come september 5th, the honorable Fred Phelps is coming to Sweden with his congregation, to convey their message of hate to all swedes in general and the royal family in particular, over the whole �ke Green debacle.
Phelps and fifteen of his congregation will bring their signs and placards saying "God hates Sweden", "God hates fags" and "Thank God for tsunami" and carry out a demonstration.
The spokesman for the royal court says that they are looking into any way of denying Phelps entry into Sweden, the police have said that they can't be stopped from flying over unless they are a positive security threat, although the police can certainly act on Phelps if he defames the king and/or commits agitation against ethnic groups.
�ke Green himself says that he does not want Phelps to come here or to idolize him anymore.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
The thing with keeping hate figures out is the worry that people will believe them (ie, that extremist Islamic terrorists will make Muslims in the UK think "Hmm, maybe I should start carrying bombs onto underground stations).
Here, however, it's a bit different. Unless there are Swedish people sitting there saying "Gosh, I thought that God hated us as well! I'm off Swede killing!"
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Get all your male friends to dress ub drag- holding signs declaring "I love Freddie Phelps". Possibly photoshop his head onto a drag queen nad produce your own pro-Phelps posters (declaring him the Gay Messiah).
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Well there'd have to be something like that. I sure hope someone does something, though. We do have a reputation to uphold.
Alas, fishnets don't sit too well on me. If anything, they make me look even more butch. I could go as far as the Beckham, I suppose. With a saronge and teh Qui-Gon Jinn pony tail (is there a better word for it?).
I'll know more when I get the schedule of his arrival. Also, where they'll stay, how long the motorcade will be, etc.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, I was thinking of flamboyantly dressing up- not to the posint where people will really think you dress that way every day.
I talking "Village People" kind of costumes.
As to getting his schedule, I'd avoid that- theres bound to be a fringe of anti-Phelps extrmists with any of that available information and you would not want to be there if things went sour.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
Michael Moore has already done all of this.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Really- to Phelps?
Got a link? I'd like to see Moore nail him.
...though it gives the creep press to have Moore aknowledge him at all.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
No, what we should do is line up two platoons of european baptists (the piano-playing, acapella-singing kind) and have them denounce him as an upstart and a charlatan.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
I am not allowed to display the link to the wikipedia page, because of the parenthesis. It's easy enough to find.
"The Sodomobile, a pink van loaded with gay men and women, traveling across the country to US states that have on-the-books sodomy laws, to fight for gay rights. At one point they encounter Pastor Fred Phelps, famous for protesting at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, picketing during the funerals of other young gay men."
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Hmmm...it's odd: I'm all for embarassing Phelps with an overwhelming display of the sterotypes he thinks all gays represent, but on the other hand, far too many bozos in the media focus on that minority aspect as if it's somehow representative of the whole.
I like the notion of other Baptists denouncing him though! Good call if you can make it happen. ...and assuming they dont agree with him (far too many Baptists in my country hold the same- if less extreme- hateful views as Phelps).
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Phelps is so close to full-blown insanity that the only way to embarrass him IS with stereotypes. Not that there's much challenge to it, taking the piss out of a mentally crippled old fire-and-brimstoner who is more pitiful than dangerous doesn't really tax the intellect.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
FOX wold probably give him his own show.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I wonder how he would like it if someone copied the style of his emails and sent a "Thank God for Katrina"-mail to Phelpsville, saying how the South has gotten complacent and proud and will be washed away in God's name.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Er...except that some right-wing preachers are already saying that its God'a will that sinful New Orleans was washed away....
Fucktards.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I'm surprised Bush hasn't used the "It's not climate change, it's the wrath of God" argument to explain his inaction yet.