• Fred Phelps has died
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[quote] Fred Phelps, founder of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, is dead, his son Timothy told a Kansas television station Thursday. Phelps rose to international fame by protesting funerals of American soldiers with signs saying "God Hates Fags" and "Thank God for 9/11." Nathan Phelps said earlier this week that Phelps Sr. was excommunicated in August 2013. “I'm bitterly angry that my family is blocking the family members who left from seeing him, and saying their goodbyes,” Nathan Phelps said on Facebook on Monday. [/quote] [url]http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/03/20/westboro-s-fred-phelps-has-died.html[/url]
Good riddance.
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Nothing of importance was lost.
Not gonna mourn, not gonna celebrate.
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Am I the only one who wants to know why he was excommunicated? Maybe he had a change of heart and stopped being an asshole. Or at least, less of an asshole.
a deaths a death; I'm only happy he can't continue to spread the horrible ideals he followed. But yeah when I saw this headline I literally had a flashback in my head to a vision of the sniper from TF2 doing that wave animation and "GAWD SAVE THE QUEEN"
Wish I lived closer so I could picket his funeral with signs saying God hates WBC.
Surprised he died of natural causes and not from someone snapping and assassinating his ass.
[QUOTE=Hoffa1337;44299411]Wish I lived closer so I could picket his funeral with signs saying God hates WBC.[/QUOTE] That's hate speech against his religion though.
Eat dirt, buttbag. [editline]20th March 2014[/editline] His legacy was one of hatred, ignorance, and pain. I hope he realized that, near the end.
Not one to celebrate death but I'm not sad nor at a gain of respect.
-didn't even know westboro could excom-
So there is a God
Thank god. Burn in hell you geriatric bag of fuck.
rip [sp]Not really though what a fucking cunt.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Kondor;44299461]because he founded a [del]hate group[/del] christian church with pretty much no christian values and it slanders the idea of religion[/QUOTE] He was excommunicated from his own Church, that's interesting, and I wanna know why, maybe I want to believe that even the worst people can have moments of clarity and sense and realise they're textbook examples of giant tools.
[QUOTE=Cructo;44299457]no guys it's human life and now it's gone[/QUOTE] I'm not one to undersell the value of human life, and so I won't be throwing any parties to celebrate his death, but Fred Phelps has brought nothing but misery to the world, so I will at least breath a sigh of relief that his personal contributions are at an end. If only the same could be said for the monster he created.
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If the river styx exists I hope he's drowning in it.
[QUOTE=bravehat;44299476]He was excommunicated from his own Church, that's interesting, and I wanna know why, maybe I want to believe that even the worst people can have moments of clarity and sense and realise they're textbook examples of giant tools.[/QUOTE] I read a theory that since their fucked up church preaches that its own members are immortal, he was excommunicated to keep up the facade.
[QUOTE=Cructo;44299457]no guys it's human life and now it's gone[/QUOTE] Well sure, but I can't not have a feeling that the world is now slightly better. Imagine if Hitler died again.
[QUOTE=Explosions;44299490]I read a theory that since their fucked up church preaches that its own members are immortal, he was excommunicated to keep up the facade.[/QUOTE] As far as I'm aware, from the interviews I've seen, it is their belief that if you die, it's because God hates you. I seem to recall during an interview on a talk show some time back that the host asked them "what if one of you were to get cancer?" And they replied with something to the effect of, "That won't happen, because God loves us."
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;44299483][IMG]http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/26/63/c6/welcome-to-hell-grand.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I don't get it. Are you saying that we should go to a hell themed gift shop?
[QUOTE=Explosions;44299490]I read a theory that since their fucked up church preaches that its own members are immortal, he was excommunicated to keep up the facade.[/QUOTE] I dunno that would be a bit bananas even for them, beyond hate speech and shit they're just they're just regular old retards. Besides this shit has been coming from Nathan Phelps I think, and he;s the dude who left the Church for a normal life cause he's not a colossal asshole. I genuinely believe that Fred might have just effectively broke and realised what he's been doing and wanted to try and set shit right or at least change something, but like I said I might be being a bit idealistic here.
[QUOTE=bravehat;44299476]He was excommunicated from his own Church, that's interesting, and I wanna know why, maybe I want to believe that even the worst people can have moments of clarity and sense and realise they're textbook examples of giant tools.[/QUOTE] If he realized what a fucking douchebag he was and the WBC kicked him out for it, that means they're probably gonna stick around even though he's dead. I want to believe he was capable of seeing what he was, but at the same time I don't think it'd make any sort of difference.
[QUOTE=bravehat;44299515]I genuinely believe that Fred might have just effectively broke and realised what he's been doing and wanted to try and set shit right or at least change something, but like I said I might be being a bit idealistic here.[/QUOTE] I seriously doubt it. If you manage to be so hateful all the way into old age I think you're pretty much done for.
Sanctity of human life an all, but you know what? I am really not in the mood to pretend to feel pity for assholes. Dying was the best thing Fred Phelps has ever done.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;44299478]Fred Phelps has brought nothing but misery to the world[/QUOTE] Objectively false, in his early days he was an accomplished civil-rights lawyer who offered legal aid to poor black folk. Don't get me wrong I'm still glad he's finished and hope the maggots that consume his rotting corpse are as gay as Liberace at the YMCA
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