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Westboro Baptist Church, the hate group that masquerades as a religious organization, is known for their publicity stunts, but they may have bit off more than they can chew with this one. After a comedian offered to pay for them to fly to Iraq so they can protest real Christian persecution at the hands of Islamic militants, the group tweeted that they have accepted his offer. They want to take their picket signs and head over to a country currently occupied by a group that beheads Christian children without hesitation this ought to go well.
To bring you up to speed: Last week, British comedian Adam Hills gave an brilliant, hilarious proposal to the WBC after learned that they planned to surprise, surprise picket Robin Williams funeral. On his show, The Last Leg, Hills pointed out that the infamous God Hates Fags group is quick to march around with signs protesting American hedonism, but dont have the courage to protest the daily persecution Christians in Iraq are facing at the hands of the people threatening to behead Christians if they dont convert.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/
Do they need donations to help them make the trip?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)for their passports and all IDs to "accidentally" get invalidated by the state dept....
BobbyBoring
(1,965 posts)If they go (and that's a big if), they won't be returning.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)They can land in Mosul
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I'll chip in for parachutes!
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Take them back and we promise to surrender.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Ah, but wait... The Plane... thats their ticket.. Something will fuck up with their travel
arrangements, forcing them to cancel or return and their game will be on!!!
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Those people on the mountain have already suffered enough.
I'd donate to see if they would actually do this.
Never know, ISIS might convert them.
Not much difference in the level of hate there.
name not needed
(11,660 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,944 posts)LloydS of New London
(355 posts)Can't afford it, but will happily give!
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Vincardog
(20,234 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)homegirl
(1,433 posts)ready to write a check, where do I send it?
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)I hope to hell they take some of those signs in your OP. Iraq is not the USA. There is no freedom of speech and there will be significant backlash if they parade around with those signs.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,767 posts)Airhead meet pin.
vankuria
(904 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)underpants
(182,861 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)malthaussen
(17,215 posts)Definite DUzy.
-- Mal
underpants
(182,861 posts)The ISIS bucket challenge
dballance
(5,756 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)Bravo!
Kaleva
(36,327 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Kudos to you.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)maybe even a buck or two, for a one way ticket. The matter/anti-matter meeting of evolutionary throwback assholes. Boom!
Ilsa
(61,696 posts)if returned at all.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Otherwise, they would just pocket the money.
former9thward
(32,064 posts)but if they did, good riddance.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)4139
(1,893 posts)hardcover
(255 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)NBachers
(17,133 posts)cstanleytech
(26,310 posts)Chemisse
(30,814 posts)Iraqis of all factions will just love them to death!
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)I'm sure they'll have no problem getting a ride from the airport. Where can we donate. My guess would be that they would take the money but would NEVER go to Iraq.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)They will just use it for whatever drugs they are taking that makes them so scary.
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)I have no doubt their faith in God will protect them provided the entire family does this and they announce their exact location 2 days ahead of time and walk the streets of Mosul alone without any security while holding a cross and and flying an american flag.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)alsame
(7,784 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)The Muslims will run to them and convert on the spot. I don't know why they didn't think of this before.
littlemissmartypants
(22,722 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)malthaussen
(17,215 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)I wonder, did they get one way tickets!
mmonk
(52,589 posts)Would be a waste of money otherwise.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)onto the plane. It is guaranteed that Hilarity will Ensue.
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)calimary
(81,419 posts)Maybe this one's a DEEEUUUUUUWWW-zy...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Who wants to contribute?
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)tosh
(4,424 posts)You go, WBC!!!
Rock on!
get the red out
(13,468 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)alsame
(7,784 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)alsame
(7,784 posts)along to film everything
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)the blue-cheese olive in the martini.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and some of the others that have been allowed to wander around without medication and supervision could accompany them...
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)Burf-_-
(205 posts)Let's see if they have enough balls to show up and protest the protests in Ferguson. It could happen!
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Funny though.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)radicalliberal
(907 posts)To go to Iraq to do their tired old routine would be to commit suicide.
They won't go! . . . or am I wrong?
Jack Rabbit
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In reality, as I anticipate the demise of WBC, I am actually horrified at what awaits them.
Mbrow
(1,090 posts)Oops, did I say that out loud?
