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The “Rev.” Fred Phelps on Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart

Post author By Orac
Post date September 8, 2006
21 Comments on The “Rev.” Fred Phelps on Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart

This is just hilarious. I particularly like the part about “hooligans,” “Godless Sodomites,” and “fag-enabling fools.” And don’t forget: “the Satanic spirit of mockery.” (I wonder if Respectful Insolenceâ¢ would qualify.)

Funny, but Phelps looks and sounds much as I pictured him. Actually, I couldn’t watch more than the first half of it, as it rapidly gets tiresome and repetitive. Still, it’s disturbing to see that the Westboro Baptist Church nutcases are now doing video, and the production values are actually better than I would have expected. Too bad it’s all to dress up truly vile, hate-filled content and to defend their despicable tactics of picketing the funerals of homeosexuals and slain military personnel, with plans to picket the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on the fifth anniversary of 9/11 next week.

Via Crooks and Liars.

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