Westboro Baptist Church to picket Paterno/s funeral [Archive]

badger

1/23/2012, 12:56 PM

Oklahoma has set the bar high by slashing their tires.

They have also set the bar high in another way --- offering airtime on an OSU radio station to get them to not picket the plane crash victims (womens basketball coaches and boosters).

So... will Pennsylvania be able to top either of Oklahoma's Westboro bashing or Westboro alternatives?

Personally, I'm hoping they find a way to top the tire slashing... nothing fatal, or violent, but something that makes headlines afterward and makes them forget they ever hated Oklahoma :eek:

stoops the eternal pimp

1/23/2012, 12:57 PM

They are still talking about our little town on their website...seems they didn't appreciate our work.

Fraggle145

1/23/2012, 12:57 PM

EatLeadCommie

1/23/2012, 01:01 PM

I've always hoped somebody would completely make their lives as miserable as they've made others. They may have met their match with the State College crazies.

badger

1/23/2012, 01:03 PM

They are still talking about our little town on their website...seems they didn't appreciate our work.

I think they're barking up the wrong tree by doing this... but I've thought that about them going to soldier funerals too... so who knows.

This increases my interest in the funeral 20-fold. Before, I was like "Go ahead and mourn your coach, whatever," and now I'm like "What fun nursery rhyme involving fornicators, homosexuals and heathens will they make up about State College, Pennsylvania?"

Nearer to hell, Nittany Lions
Nearer to hell

Send the Big Ten to the lake of fire
If your coach never will retire

Penn State, God hates you most
Time to burn like crispy toast

Shame shame on the blue and white
Ugliness is your campus' sight

...ok, I guess up. They'll do something much worse I'm sure

PLaw

1/23/2012, 01:07 PM

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/bdvX1

If true, I don't see that going over very well with a bunch of current and former football players.

Seriously?? It's people like that that give Christians a bad name. Maybe, they should go volunteer at a shelter or helping abused children, instead.

Bummer

47straight

1/23/2012, 02:20 PM

Seriously?? It's people like that that give Christians a bad name. Maybe, they should go volunteer at a shelter or helping abused children, instead.

Bummer

Not to mention other democrats. I've always said you absolutely cannot pin any of Fred Phelps' beliefs on other democrats. There's nothing in the DNC platform that caused him to be the near-sub-human he is. It's his own lack of character and nothing more.

badger

1/23/2012, 03:05 PM

Because this situation is so pathetic, I'll make another attempt:

Where Ten means 12
You go to hell-th
Hurrah Hurrah

Run the ball a lot
God's hate you've got
Hurrah Hurrah

Nevermind... bad idea.

Widescreen

1/23/2012, 03:26 PM

Seriously?? It's people like that that give Christians a bad name. Maybe, they should go volunteer at a shelter or helping abused children, instead.

Bummer
These people are Christians in name only.

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. - John 13:35

So if all you do is hate, you're not a Christian. At least that's my interpretation.

PalmettoSooner

1/23/2012, 03:32 PM

This church and its people make me sick. As a soldier, I hate that my fellow soldiers and I are fighting for their freedom to do this.

Sooner91ATL

1/23/2012, 03:44 PM

I think they're barking up the wrong tree by doing this... but I've thought that about them going to soldier funerals too... so who knows.

This increases my interest in the funeral 20-fold. Before, I was like "Go ahead and mourn your coach, whatever," and now I'm like "What fun nursery rhyme involving fornicators, homosexuals and heathens will they make up about State College, Pennsylvania?"

Nearer to hell, Nittany Lions
Nearer to hell

Send the Big Ten to the lake of fire
If your coach never will retire

Penn State, God hates you most
Time to burn like crispy toast

Shame shame on the blue and white
Ugliness is your campus' sight

...ok, I guess up. They'll do something much worse I'm sure

God Hates Sanduskys.

badger

1/23/2012, 03:53 PM

God Hates Sanduskys.

