Westboro Baptist Church Plans to fly to South Africa to Protest Mandela’s Funeral...

[HipChick]

Let's hope they are not let in the country...

https://twitter.com/WBCSays/statuses/408777913484333056

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1. Let's hope they get one of those fancy necklaces

The ones with the burning tires

[DonViejo]

7. Hell no! The last thing we need is the Phelps clan

being designated as Christian martyrs.

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10. I doubt, seriously, anyone thinks they are Christians

[DonViejo]

16. I'm not about to take a poll of the religious freaks to learn

who thinks the Phelps are Christian but, if any harm were to come to any Phelps clan member, I'd bet dollars to donuts the wing nut fundies would claim them as martyrs to the cause. You're mistaken to think otherwise.

You might find this interesting.:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218102271

[TBF]

2. I was certain this

Would be satire. Smh

[aquart]

3. Think they'll be allowed in?

I'd stop 'em at the airport.

[TexasProgresive]

4. Hold them at the airport

as suspected terrorist, until the funeral is over.

[msanthrope]

5. Do we have to take them back? nt

[wercal]

6. Odds are good that they aren't really going...

These people thrive on Google hits. This nonsense claim gets them exactly what they want - attention.

Call them the 'homophobes from Topeka', 'WB Klan', whatever, but don't use their full name - it gives them positive reinforcement.

And seriously, this group knows exactly how to stay within the lines in this country, as far as the law is concerned - no way they have enough hubris to go to a nation where they are unskilled in the local laws. And frankly, they usually Drive...even from Kansas to DC. You can't fit a poster of a Disney character performing a sex act in the overhead compartment (and they're too cheap to fly).

[struggle4progress]

14. +

[spanone]

8. ...yea, go over there and express loudly your 1st amendment rights

[SidDithers]

9. No they don't....

All they ever do, anymore, is to announce that they're going to protest something, and the subsequent freak out gives them as much press as if they actually had protested.

Ignore em. Fuck em.


Sid

[nyquil_man]

13. Bingo.

It's hard to organize a mass protest when you're not a mass.

[etherealtruth]

15. ...as I have posted elsewhere I will donate $ for their trip

Go, have a good flight. please attempt to protest at the funeral of the most beloved man in SA.

No freak out ... just encouragement (encouragement for my own warped humor)

[ChangeUp106]

11. This is their jump the shark moment

[KinMd]

12. Could we get them to go to North Korea instead