Would you picket Fred Phelps' funeral?

Nope. If anything, that’s probably want his family wants to happen.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the family pickets the funeral:

Westboro Baptist Church
Even our founder burns in Hell

I’d just go to a bar and toast ol’ Fred.

When I’m unusually flush, I’ll buy a round and toast something strange. I swear I could raise my glass and say, “Here’s to incest” and as long as I bought the round everyone raises their glass.

So ya.

I also take the DNFTT approach. Those running the WBC are attention whores and not even the good kind.

If you’re paying, sure. But please stay away from the family reunion :smiley:

As I said in the other thread about Fred, the question of picketing Fred Phelp’s funeral may be moot. Looks like they don’t believe in having funerals.

Fred’s dead, baby. Fred’s dead.

But it seems that Westboro will not have any funeral or memorial for him at all;

From a member’s Twitter.

Which kind of takes the wind out of those calling for Westboro to take a spoonful of their own medicine. Although being so hated you can’t have any funeral or memorial for your life probably says it all.

Picketing a funeral is tasteless. I don’t care who it is or what the issue is. Even Hitler would deserve to be buried in peace.

1 - does not matter to me - ignore
2 - if invited to the funeral by a close friend - most likely go as I am supporting them unless I feel i should not.
3 - if invited to the protest by a close friend - most likely don’t go unless I feel I should go, protest are usually hateful, but even in those things Love can reach thru.

Nope. 2 wrongs don’t make a right. Glad he’s gone though.

Exactly. It was wrong when he did it, and it wouldn’t be any less wrong for me to do it.

No I wouldn’t. The best memorial for such a person is none at all.

I can’t imagine any situation where picketing somebody’s funeral would feel like a good use of my time, and in this case it’s a funeral halfway across the country. I would rather do almost anything else- including nothing at all.