Nah, that doesn't have enough shock value, because Penn State hates him too. That's like having a sign that says "God Hates Hitler." Westboro is all about pizzing people off... and singing it to the tune of a hymn if possible... like... say...

Welcome aboard, hell's chariot
Come forth to carry you home

Penn State on hell's chariot
Nittany Lions call hell home

This sh!t just writes itself, doesn't it? Well, it does if you've seen enough photos and videos involving Westboro

DrZaius

1/23/2012, 04:46 PM

I'm hoping fatal.

I agree! Some people just deserve it.

LVSOONER15

1/23/2012, 05:05 PM

Westboro is bad for America. Hopefully some students will run them outta there with force.

47straight

1/23/2012, 05:28 PM

They are still talking about our little town on their website...seems they didn't appreciate our work.

Gotta link? That has to be funny.

badger

1/23/2012, 05:33 PM

Gotta link? That has to be funny.
Their site is called godhatesf*gs.com so you have to keep that in mind when I provide links here because sf.com does not allow the word f*gs:

This (http://www.godhatesf*gs.com/fliers/20120122_Joe-Paterno-Funeral-Connecting-The-Dots.pdf) is for Paterno's funeral.

And this (http://www.godhatesf*gs.com/fliers/20111120_OSU-Coaches-Memorial-Radio-Swap.pdf) was the latest on Oklahoma. Like said, a nice radio station owner relieved Stillwater of facing Westboro pickets at the "Remember the 4" funeral and exchanged air time for picket time.

Once again, remove the asterisk from the link if you really want to see those "press releases."

VA Sooner

1/23/2012, 05:36 PM

badger

1/23/2012, 05:44 PM

This is how they make money for their church though. Show up in number for outrageous actions at very somber events hoping to instigate a fight and leave the court system to vote in their favor for civil action suits when one of their members gets roughed up.

I like the tire slashing idea... especially when nobody can be found to be at fault. Church members showing up at local tire stores to buy off the shelf tires means good business for the local economy.

Take their windshield wipers while you're at it. Break off a few side view mirrors (those are very expensive). Kick in the front grill. Crack a few taillights... and leave no evidence behind.

Oh man... you never heard the story of Westboro coming to McAlester, did you? :D

Here, let me recap:

1- Westboro arrives in McAlester to protest a Army sergeant's funeral.
2- Westboro returns to its van to find its front and rear passenger's side (the side not facing the road, lol) slashed.
3- Westboro's van hobbles away on two good, two bad tires, with a police car following slowly behind (and I can imagine, a lot of laughing McAlester people)
4- Multiple businesses turned them away, refusing to repair their van, even for thousands of dollars (there were also restaurants that reportedly had up signs that they would not serve Westboro that day).
5- Westboro finally gives up and calls AAA, who hauls them off to Walmart to get repaired.

All you have to do is see pics from the funeral to know that Westboro deserved this 100 percent. The Army sergeant who died left behind a 4-year-old son :(

Eielson

1/23/2012, 06:49 PM

This is how they make money for their church though.

I don't care how much money the church has if they're all dead.

8timechamps

1/23/2012, 07:40 PM

This church and its people make me sick. As a soldier, I hate that my fellow soldiers and I are fighting for their freedom to do this.

Amen brother. I served (in the first Gulf War), and every time I see this it sickens me. I have to find that part in my brain that continues to try and convince me that this is the freedom of living in the USA. It's doesn't keep me from wanting to see them all throat punched though...

VA Sooner

1/23/2012, 08:00 PM

Oh man... you never heard the story of Westboro coming to McAlester, did you? :D

Here, let me recap:

1- Westboro arrives in McAlester to protest a Army sergeant's funeral.
2- Westboro returns to its van to find its front and rear passenger's side (the side not facing the road, lol) slashed.
3- Westboro's van hobbles away on two good, two bad tires, with a police car following slowly behind (and I can imagine, a lot of laughing McAlester people)
4- Multiple businesses turned them away, refusing to repair their van, even for thousands of dollars (there were also restaurants that reportedly had up signs that they would not serve Westboro that day).
5- Westboro finally gives up and calls AAA, who hauls them off to Walmart to get repaired.

