Fred Phelps will pass soon. He is old and not in the best health. I'm not sure what will happen after.

My first direct experience with this group was about 12 years ago. Since I have been watching them with fascination. They are as smart as they are evil but I guess when the devil shows on this earth I'd be really surprised if he/it was a dumbass.

I had some business dealings with one of them (the family) where I had to be professional and just deal with it. Very dificult to do but there was no real choice. They are great at putting you in that position. I also know people whose childeren went to school with theirs (now full members).

If only the intelligence they collectively have would be put towards good rather than evil. But they beleive they are putting their efforts towards good. Its hard to figure but I beleive they actually beleive their own drivel.

Its like the anti abortion crowd (speaking figuartively not making the direct comparison) beleiving that killing abortion docs or bombing clinics is ok and even good or holy. This group beleives that about what they do.

If you google hard enough there is a fascinating unfinished/unpublished book about them written in part by one of the children that fled. They were compelled not to finish.

teedubbya wrote:

That said, if I were the father of a fallen warrior whose funeral was disrupted by these c*cks*ck*rs as the Snyder funeral was, I would not have sued nor would I have been standing by for a court ruling ...

SteveS wrote:

Westboro did NOT disrupt the funeral. The six protesters were 1,00 feet away, out of site ...

rfenst wrote:

I despise these maggots but the decision was the right one. Democracy can be messy....

ZRX1200 wrote:

if some other so-called church group were to stage a similar demonstration at the funeral of some poor gay college kid, using the same message on their signs as these Westboro idiots, you nor anyone else would be defending them ... they'd be arrested and rung up on hate crimes charges ...

SteveS wrote:

First of all, nobody on earth are as smart as this group is evil.

Next, even without firm numbers I can honestly and accurately state that the vast majority of the "anti abortion crowd" does NOT believe that killing the doctors was justified.
I'll assume that your wording was simply inadequate and that you don't think most people feel it's OK to kill a doctor because he performed an abortion.


With all that said, I'd be interested in knowing what your business dealings were with this group?

tailgater wrote: