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Superheroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church

Posted by kdawson on from the is-this-thing-on dept.

sv_libertarian writes "They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them at Comic-Con. After all, who can win against a counter-protest that includes robots, magical anime girls, Trekkies, Jedi, and... kittens?"

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  1. Re:Still doing that? by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm not sure it's more logical to say that the universe created itself than it was created by someone, but to each his own, I guess.

    Actually, it kind of is. See Occam's Razor. To elaborate, if the universe needed to be created by something, and that something was God, then God also needed to be created by something. If God didn't need to be created by something, then there's no reason why the universe would need to be.

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  2. Re:Still doing that? by PBoyUK · · Score: 5, Informative

    Better to be considered an asshat by someone who is clearly delusional, than being delusional yourself - or enabling their delusions at the cost to society as a whole. Religion needs put down, hard. The best single argument for me against faith has been one posited by Hitchens in part 2 of a debate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYaQpRZJl18&feature=related (part1) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHuvErbpd0&NR=1 (part 2). The idea that existence of this sort of god being "compelling" is more absurd than belief in astrology, reading the future in tea-leaves and various other nonsense.

  3. Re:Worthless summary by Alsee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Important note: The Westboro asshats want you to get violent at their protests. That way they can sue you to fund their activities.

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  4. Phelps links for the morbidly curious by ElrondHubbard · · Score: 4, Informative

    Link #1: http://kanewj.com/wbc/

    "Phelps does not believe what he is doing. This is a scam." If you believe this guy (and he makes some telling observations), Phelps is in the business of pushing people's buttons so he can sue them for violating his rights. That's his and his family's living.

    Link #2: http://www.robertslevinson.com/gaylesissues/features/collect/phelps/bl_phelpscourt.htm

    Addicted to Hate: The Fred Phelps Story is an exposé written by Jon Bell for the Topeka Capital-Journal that was suppressed by the paper because they were too chickenshit to take on Phelps. Bell sued the paper to either publish it or, if they refused, let him have the rights to his work, but he got neither. Instead, the full text was entered in the court record so it is now a public document that anyone can read whether Phelps likes it or not. So it's kinda long, but if you want a portrait of what a twisted gruesome mofo Phelps really is, here's your chance. I pity his children -- they never really had a chance.

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  5. Re:Worthless summary by mjwx · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're kidding right? They have some BS pushed by the ACL and failed twice in parliment for Christ's sake. What do we have:warrant-less wiretapping and seizures at the airport for just looking funny. I'd say we got the better deal.

    There, Fixed that for you.

    The internet filter in Australia exists only in your mind, parliament smacked down the idea twice.

    OTOH, how are those free speech zones and TSA searches going.

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