# Ugh.. WBC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627 "2009-10-29T16:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627/21 "2009-10-30T19:29:10Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > **Sometimes the Westboro Baptist Church is a force for good.** > > Don’t believe me? I don’t blame you a bit. But this story of Stu Rasmussen from Radio Lab put a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. Listen [here](http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2009/10/02/segments/134088#at); it will be the best thing you hear all day. When I heard that story, I had the same reaction you did! Dopers, ya’ll need to listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627/22 "2009-10-30T21:37:19Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > Ideally, what you should do is nothing. Do not even acknowledge their presence and if possible urge the media to stay away. They actually will go away if you ignore them. > > Barring that see if you can get a bunch of kids to do a synchronized MJ dance along to the tune. Yeah, there’s got to be something creative that can be done with the “Thriller” zombie dance that would get right up in the Phelpses faces without being something that could prompt a serious lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627/23 "2009-10-30T21:45:33Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > This. Starbucks wants to introduce a fig-flavored coffee, but it’s really hard to make. Check out [godhatesfigs.com](http://godhatesfigs.com). I don’t speak Japanese, can someone else summarize? ---
**Author:** ![Lily\_Milliner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8edcca/32.png) [@Lily\_Milliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lily_Milliner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627/24 "2009-10-31T02:43:10Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > Remember too that they threaten to protest a lot more places than they ever intend to actually visit. They’re so ridiculous and over the top that merely threatening to come is enough to get local publicity. When they don’t show up, worst case is they get another free round of publicity reporting that they never came. This is what happened at my girls’ school. They’re in the lower grades, but the high school put on Laramie Project, the play based on the Matthew Shepherd killing. The media person (it’s a private school; there is one person in charge of alumni and other publications, and she handles media relations as well) advised the policy of ignoring the whole thing, and that seemed to work fine. I don’t think there were any actual protesters. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627/25 "2009-10-31T03:43:17Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > **Sometimes the Westboro Baptist Church is a force for good.** > > Don’t believe me? I don’t blame you a bit. But this story of Stu Rasmussen from Radio Lab put a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. Listen [here](http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2009/10/02/segments/134088#at); it will be the best thing you hear all day. It was. Thank you so much for posting that! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-wbc/515627.md?page=1)