Fred Phelps is Dead
Fred Phelps is Dead
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 11:45am
And why not.
Ashes to Ashes, Dust do Dust, Hate to Hate
#2Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 11:53amFred Phelps: Day 1 in HELL!
#2Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 11:54amGood. One of the very few people I am glad about.
#3Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 11:55am
As Bette Davis said upon hearing of the death of Joan Crawford: "My mother told me never to speak ill of the dead. Only good. Joan Crawford is dead. GOOD."
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#4Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 11:57am
I was taught to speak only good of the dead. Fred Phelps is dead. Good.
ETA: Gay Jinx! Thanks, Fred!
Updated On: 3/20/14 at 11:57 AM
#5Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:25pm
The world is a better place now.
Brian07663NJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:31pmBest thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#10Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:31pmAnd maybe no one will protest at his funeral, because the outside world has class.
#11Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:35pm
Just saw this excellent tweet:
"today's competition is Who Can Be Most Self-Righteously Not Thrilled That Fred Phelps Is Dead"
#14Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:49pm
Reportedly, WBC doesn't believe in worshiping the dead, so they'll be no funeral.
How ironic.
#16Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:58pmTaz, NO. We're all supposed to wish him well now so we're not "like him".
#17Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:59pmThat's not the point, Jordan, and you know it.
#18Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:05pm
But from what I'm seeing all over the web, I'm not too far off.
It really is like I said in that other thread, people everywhere are now all "Let us not rejoice, but wish our brother Fred peace and may he finally find acceptance in the kingdom of heaven."
BULL to the SH*T. Rejoice that this evil Mother Fvcker is dead! Seriously. It's ok to do that. Throw a party and bash a piñata that looks like him and then piss on it and set it on fire. There's NOTHING wrong with that. One of the most vile and evil figures in our history is dead. GOOD.
#19Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:08pm
I remember this day so well. Overcast and very wet. As the article states it had snowed earlier but was rain by this time. They were able to picket on our grounds because we had a pool that was open to public use and an arboretum that was also open to the public.
The school had asked us to stay away and put buttons that said "Hate is not a Cedar Crest Value" in the student center and student affairs office. I think I still have mine somewhere. I didn't go - I was working off campus at the time and had to go there. Besides, I didn't want to give them the attention they so desparately wanted.
Anti-gay protest at Cedar Crest College kept peaceful
#20Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:09pmI have complicated and conflicted feelings related to my own reaction to this. I plan to mull it over for a while and then go home and love my husband.
#21Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:10pm
Anytime someone whose sole existence was dedicated to causing others undue pain and anguish is removed from our midst it is a good thing.
#22Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:11pmBest post I saw on facebook was "Oh, to be a fly on those gates!!!"
#23Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:16pm
He and his fellow monsters came to my area and the press decided to ignore him so he left.
(he had 3 days of protests planned but left the area after one because no one cared).
Still, on his one day here he protested outside of a day school.
A freaking day school! Yelling at little kindergarteners.
These are not the actions of someone who deserves a shred of respect, even in death.
As you reap, so shall you sow.
#24Fred Phelps is Dead
Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:54pmGood riddance. The man was monster. I am not about to "be the bigger person" and say I hope he finds everlasting peace. The man deserves to rot in hell.
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