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Like it or not, and I don't like it, but it is free speech. It was not an illegal act(ion).
They refer to him as a conservative because HE WAS ONE. Sorry but his views on gays certainly wasn't a liberal view.
Now, that isn't to say EVERY conservative thinks like he did, most do not. However, his views on gays was certainly hard-core right conservative.
Says who? Prove it.
Like it or not, and I don't like it, but it is free speech. It was not an illegal act(ion).
Well, I'm not. Well, maybe I am. I dunno.
I'd probably piss on his grave though.
Everyone is please that he is gone.
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Hallelujia!
There is a special place in hell reserved for this man. The world is a better place today.
Fred Phelps Dead: Westboro Baptist Church Founder Dies At 84
The facts remain, Fred Phelps was a registered Democrat the day he took his last breath. He ran for offices on the Democrat ticket including mayor, governor and senator multiple times. He campaigned for Bill Clinton and Al Gore and was invited to their inaugural balls not once but twice. The first time he went to celebrate with them, the second time he went to protest because Gore and Clinton's views on gay rights had changed from what they held originally. For decades, Phelps helped to get Democrats elected not just by his involvement in national campaigns but has a very long history of working to get local politicians elected until he became "controversial" over gay rights, and protesting soldiers funerals. Then no Democrat politician wanted him near them.
The real hypocrisy lies in how the left leaning news is covering his death. Every left rag on the Internet, Nation, Huffo Puffo, the Beast, Daily Kos etc. to the MSM,( ABC, NBC, CBS,) NEVER mention Phelp's long ties to the Democrat party but instead refer to him as a "conservative" because of the church he started which is mainly made up of his own family members and has no affiliation with any Baptist organizations. NOT ONE has brought up his history as an activist for the Democrat party for decades.
Oh come on Cardinal, look at some of these comments and how people in this forum tie him to being a right winger when everything about his history says he was a man of collectivist thought and always strong on Democrat issues. It was gay rights that he was very outspoken on but still remained a registered Democrat. To have the media use "conservative" to describe him is a blatant lie. Especially when the base of the Republican party stands for conservative thought which takes in a whole lot more than social conservatives.He was a Christian, don't forget that! Ooh, and look! I'm "very conservative" now! :lol:
I feel nothing about it at all.
Oh come on Cardinal, look at some of these comments and how people in this forum tie him to being a right winger when everything about his history says he was a man of collectivist thought and always strong on Democrat issues. It was gay rights that he was very outspoken on but still remained a registered Democrat. To have the media use "conservative" to describe him is a blatant lie. Especially when the base of the Republican party stands for conservative thought which takes in a whole lot more than social conservatives.
The first mention of Phelps being right wing or conservative happened after you poured gasoline on this thread and threw a match on it in order to score the cheapest point imaginable. This one's on you.
i believe it is referred to as the dick cheney wing
That's a lie. The first of several started with post #18
No it would appear that you got bested and don't handle it well. To be unwilling to admit to the wrongful coverage of this man in the MSM by depicting him as some kind of Conservative because of his perverted Christian beliefs even though he was a life long activist for the Democrat party is sad.Ahhh, interesting. It would appear that you are unable to tell the difference between individuals and groups.
No it would appear that you got bested and don't handle it well. To be unwilling to admit to the wrongful coverage of this man in the MSM by depicting him as some kind of Conservative because of his perverted Christian beliefs even though he was a life long activist for the Democrat party is sad.
You claimed that Phelps was being called a conservative in this thread and all you can end up referring to is a comparison to an individual. No unintelligible non-sequitur of yours is going to disguise that. You're the one who started the the completely unnecessary hack fest in this thread as everybody, right and left, religious and non-religious, could unite and agree that Phelps was a horrible man. I guess that kind of bipartisanship was just too distasteful for you, though.
I never said he was being called a conservative in this thread but that before I ever made a post in this thread someone had already linked him to the "dick cheney wing" My points after proving he was a very active Democrat was to point out how the left leaning media was depicting him as a "conservative" never mentioning his party ties. Sorry for not jumping in on the "bipartisan hate fest". The man was deplorable in his actions but that doesn't change the fact that the media is making him out to be deplorable and linking him to conservatives and that is a lie and needs to be brought forth even if it interferes in your bi-partisan hate fest.
By using the name Cheney who happens to be part of the right wing, I don't know how else you could take that to mean anything but political.The "Dick Cheney wing" was in reference to Hell. Obviously, the person that said that doesn't like Cheney or his fellow neocons. That doesn't mean he was linking them politically. I could be wrong though.
By using the name Cheney who happens to be part of the right wing, I don't know how else you could take that to mean anything but political.
I'd be inclined to agree with Ikari on this to a point. Most if not all were loved by someone, and there is usually some reason for that. People are complex and seldom what fiction calls flat characters. There is usually good and bad in all of us.
He never won any office. So appearently the demos rejected him. Good for them.
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