his absurd campaign. He also must be sort of a Jim Jones type that can convince others (admittedly, mostly his own family) to think and act the same way. I read somewhere that the people and the city council of Topeka are pretty much fed up with his asinine antics but are hamstrung to do much about him.

[xmas74]

27. Someone needed to do it.

I see he sent his stooges this time. He's probably holed up in a suite somewhere laughing his ass off.

[Kat45]

28. It was just on the Channel 5 news.

Showed them in Lowell at the Lexington High graduation. Kids graduating thought they were fucked (of course, those weren't the words used, but it was the sentiment). Said that they did go to Brookline and there was a "ruckus" there. I'll have to try to find out what happened.

[ET Awful]

37. I saw their crew there I think.

But that's where these pics were taken.

[maveric]

29. "Thank you God for Sept. 11" WTF is that supposed to mean?

Would someone please explain that to me!

[MidwestMomma]

31. It means members of some group they hate died on 9/11

I honestly can't remember which group and no way I can visit his website. I think if you google you'll find something about their protest at ground zero. Yeah, that's right....they protested at ground zero with signs saying Thank you god for 9/11. That's a super dooper WTF!!!

[Zuni]

40. no, they honestly just hate America

they have protests saying "God hates America" and say America is the "new Sodom". they even accuse Bush of being a "fag pimp"

Real, true hatred of America because it is hate directed at it's people not at the White House or Congress or the CIA or some other government entity---

[ironflange]

30. Ya know, the Phelps bunch has much better looking signs

But they're still crazier than shithouse rats.

[LynneSin]

33. How can people be so fricking filled with hate

It makes me so sad to see them. Jesus never hated anyone, so I'm not sure how holding a sign that says "God Hates Fag" is living a life like Jesus would

:cry:

[paineinthearse]

35. Let them waste their energy on the hateful picketing of schools & churches

Just down the road in the towns of Bedford and Concord were two very positive (and extremely well attended) grassroots events related Rep. Meehan's Iraq exit strategy resolution and Rep. Kucinich's Department of Peace resolution.

Go away, Rev. Phelps, the spirit of the American revolution is alive and well in the towns of its birth.

[intheflow]

39. I'm a fag enabler!

YES!!

Nice shootin', ET! A few years ago my friend was in a production of The Laramie Project when Phelps and his minions showed up. They also did the Phelps-Protest-A-Thon where they raised money for the local GBLT center for every minute Phelps protested.

Phelps helped them raise over $1500. :evilgrin:

[Droopy]

43. I love the lady's sign about $3.85 per minute

I think that one is the most effective.

[ET Awful]

45. Well, just to tick them off, I told them that I donated $100 to PFLAG

in Fred Phelps name this morning :)

I didn't donate, but I think I will (it'll be several small donations to get up to $100, but it would be fun to donate in Freds name with his return address on it).

[iconoclastic cat]

44. Did I ever tell the story about how Phelps was jacked in the face at SIU?

He was "protesting" with a few other idiots in SIU's "free forum area" one afternoon. A big guy dressed in colorful taqiyah (head covering) and thobe (long gown) was walking along the sidewalk, and Phelps yells, "You Muslim devil!" The guy stops, turns, and leaps about eight feet. He doesn't even say a word; he just starts choking Phelps to his knees.

The three women he was with ran like hell, and about fifty people rushed to see this guy throttling the asshole. When a cop car beeped from the sidewalk about 100 feet away, the crowd split, leaving Phelps on the ground, gasping.

They never caught the student, and from what I read, nobody gave an accurate description of him, other than he was black.

I still laugh about it sometimes.

[jonnyblitz]

47. what? no "Save the Gerbils" signs?

i saw pictures of one of them with that sign once. :P