Reply #47: Wow the Irony

[Madspirit]

One difference is, to me it's obvious, Phelps is extremely mentally ill. I mean really, go to his site if you don't mind giving it "hits". The man is a stark raving lunatic and this comes from someone who is not just certifiable but actually certified...me. It's also my field of study. The man sounds less sane than some schizophrenic friends I have. Truly. No one thinks of him as credible.

Falwell, people actually listened to and followed. Phelp's entire church is make up of three intermarrying families. I think they suffer from folie a deux, which literally means "folly of two" but in the field of psychology it can be more than two and means a shared delusion. It is rare but really happens. Falwell had a facade of respectability among his ilk. Even most of the RW know that Phelps is a really sick man.

In other words, I think of Falwell as more dangerous.

...but I do love the irony of Falwell being picketed by a thundering loon of the RW fundies. That is just too funny.
Lee