Is anyone shocked by Phelps and his gang at this point?

[theboss]

They do what they do.

I'm not even offended any longer. I'm sort of in the "ignore them and maybe they will go away" category these days.

[rasputin1952]

1. Nope...just a group of seriously misguided shitheads...

:(

[Waya]

2. Shocked? No.....

Disgusted? Yea. But I guess the Right to Free Speech is for everyone...even the Freaks.......

[MindPilot]

7. Free Speech for Everyone...

Including Imus?

Disclaimer: Not defending him or what he said, just askin'

[Waya]

9. Yep.....including Imus....

....not defending him or what he said, either.....just saying.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

Well, I'm still offended...

but weren't you the poster a few months ago who was posting about how you were going to go down and cause trouble at a Phelps protest?

[theboss]

4. Um, no

I'm 33 and live in the suburbs. I don't cause trouble anywhere at this point.

[TommyO]

3. Not shocked by Phelps

but am laughing my ass off now that people are starting to come out against him, while they remained silent when he was just protesting at "fag" funerals.

[MindPilot]

5. Nothing shocks me anymore, but I am amazed.

Amazed that no one has put a bullet in him yet.

And even more amazed that he can keep doing this without at the very least a huuuge public outcry. He does this shit day after day for years and nothing is said. But let one shock jock let slip one stupid remark and the world collapses around him.

It just proves that you can get away with anything by hiding behind a bible.

[ClintonTyree]

6. They're the Ann Coulter of religion.......

trying to be as outrageous and "in your face" as possible to keep the spotlight on themselves. It's a classic "LOOK AT ME, HERE I AM. AREN'T I OUTRAGEOUS! NOTICE ME. ME, ME, ME". That's all it is. I sometimes doubt that these crazies even believe what they're saying, they just want attention. :shrug:

[regnaD kciN]

12. If you read "Addicted to Hate", the newspaper feature story about Phelps...

...it would be hard to come to any conclusion other than that he's a psycho who has created a God in his own image.

Believe me, the funeral protests and "God hates fags" rhetoric aren't even the half of it. A truly disturbed individual.

[Ian David]

8. I plan to drop everything and go to Phelps' funeral the day he dies. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I'll buy you a beer afterwards

:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. You are an experienced Phelps observer.

Here in Kansas, we have learned to ignore him. He thrives on attention, and depriving him of it seems to be the best strategy.

[theboss]

13. I've heard his daughter or whatever she is on Stern many times

That whole group is just a bunch of circus freaks.

[shaniqua6392]

14. I know one thing for sure....

They are not Christians. They are the equivalent, in my mind, of Islamic Fundamentalists who twist religion to fit their needs. Too bad they hurt people in the process.

[butterfly77]

15. I am shocked that ...

no one has Knocked the hell out of them yet...

[stirlingsliver]

16. I Remain Shocked and Deeply Offended

I remain shocked and deeply offended by what Phelps and his family do.

I will NOT allow myself to become used to what they do.

They must be resisted.

[Gruenemann]

17. Those fuckers would picket Jesus's funeral.

So I'm not shocket at all.

[catmandu57]

18. Like others the only thing that shocks me

Is the fact that these people are still walking around on top of the ground instead of lying in it. There are people in this country that aren't as tolerant as we here, why noone has taken the law into their hands is the only thing i'm shocked by.