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Oh how can we expedite this?!?!
flamingdem
(39,316 posts)of ourselves
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Ahead of ourselves? Heads rolling?
flamingdem
(39,316 posts)news story of the week
zappaman
(20,606 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Kill...kill...kill!!!
Yee haw blood and guts and death are freakin AWESOME when it happens to the mentally and socially retarded, as long as they are 'Muricans!
(Does anyone else think many of these replies would have been locked had it been ANYONE but the WBC dipshitz?)
hardcover
(255 posts)But if they want to go to protest ISIS, who are we to stop them?
And we're even kind enough to pay their way, well, one way, anyway.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)I kinda get it. I've been known to have a bit of dark streak in my humor.
I'm just sick of all the killing and all the pain in the world, and I would LOVE to see a society so tolerant that we would not be encouraging the developmentally disabled to commit suicide, even as a joke, even if they have repulsive opinions.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)I disagree with that term for these clowns.
More like "stupid, hateful fucks".
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Your psychological profile of that entire group was spot on!
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)Just how idiotic are these people?????
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Never. Just another attention-getting ruse for the toxic narcissists.
What's needed is for sane people everywhere to completely shun them.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)n/t
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)after a few quiet and good years that result in order of magnitude increase in the nightmare level in the world.
We don't need our excitable and murderous jihad style friends in the middle east hopped up on the prosperity cultisim and pure uncut hater - aid, there is no telling what evil and delusional insanity might ensue.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)stage left
(2,965 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)... leave the children stateside, please. And place all possessions,funds, assets in a trust for the descendents, because your stupid asses are going to get blown to smithereens.
BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)vdogg
(1,384 posts)Oh please make this happen. If this happens then there really is a God.
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)stage left
(2,965 posts)Oh, wait...
George II
(67,782 posts)LoisB
(7,222 posts)Kber
(5,043 posts)Although I except that their effect on ISIS will be minimal.
And worst case, they'd get taken hostage and, being American citizens, we'd feel obliged to risk lives to try to rescue them.
Duval
(4,280 posts)at DU!! I've not stopped laughing at comments for 10 minutes straight, and had to get my husband in here to see! This is a great OP, Playinghardball.
somethingshiny
(31 posts)who sees the faces of 2 little girls in this picture? They have obviously been brainwashed in a sea of hate all of their lives, but I don't think they deserve to be dealt with by ISIS.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)they need to leave the children behind. And if they really for sure do this, they will need grief counsellors on hand. Telling radicals that someone anyone hates their god is a death wish.
MellowDem
(5,018 posts)I don't wish it on any of them. I'd rather they change their opinions, many already have left the WBC.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I still have no problem with it. At some point a person has to introspect and take some responsibility. Even if it's a weak stance like I was brainwashed into being a racist homophobe and I don't plan to care about that anytime soon.
MellowDem
(5,018 posts)I see it as a very powerful predictor of what a person will believe. People shouldn't be physically punished for ideas they have almost entirely as a result of indoctrination.
If they hadn't been born in the WBC, chances are they wouldn't believe what the WBC does.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)admitting it and seeing no reason to change, that is sort of weak. I see no end to things we can excuse people for based on the environment they grew up in. At some point an individual has to look at themselves. It's unfortunate if they don't have the tools. But, it's not impossible to do this as you point out some have left.
hardcover
(255 posts)No children allowed.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)Not a joking matter for me with kids involved . . . and these morons being about crazy enough to do it.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and drive them to the airport.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Some of their signs might go over well.
VScott
(774 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 22, 2014, 09:10 PM - Edit history (1)
and be greeted with open arms by Muslim extremists holding "Mohammed Hates Fags Too!" signs
IDemo
(16,926 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Let's crowdfund 'em!
Warpy
(111,319 posts)It would be like matter meeting antimatter, mutual instantaneous annihilation.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)locke_ender
(12 posts)Not to detract from the deliciousness of this, but Adam Hills is an Australian comedian on British TV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Hills
Thanks.
Violet_Crumble
(35,976 posts)locke_ender
(12 posts)To me it is, and to many, but when I was living in Canada, I was asked many times if I was English, South African, even Scottish. To my ear it's very obvious, but to many people it can be quite confusing.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)New Zealanders have a much softer accent, and for some strange reason pronounce "yes" as "yis." The NZ accent sits nicely in the ear.
