# Phred Phelps & The Heathens Of Comic-Con. Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114 "2010-07-18T12:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/21 "2010-07-20T23:32:28Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Apparently they like counter-protests, because then they can sue for harrassment, which is basically how they keep their church afloat. Obviously Comic-Con-goers aren’t going to be convinced by my board post to ignore Phelps&co, but unfortunately not ignoring them could be bad news for the con financially. How can it be that they have a right to protest something but than someone else cannot protest their protest?? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/22 "2010-07-20T23:38:16Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > How can it be that they have a right to protest something but than someone else cannot protest their protest?? Lawyers. They has them. (Or more precisely, they is them. That’s how they can sue so much because they don’t have to pay lawyer’s fees, whereas people defending themselves do.) ---
**Author:** ![clnilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/23 "2010-07-21T15:19:53Z")
Glad to see were getting down to the nitty gritty arguments now - Team FredWard or Team Jacob 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/24 "2010-07-23T13:30:28Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I’m a big nerd, so I know quite a few people who are going to Comic Con. > > They all seem amused by this news, and are coming up with appropriately ridiculous slogans for their counterprotest signs. And [here they are](http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/). I suppose that’s one way to beat trolls like the Phelps; be a bigger spectacle than they are. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/25 "2010-07-23T13:46:24Z")
I expected most of those but I lost it at the Bender photo. “Kill All Humans” just fits in so well with the “You’re All Going to Hell” signs. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/26 "2010-07-23T14:28:37Z")
God Hates Jedi Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/27 "2010-07-23T16:16:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > And [here they are](http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/). I trust I need not elucidate which of these I like Best. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/28 "2010-07-23T16:56:25Z")
I like Bender’s, and the Hypno-Toad sign (of course), and Buddy Christ, but for some reason, the Spy’s sign and the magnets sign were the ones that really cracked me up. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/29 "2010-07-23T17:14:13Z")
I knew I should have gone. I think I would have made a sign about the Borg and “You will be assimilated” or some reference to the Daleks. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114/30 "2010-07-23T21:02:00Z")
Probably too confusing for anyone not familiar with comics, but I can’t help but think that some sort of “Bizarro hate fags” sign would be awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phred-phelps-the-heathens-of-comic-con-newslink/547114.md?page=1)