All you have to do is see pics from the funeral to know that Westboro deserved this 100 percent. The Army sergeant who died left behind a 4-year-old son :(

Badger... thank you for sharing that story! LMAO!!!!

They got what they deserved and I'm hoping to hear a lot more stories like this!

MichiganSooner

1/23/2012, 08:37 PM

They came to Bartlesville to protest a soldier's funeral. Crowds were estimated to exceed 10,000 along US-75 and US-60 leading to the church. Hundreds of flags all over the place. The 2 dozen or so protestors left town with a police escort to the city limit an hour before the funeral started. If 10,000 peaceful Bartlesville folks can run them out of town, just think what 100,000 disorderly Nittany Lions fans can do!

SoonerMom2

1/23/2012, 09:30 PM

This group of publicity seeking jerks should be locked up IMHO and the key thrown away for littering since they nothing but trash. Went to see them go into Happy Valley and see what the cops have to say to them there. Would not be smart to visit State College for this but they will do anything for publicity. What a sorry excuse for human beings! So now they have gone from soldiers to coaches? What a bunch of lowlifes. Hope they lose some more tires.

olevetonahill

1/23/2012, 09:40 PM

Dint some folks Block em in at their Motel before a funeral here while back?

bluedogok

1/23/2012, 10:19 PM

Nothing but a Cult of Lawyers who are Media Whores.......

EatLeadCommie

1/23/2012, 10:35 PM

I believe there was a lengthy BBC documentary on them a few years back that I watched in bits and pieces on YouTube. Obviously, they're all crazy, but what freaked me out was how a lot of them (I think the one I'm thinking of specifically is one of Fred Phelps' daughters) are actually smart. Hateful and ridiculous, but still sharp as tacks. I really felt bad for the granddaughters who were coming of age because they seem relatively normal (and also smart), but will soon have to be a part of the real world.

badger

1/23/2012, 10:37 PM

Dint some folks Block em in at their Motel before a funeral here while back?

I don't remember where that happened, but it was not in Kansas. All they had to do was look for the Kansas plates and lo and behold, they couldn't leave their motel to go protest :)

EDIT: It was Mississippi:

A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.

Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.

Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.

A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.

I remember an episode of that BBC show about cars where they decided to drive rundown cars through SEC country and decorated them beforehand to say things like "HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT" and "MAN ON MAN LOVE OK" and they tried to refuel at a backwoods station... and the lady in charge says "I'm gonna call the boys." That drove those Brits to scram immediately and take the "decoration" off their cars.

There are just certain areas of the country where you can't beat your chest and scream 'FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS' and expect to get away with it.

olevetonahill

1/23/2012, 10:40 PM

I don't remember where that happened, but it was not in Kansas. All they had to do was look for the Kansas plates and lo and behold, they couldn't leave their motel to go protest :)
Yup. Cant member where, But it was sweet

SoonerMarkVA

1/23/2012, 11:00 PM

A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.

I freakin' LOVE THIS. Man, why don't the cops everywhere these guys picket do the same thing! It's so simple and beautiful.

MamaMia

1/23/2012, 11:02 PM

Picketing funerals is so hillbilly.

ouwasp

1/23/2012, 11:11 PM

Is there an acutal, physical, Westboro church bldg? Made of combustible material?

If so, I'm surprised it is still intact.

olevetonahill

1/23/2012, 11:15 PM

Is there an acutal, physical, Westboro church bldg? Made of combustible material?

If so, I'm surprised it is still intact.
Yup. Think its guarded pretty well tho

MamaMia

1/23/2012, 11:26 PM

Yup. Think its guarded pretty well tho Yep, by the Bingo parlor security guards in the same strip mall; you know..Larry, Daryl and his other brother Daryl.

