Comic Lover? Go To Hell

The Westboro Baptist Church Picket SDCC

You can read a copy of their "press release" HERE, it's quite an entertaining read. Full of wonderful lines such as:

"Comic Con is an excuse for whores to wear skimpy get-ups"

And, don't forget the most reassuring line:

"YOU’RE GOING TO HELL."

Honestly, I think we're getting used to these idiots picketing absolutely anything now, and I think there are only two sure-fire ways you can deal with idiots like this.

1 - Ignore them. By ignoring them, you deprive them of what it is they want, coverage, publicity, etc. Somewhat defeated by having blogs and articles written about them, but this leads to the second way.

2 - Ridicule them. Don't debate them...if you debate them, you treat them like equals, a form of respect they do not deserve. We've seen the likes of Louis Theroux attempt this, and we've even seen Jeremy Kyle take on the task, but it never works.


The Phelps family are so pig ignorant and sure about their ways and beliefs, that any form of argumentation or reasoning goes straight through them, and a quick rebuttal of "God hates you" sets them back on their feet, smiling at the heathens.

So...if you want ridicule, who are the best people to attack? Clearly the geeks. The sect of humanity that is used to being beaten down, trodden on, and treated like the lesser beings. So used to it, infact, that they're quite happy to fight back.









The above video has lead to a great discovery:

"Church members had intended to hold their protest for an hour, but in the face of 150 to 200 counter-protesting, costumed fans carrying signs that read everything from "Odin is God" to "God loves Gay Robin," they gave up early. By the time I arrived, the handful of Comic-Con haters were already packing up and walking away with the police presence that outnumbered them, which you can see at the 24-second mark."

I think the message is clear. The best way to deal with fundamentalists like this is ridicule. They battle so hard to be taken seriously, but to have hundreds of people literally laughing in their faces? It becomes too much.

Their arguments melt down, and they show their true selves. They either flee in terror, unsure on how to deal with people that clearly don't care about what they have to say, or they react in violence and show the people that they clearly don't deserve to be listened to.

Don't mess with the Geeks.

For more news, head over to the SDCC site and an amusing article over on MTV.com