# Fred Phelps falls off the edge of the world... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154 "2005-06-21T03:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/61 "2005-06-23T00:39:11Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Fred Phelps vs. Brian Kinney (the tall butch one). Cage match, winner takes all! šŸ˜ƒ Uh, ā€œtakes allā€ of _what_, exactly? And where does he take it? ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/62 "2005-06-23T00:46:37Z")
Huh. I didnā€™t even know Reggie White was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/63 "2005-06-23T00:53:25Z")
A polite suggestion: it _might_ be prudent to clear your cookies & check for spyware/malware/viruses after visiting his site. Of course, it might be just fine, too. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/64 "2005-06-23T02:31:04Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Uh, ā€œtakes allā€ of _what_, exactly? And where does he take it? Letā€™s just say, with the difference in age and overall condition, Brian would be ā€œtakingā€ and Pehlps would be ā€œgivingā€, a whole lot. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/65 "2005-06-23T02:31:09Z")
I am doing research for the 2006 Death Pool. FP is supposedly sick, he may die next year. It really begs the question, how would you know the guy was sick? ā€œDad has been acting really strange lately.ā€ ā€œYeah, he must be feeling better.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/66 "2005-06-23T02:35:43Z")
Everyone already knows FP is sick (and deranged and twisted and generally fucked up). Pushing up daisies would be a step up. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/67 "2005-06-23T03:13:30Z")
I already have Fred on my 2005 Death Pool! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/68 "2005-06-23T03:36:19Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Why are you knocking on Freakazoid? He is one kick-ass superhero! _Textbook case for Sigmund Freud Fredazoid, Fredazoid . . ._ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/69 "2005-06-23T08:17:35Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Heā€™s a closet gay. He hates himself. > > So he takes it out on everyone else. I have long suspected this; also, he wants to prove to God that heā€™s not gay. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/70 "2005-06-23T08:35:32Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I have long suspected this; also, he wants to prove to God that heā€™s not gay. Really? Maybe he wants God to prove that Heā€™s not gay. ā€œJesus Christ, impaled on a dildo for fag salvation!ā€ (Now I have to scrub my brain.) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/71 "2005-06-23T09:24:09Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > My recurrent fantasy is to be the only eyewitness when some member of the US military slaps this pus bucket upside the head with a rifle barrel, knocks him down, and then kicks him until he bleeds out the rectum. > > Then I can get hauled into court, swear an oath to God that I will tell the truth, and then look Phelps dead in the eye and say, > > ā€œNope. I didnā€™t see _anything_.ā€ > > Regards, > Shodan If you read about the guy, he clearly thrives on being hated. While Iā€™m right with you in spirit, in reality this would just feed right into his persecution complex and heā€™d be even more sure that he must be doing something right. Iā€™m with those who say that if everyone on the planet could just act like FP was invisible, _that_ would be the biggest most effective kinghit you could give the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/72 "2005-06-23T11:56:44Z")
> [@Martin Luther](#): > > The best way to get rid of the Devil, if he resists the words of Holy Scripture, is to mock him. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/73 "2005-06-23T12:40:54Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Really? Maybe he wants God to prove that Heā€™s not gay. Naah, I think itā€™s more a case of ā€˜Look lord, I can hate them just as much as (I think) you do! see? How could I be gay if I want to smite gays? Please donā€™t burn me Lordā€™ ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/74 "2005-06-23T13:00:53Z")
Shodan the Devil may be bad, but heā€™s not fucked in the head! Not sure logic appliesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/75 "2005-06-23T14:09:59Z")
If this passes, I might start a business making Match-Lite type flags. No fluid needed! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/76 "2005-06-23T14:11:20Z")
Oh dammit, wrong thread. In the 5+ years Iā€™ve been posting here, that may be the first time Iā€™ve done that. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/77 "2005-06-23T14:17:44Z")
> [@Martin Luther](#): > > The best way to get rid of the Devil, if he resists the words of Holy Scripture, is to mock him. Itsā€™ the Devil, not a bogart. Then againā€¦ :aims wand at Phelps: ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/78 "2005-06-23T15:20:40Z")
I suspect that my own church will eventually be a target of the WBCā€™s goon squads since we were instrumental in getting the Grand Canyon Synod to vote approval for complete welcoming, ordination of gays and lesbians in relationships and blessing of same sex unions. I donā€™t fear these felchwits myself but some members of my congregation are not out in all aspects of their lives and some may be at risk for their jobs. Still another side of me says ā€œbring it on assholes, you donā€™t stand a chance.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/79 "2005-06-23T15:32:16Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > Itsā€™ the Devil, not a bogart. Then againā€¦ :aims wand at Phelps: šŸ˜ƒ I imagine Freddieā€™s not too fond of Harry Potter either. How about a collection of slash-fic starring HP and FP? Published on July 16 - _Harry Potter and the Half-Wit Ponce_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154/80 "2005-06-23T23:11:07Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > I think he picked gays because he could. Itā€™s not that he wasnā€™t homophobic before; I have no doubt that he was. But I think he wasnā€™t as homophobic in times past because he had other ways to direct his hatred. The man **thrives** on hatred and hurting people. Itā€™s the hurt he goes for. Iā€™ll second this. My dad described watching Phelps being interviewed. Phelps was asked what he would do if all the gay people in the world ceased to exist, just plain vanished. The answer? ā€œIā€™d find someone else to hate.ā€ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-falls-off-the-edge-of-the-world/309154.md?page=5)