47straight

1/24/2012, 12:23 AM

Their site is called godhatesf*gs.com so you have to keep that in mind when I provide links here because sf.com does not allow the word f*gs:

This (http://www.godhatesf*gs.com/fliers/20120122_Joe-Paterno-Funeral-Connecting-The-Dots.pdf) is for Paterno's funeral.

And this (http://www.godhatesf*gs.com/fliers/20111120_OSU-Coaches-Memorial-Radio-Swap.pdf) was the latest on Oklahoma. Like said, a nice radio station owner relieved Stillwater of facing Westboro pickets at the "Remember the 4" funeral and exchanged air time for picket time.

Once again, remove the asterisk from the link if you really want to see those "press releases."

Their site is down. Will check later.

But your mention of Stillwater means now I'm pondering a copycat site godhatesags.com. I can only imagine. Maybe the fark board can run with it.

RedstickSooner

1/24/2012, 01:29 AM

I'm hoping fatal.

If God kills 'em, I'm all for it. (Lightning, sudden earthquake, whatever.) But if humans kill 'em, I'm not for it. They don't kill anyone. They just say and believe evil sh*t. I don't believe in killing anyone for their beliefs, or for what they say. I don't mind costing them money (slashing tires) or making them miserable (picketing their houses), but I can't be on board with killing them.

I'm also a little confuzzled by their picketing JoePa. Isn't their entire point with soliders that God is killing soldiers because America is a bunch of sodomites? If God killed JoePa because JoePa was a sodomite, He sure took His sweet time. I mean, JoePa was, what, a hundred and seventy four? If living that long and full a life is your penalty for supporting sodomy, sign me up for the sodomy train, yo.

Er, wait, that didn't sound right...

:D

badger

1/24/2012, 09:47 AM

Badger... thank you for sharing that story! LMAO!!!!

They got what they deserved and I'm hoping to hear a lot more stories like this!

Since you seem to want more info, here's the original story (from November 2010):

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20101114_11_a12_cutlin105145)

And the story of the funeral they tried to sabotage:

Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20101114_12_A1_ULNSaG512051)

Videos (NSFW --- they use the f-- word in their signs... and you might want headphones or mute the sound --- it's mostly motorcycle revving lol)
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I think all of the cheering at the end of that last clip was because the crowd saw Westboro driving off with two flats... or maybe it was just because they were leaving :D

In addition to Mississippi's pwning, Nebraska also has an anti-Westboro law that they have unsuccessfully tried to circumvent that disallows the desecration of the American flag. The Phelps daughter was arrested in Nebraska because her son was walking on the flag and she wore it upsidedown as a sash or something... I don't remember the details.

RedstickSooner

1/24/2012, 12:44 PM

badger

1/24/2012, 12:47 PM

Probably the best part of the McAlester story that I heard was that they tried to pay waaay over cost to get the repairs done and the businesses still refused. The internet tantrum their site had afterward over refusal of service was quite funny.

jkjsooner

1/24/2012, 02:13 PM

I'd also like to say that I think it's friggin' awesome that businesses are refusing to serve those scumbags. In fact, we might want to contact AAA and let them know how disappointed we are tha they towed and helped one of the scummiest bunches of sleazy slime currently sharing air with the rest of us here in this country. Most businesses have the legal right to refuse a customer if they choose to refuse that customer, don't they?

I'm assuming that if they paid for AAA membership then AAA would be required to service them. You can't take money and then refuse to provide the service. If they wanted to refuse service then they'd have to refuse membership.

batonrougesooner

1/24/2012, 02:54 PM

So when a member of the Westboro Baptist Church dies, does anyone picket their funeral?

oudavid1

1/24/2012, 02:59 PM

I'm hoping fatal.

this

badger

1/24/2012, 03:01 PM

So when a member of the Westboro Baptist Church dies, does anyone picket their funeral?