LibGranny
(711 posts)till they've accomplished the mission! LOL
blackspade
(10,056 posts)is that they will probably take their children with them.
That would not be OK.
Cha
(297,497 posts)synonymous with exponentially stupid.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)They are a hate group.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)I have a pretty good idea that their behavior will not be met with open arms.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)ISIS would stop the Phelpses' plane a half-kilometer from the terminal and use cable ties to attach the Phelpses to their seats, so they don't get the chance to go out and piss off the locals.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I want to see each and every one of them there!
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)ISIS will kidnap these jerks and wind up offering to pay the west to take them back....Or they'll accuse the U.S. of war crimes for letting the Westboro Baptists travel to Iraq.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)Get 'em on a plane and don't let them come back. A pox on the earth tangling with what looks like another pox on the earth. Should be somewhat entertaining and reminiscent of feeding the Christians to the Lions. Fake Christian's though they may be, they still bleed.
Turbineguy
(37,361 posts)buy those kids an ice cream, but they don't deserve to provide pleasure to ISIS.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)They get captured. Both groups discover that they agree on almost everything and especially how much they hate fags. Both groups merge after the WBC finds out that they get to behead sinners.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)If they were known to be coming ahead of time, they would be used for anti-American propaganda.
or their heads would be on sticks... who knows. But it isn't going to happen.
sub.theory
(652 posts)Please feel free to stay. No, really. Just stay.
littlemissmartypants
(22,722 posts)Snakes on a plane concept.
Bon voyage.
~ Lmsp
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)toby jo
(1,269 posts)they created Isis, they can sit back and watch WBC take 'em down.
bigtonka
(28 posts)I think they'll use this as a publicity platform for their twisted, hateful ideas. But I wonder how I have come to a place where my first thought was "Good, I"ll chip in for tickets." (my second thought, too...)
leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)for some reason that made no sense. It was one of those deals where the front of the sentence doesn't match the back end of the sentence. It's like trying to make sense of something one of those right wing tv preachers said.
They won't go to Iraq. That would actually be dangerous.
They mouth off a lot and then actually don't show up a whole lot of the time.
VA_Jill
(9,992 posts)It was already held (privately) and his ashes scattered, so that spoiled their little party. They have a habit of just mouthing off and not showing these days. When they do show up, they mostly get reactions like those at Texas A&M or University of Missouri (q.v.), the huge silent protest, often with backs turned. They don't like those.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)They came to my neighborhood to protest at a Catholic Church here. The church had a pedophile for a priest and he got caught and it was a huge deal in the news so:
it was perfect for the Westboro Baptist Church fellowship of about 10 people to protest.
Their signs were horrible but they didn't do anything. Just stood on the side of the road. There were more police cars there than there were protestors. It was a huge non event.
packman
(16,296 posts)probably in bad taste, but--
A priest in his car stops at a police blockade and a cop walks up to the window and says, "Sorry, to stop you Father; but we're looking for a child molester."
The priest replies (forgive me) "Well, OK. It's short notice, but I'll try"
leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)Why is it that the kind of "off" jokes are always the funniest? You know that they are in bad taste and not religiously or politically correct but you have to laugh just because they are so funny.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)They can't help but lie. Their whole lives are built on a foundation of lies.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,638 posts)As usual, the organization is looking for free publicity.
Fortunately, the mainstream media saw through this strategy long ago and has chosen to put them on ignore. Yet they still seem to find outlets that cater to their narcissistic ploys and we get treated to an array of "God Hates Fags" signs.
The worst someone can do to them is spell their name wrong.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)They feed on it.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)I hope they don't have to pay for their non-violent hate with their lives. Best-case scenario is probably their learning more about the world outside their bubble, and growing some empathy.
Alas, their intent is the opposite of learning.
Hatchling
(2,323 posts)santamargarita
(3,170 posts)evangelicals that need professional, mental, help.
I hope they do make it to Iraq.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)It's the only thing that makes any sense.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)just so they could laugh when they stay in the US and the money spent on the tickets is wasted.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)However this publicity will get a lot of traffic on blogs, Facebook and Twitter!