Beware of the Westboro Baptists

[Betty Karlson]

The trigger-happy bashers of all things reasonable have taken a stance on the Arizona murders. Do not look if you are easily offended.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/09/westboro-baptist-church-arizona_n_806319.html

Speaking as a Christian, I am disgusted that these people claim to speak on behalf of our Lord an Saviour. I don't know what they believe in, but it sure aren't the words "All you do unto the least of my brothers, you do unto me."

[HEyHEY]

1. I interviewed the crazy assed daughter once for work

Coconuts!

[Monk06]

2. Holy crap! That is the assignment from hell. Did you do the interview in tongues or English?

[HEyHEY]

3. English, her group of nuts were coming to Vancouver to protest the laramie project

Being shown.... they never showed up, of course. Lucky for them. Commercial Drive ain't a place where that kind of shit would have tolerated and Vancouverites are militant enough.

[Monk06]

7. Westboro Baptists on the Drive. You could sell tickets to that LOL

[Betty Karlson]

4. Of course.

The whole family-turned-church thrives on the inability to think decent thoughts: "God hates - Fill in noun - now grab your guns!" Didn't the father once shoot a dog for barking?

[HEyHEY]

5. God hates barking n/t

[Betty Karlson]

6. She is believed, I assume,

to be more of a cat person - at least in Topeca.

[tishaLA]

8. The RW nutjobs will point to them to prove wingnuts are sane

"THESE are the real people we should worry about!" in the same way they point at the KKK to "prove" "regular" teabaggers aren't racist.

[Betty Karlson]

9. Gut-wrenching spin, it would be.

I wish I could dismiss the possibility of that actually happening.

[Dogmudgeon]

10. They're also Democrats

At one time, Fred Phelps was a local Civil Rights leader -- that is, until he lost his marbles.

I assume their continued affiliation with the Democratic Party is for ironic purposes now.

--d!

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Sometimes I can't help wondering if those crazy fuckers aren't really just an

over the top, extremely advanced post-modern performance art piece, a la Andy Kaufman.

I confess I wonder the same thing about Ann Coulter, at times, too.