# Fred Phelps is dying. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820 "2014-03-16T05:20:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/281 "2014-03-21T22:23:25Z")
> [@pinkteddyx64](#): > > am I the only one that cried when they heard fred Phelp’s died? Apparently so. > [@pinkteddyx64](#): > > he was a **TRUE HERO** to us all. he stood up for what he believed in. > > rip fred :(☹ engrish grammmmer is hard huh… ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/282 "2014-03-21T23:08:06Z")
> [@morgenstern](#): > > apparently so. > > Engrish grammmmer is hard huh… God Hates English Grammar! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/283 "2014-03-22T01:29:23Z")
Guys, I think if you read **pinkteddy** ’s profile, you might get a sense that they’re having us on. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/284 "2014-03-22T01:35:48Z")
> [@pinkteddyx64](#): > > am I the only one that cried when they heard fred Phelp’s died? > > he was a **TRUE HERO** to us all. he stood up for what he believed in. > > rip fred :(☹ Though I rather suspect the above is not actually a sincere expression of this poster’s feelings, so much as it is an opportunity to get attention, it seems a good place to put this. Fred Phelps was about about as far from heroic as it gets. [http://www.vice.com/read/fred-phelps-has-died](http://www.vice.com/read/fred-phelps-has-died) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/285 "2014-03-22T05:21:57Z")
is he dead yet? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/286 "2014-03-22T07:57:53Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Unfortunately, WaPo has this annoying habit of NOT displaying the dates of their on-line articles. > [@CairoCarol](#): > > It’s there, just hard to find: November 12, 1995. Where? Is it someplace visible? Okay, I looked at the html source, and found it buried in there, in a couple of places actually, and even there, not very obvious. WTF is wrong with WaPo that they can’t follow such a seemingly basic rule as to _display the date of every article where it can be seen?_ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/287 "2014-03-23T04:10:58Z")
Just checking in to make sure Fred’s still dead. He is? Good. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/288 "2014-03-23T19:57:45Z")
Yep, checked, he’s still dead. I read that Og sent a supply of helmets and window cleaner to the Westboro Baptist Church. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/289 "2014-03-23T20:09:32Z")
“Yep, checked, he’s still dead.” Also, Franco. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/290 "2014-03-23T20:58:58Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > How’s this for irony: A Kansas law passed specifically to curtail WBC stupid funeral protests will be the very same law that insures no one can picket Phelps’ funeral with in 300 yards. Does the law prohibit gathering to celebrate a person’s death (as opposed to protesting against something or someone)? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/291 "2014-03-23T21:00:07Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > If you want to protest Fred Phelps in a way that can really make an impact consider making a donation to an LGBT charity. When applicable, designate your donation as “In memorial” or “In honor” of Fred Phelps. Brilliant! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/292 "2014-03-24T04:06:03Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Where? Is it someplace visible? > > Okay, I looked at the html source, and found it buried in there, in a couple of places actually, and even there, not very obvious. WTF is wrong with WaPo that they can’t follow such a seemingly basic rule as to _display the date of every article where it can be seen?_ That’s a whoosh, right? It’s pretty clearly displayed, right under the photo. Right above the first line of the article itself. By Annie Gowen, Published: November 12, 1995 E-mail the writer TOPEKA, Kan.-- The Day-Glo signs are strung out like rosary beads along the walkway to the church. “Thank God for AIDS,” reads one. “Fags Burn in Hell,” says another. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/293 "2014-03-24T04:10:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > That’s a whoosh, right? It’s pretty clearly displayed, right under the photo. > Right above the first line of the article itself. > By Annie Gowen, Published: November 12, 1995 E-mail the writer It’s there in Chrome. It’s not there in Firefox or IE (at least on my computer). Weird. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/294 "2014-03-24T04:11:36Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > It’s there in Chrome. It’s not there in Firefox or IE (at least on my computer). Weird. I’m using Firefox, and earlier on my phone it was right there as well. Did not think to check IE. Nope, missing in IE. Weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/295 "2014-03-24T08:57:16Z")
True dat. I’m using Firefox with Linux with Gnome GUI. WaPo articles _don’t_ display the publication date. Here’s a [screen shot](http://doggie.freeshell.org/wapodate.png) showing what I see. ALL articles I see on WaPo are like this, without the date visible. Yeah, weird. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/296 "2014-03-24T10:27:48Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > True dat. I’m using Firefox with Linux with Gnome GUI. WaPo articles _don’t_ display the publication date. > > Here’s a [screen shot](http://doggie.freeshell.org/wapodate.png) showing what I see. ALL articles I see on WaPo are like this, without the date visible. Yeah, weird. Whoever owns that newspaper obviously knows nothing about how the internet works. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/297 "2014-03-25T12:53:18Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Guys, I think if you read **pinkteddy** ’s profile, you might get a sense that they’re having us on. Just saying. I will admit I saw the comment, recent join date, and jumped to a wrong conclusion. My appologies **pinkteddy**. I just realized that now an advantage of a zombie uprising would be the opportunity to shoot Fred Phelps without fear of arrest. (Assuming he wasn’t cremated) ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/298 "2014-03-25T13:41:46Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > True dat. I’m using Firefox with Linux with Gnome GUI. WaPo articles _don’t_ display the publication date. > > Here’s a [screen shot](http://doggie.freeshell.org/wapodate.png) showing what I see. ALL articles I see on WaPo are like this, without the date visible. Yeah, weird. The dates on on the links to the stories in the previous page (like in this case, [washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style](http://washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style)) but not on the actual stories. Annoying. (I’m using Firefox). ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/299 "2014-03-25T14:23:25Z")
I’m using Firefox and I can see the date in the byline below the picture on the article itself. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820/300 "2014-03-25T14:50:01Z")
I’m running Firefox and can turn JavaScript on and off with the add-on Prefbar. The date doesn’t show up with JavaScript turned off. When I turn it on and reload the page, the date shows up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-is-dying/683820.md?page=16)