Phelps’ WBC to Picket Comic Con
When Fanatic Meets Fan-Fic
It’s been a few months since I railed for an entire hour of Rog’s GPS: The Generic Porn Show on RadioDentata.com about the Rev. Fred Phelps and his innate First Amendment right to free speech even when he’s being an incredible douche. Now those crazy Phelps idiots are back in the news.
(Of course they are, it’s what they do best and all they live for.)
The folks from the Westboro Baptist Church plan to picket the San Diego Comic Con coming up next week. Their issue? That comic book fans’ obsession with super heroes and sci-fi is akin to worshiping false idols. Let’s put aside for a moment that this might actually be an interesting philosophical point to be made here. We all know that the Phelps’ gang isn’t going to gently remind comic book fans of what the Bible says. Oh no, that would be too rational, too loving and God forbid, too Christian of them.
Instead they are going to break out their usual hate filled and headline grabbing signs and scream at any one who dares engage them. Granted, I find the idea of a shouting match between a bitter, pursed lipped biddy holding a “God Hates Nerds” sign and a 30 year old virgin in a Yoda costume to be uproariously amusing. On the other hand, it’s just more air time for a group spreading hate and a good chance for two groups of people I like (Christians and comic book fans) to made to look foolish by the most outrageous among them.
The official site for the WBC lists all sorts of reasons why fans shouldn’t spend so much time worshiping their comic book heroes. At least their official statement was free of any “f*g” attacks. That’s a good thing, though in this case they clearly missed the opportunity.
Come on, you know you expecting good old Freddy and his flock of flatulent fatheads to take full advantage of the spandex clad, socially awkward and sexually ambiguous running around at comic con. (Somewhere Joel Schumacher’s ears just perked up.)
