West Virginia Miners Drive Fred Phelps Out of Town
April 9, 2010 at 5:35 PM 8 comments
Psycho Fred Phelps and his band of creepy followers descended on West Virginia Thursday to rally against the 25 miners — sinners in their book — who died in the Massey Energy-run coal mine explosion on Monday.
People in Charleston would have none of it and they drove Phelps and his crazy gang out of town:
Ah, finally, an indication that there’s still some sanity left in this country.
(There was a time, not long ago (when I a kid and even a teenager), when the likes of Glenn Beck were seen as pariahs like Phelps. Heaven help us if someone like Phelps is ever welcomed into the mainstream and given a nationally syndicated radio and television show.)
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M. Douglas Wray | April 10, 2010 at 1:25 AM
This is great to see!! I knew America would finally get fed up with nutcases like Phelps and start fighting back. Gives me hope.
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Charley | April 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Fred Phelps’s crew loaded into expensive SUV’s, drove hundreds of miles, wasted lots of time, money, human energy, and gasoline…
Along their journey, they speeded past:
1. homeless shelters
2. orphanages
3. prisons
4. missions
5. half way houses
6. soup kitchens
7. food banks
8.
Just imagine how much good they COULD HAVE DONE!
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Say It Ain't So Already | April 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Amen.
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Rebecca | April 12, 2010 at 5:08 PM
I don’t understand how anyone can preach HATE in the name of God. Doesn’t that make them the sinners?
I don’t condone violence, but if the WC members should happen to be injured I don’t think many people will mourn.
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eric | April 22, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Why does Phelps think miners are gay? Does he have mines
confused with submarines, since they’re both under the
surface of the Earth? (Insert joke about submarine here.)
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Rob Wolford | June 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Wel. I feel a bit sheepish. I live in West Virginia and this is the first I heard of this incident. Had I known he was coming I’d loaded up the family and headed to Charleston. Looks like it was a great time.
To those who were there to meet Mr. Phelps and his follower (family), you have made me feel very proud of you and the Great State of West Virginia.
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Mary Sword | March 5, 2011 at 9:23 PM
What does Glenn Beck have to do with anything concerning Phelps?
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Say It Ain't So Already | March 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Mary — If you don’t get it — even a little bit — I don’t care to spend my time explaining it.
Go back to Fox.