Michael Moore and I have vastly different political ideologies, but he did once bring a pink busload of openly gay people to a few Westboro sites (including their home base in Topeka), which really maked Daddy Phelps fume :D

As much as I smirk at their misfortunes, I do have some pity for the minions of that cult. Phelps basically rules with an iron fist and if they rest don't fall in line, they get excommunicated, so they are all, from a very early age, under serious pressure to picket and hold the swastika/f**/anti-military signs up.

8timechamps

1/24/2012, 05:13 PM

Michael Moore and I have vastly different political ideologies, but he did once bring a pink busload of openly gay people to a few Westboro sites (including their home base in Topeka), which really maked Daddy Phelps fume :D

As much as I smirk at their misfortunes, I do have some pity for the minions of that cult. Phelps basically rules with an iron fist and if they rest don't fall in line, they get excommunicated, so they are all, from a very early age, under serious pressure to picket and hold the swastika/f**/anti-military signs up.

Yep. The only people I worry about are the children. Unfortunately, they have no choice and most don't make it out in enough time to escape the madness....as with any other cult I guess.

badger

1/24/2012, 05:44 PM

So... umm... I guess they're gonna go tomorrow instead?

stoopified

1/26/2012, 03:55 PM

Not to mention other democrats. I've always said you absolutely cannot pin any of Fred Phelps' beliefs on other democrats. There's nothing in the DNC platform that caused him to be the near-sub-human he is. It's his own lack of character and nothing more.They are Dumocrats? Well that explains a lot.They are minions of Obama. :)

badger

1/26/2012, 04:39 PM

So... looks like Westboro is a bunch of talk, but we already knew that.

Absolutely no reports out there of them showing up in Pennsylvania.

Ah well, guess Oklahoma will continue to be their target for sh!t. I really had my hopes up that they'd make Pennsylvania their new target, but ah well. I guess this will save them on gas to just drive south a ways than across the country.

StoopTroup

1/26/2012, 04:47 PM

Once that Crazy Old Man is gone to meet whatever maker made him....that Church and their attempts to get attention will die off.

Scott D

1/26/2012, 07:33 PM

Maybe they can be convinced to protest Lord Fred's funeral

70sooner

1/26/2012, 10:32 PM

As much as I smirk at their misfortunes, I do have some pity for the minions of that cult. Phelps basically rules with an iron fist and if they rest don't fall in line, they get excommunicated, so they are all, from a very early age, under serious pressure to picket and hold the swastika/f**/anti-military signs up.

almost all of the members are related to each other in one way or another. that certainly explains a lot....

LiveLaughLove

1/26/2012, 11:24 PM

If, God forbid, one of the Westboro people were to assume room temperature from an altercation at a funeral they are picketing, will they picket their members funeral also?

They are evil and misguided people that cannot possible get from the Bible what they claim to. I feel sad for the children that are drawn in to this.

badger

1/27/2012, 02:08 PM

I guess it happened after all?

http://coedbc.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/god-hates-joepa.jpg

Link to daughter's twitter. (https://twitter.com/#!/MargieJPhelps/status/162608378034663424/photo/1)

meh.

BudSooner

1/27/2012, 08:19 PM

I wonder if they will picket Fred Dursts funeral when that time comes, oh wait nobody gives a **** about that ****.

jdsooner

1/30/2012, 12:56 AM

One of these days the pastor of Westboro will die and we can all go and picket his funeral.

DCsooner22

1/30/2012, 07:55 AM

Is this the same group that use to picket on the South Oval in front of Dale Hall every fall and spring?

soonercastor

1/31/2012, 02:17 PM

I'm getting tired of their act.

EatLeadCommie

1/31/2012, 03:09 PM

This is the BBC documentary about them on YouTube. It is NSFW unless you have headphones and some privacy. Don't watch around your kids, either. It is pretty interesting and at times captivating, though. This is part 1 of 8...the other 7 parts are on there too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmIr9P-vkSQ

*ETA that it appears to be only 7 parts in total. There was also a sequel that the guy made 11 years later after some had left the WBC and they started getting a bit more attention.