# Fred Phelps was a civil rights activist?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-was-a-civil-rights-activist/630014>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-was-a-civil-rights-activist/630014 "2012-08-01T01:30:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vicullum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-phelps-was-a-civil-rights-activist/630014/21 "2012-08-04T15:22:28Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> No such luck. When the time comes I’m hoping to be the first to post about it, since Phred and I live in the same city. I could hear about it and be first to trumpet the news, before it gets to the wire services.

I have a delightful mental image of hordes of people showing up to protest _his_ funeral.

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