This Should Go Well: Westboro Baptist Church Says It’s Going To Iraq To Protest ISIS

[Playinghardball]

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 don’t 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 don’t 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]

1. I say we charter them a plane. nt

[Blue_Tires]

39. And once there, we need to find a way

for their passports and all IDs to "accidentally" get invalidated by the state dept....

[BobbyBoring]

64. I don't think that will be necessary.

If they go (and that's a big if), they won't be returning.

[snooper2]

40. Fuck that, we can chip in and BUY them a plane, and enough fuel just to get there LOL

They can land in Mosul

[In_The_Wind]

68. I agree!

[passiveporcupine]

138. No landing.

I'll chip in for parachutes!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

164. ISIS Reply: Seriously?

Take them back and we promise to surrender.

[busterbrown]

58. Couldn’t figure it out..How the fuck are they gonna sue ISIS?

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]

105. Snakes On A Plane?

[freshwest]

148. After that helicopter them to Mount Sinjar. Let's see how strong their faith really is.

On second thought, just drop them into some ISIS hellhole.

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]

178. And then route the flight over Ukraine?

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. Where do your send donations!!

[LloydS of New London]

48. I got $50

Can't afford it, but will happily give!

[alittlelark]

51. I'll up that to $100 !!!

[Vincardog]

57. I am good for $1,000 IF THEY ALL GO.

[SummerSnow]

104. I have no money but I can sing them a bon voyage at the airport....

[homegirl]

160. I am

ready to write a check, where do I send it?

[silvershadow]

149. Let's crowd fund their expenses! nt

[dballance]

3. Where do we donate to help pay for their travel?

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]

9. It'll be funny (in the ironic sense) if ISIS beheads them.

[dballance]

25. Ouch. I didn't want to go there. /nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

74. I went there in a nano-second.

[LiberalElite]

101. and I'm glad you did -

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

152. It would be the same as popping balloons. ...

Airhead meet pin.

[vankuria]

4. Good riddance!!

[librechik]

5. I'll help buy tickets!

[underpants]

6. Westboro Baptist unveils head in a bucket challenge

[Voice for Peace]

11. ooof tasteless DUzy

[Marrah_G]

19. .

[malthaussen]

23. Aye, tasteless but brilliant.

Definite DUzy.

-- Mal

[underpants]

53. .

The ISIS bucket challenge

[dballance]

26. Yikes! Sooo BAD, yet SOOO GOOD. /nt

[mindwalker_i]

63. Damn, that's worse than a lot of the things I say!

Bravo!

[Kaleva]

102. Okay, that is funny!

[Warren DeMontague]

113. For the win.

[840high]

126. Disgusting - it made me grin.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

165. That is horribly funny.

Kudos to you.

[hifiguy]

7. I'd throw in some pocket change,

maybe even a buck or two, for a one way ticket. The matter/anti-matter meeting of evolutionary throwback assholes. Boom!

[Ilsa]

83. One-way coach tickets. They'll be returning in Cargo,

if returned at all.

[Xyzse]

8. I'd Donate to this, If And Only If, they actually take that trip.

Otherwise, they would just pocket the money.

[former9thward]

10. Unfortunately Iraq will not let them in

but if they did, good riddance.

[Brigid]

12. My first reaction upon seeing the headline:

[4139]

13. I wonder who FOX will send to cover the story; Geraldo?

[hardcover]

107. Perfect! Westboro and Geraldo. We get a 2-for. I'll donate to that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

115. And Blitzer....pls let Blitzer cover it live, too.

[NBachers]

121. How can we factor John Bolton into this trip?

[cstanleytech]

137. No, I vote Hannity should be the one to go after all he is an american patriot isnt he?

[Chemisse]

14. Absolutely they should go to Iraq!

Iraqis of all factions will just love them to death!

[Marrah_G]

15. lmao

[Politicalboi]

16. Roll out the red carpet

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]

151. That's why we can't hand them the money directly...

They will just use it for whatever drugs they are taking that makes them so scary.

[LadyHawkAZ]

17. If we're passing the hat around, count me in n/t

[951-Riverside]

18. I 100% support them on this and...

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]

24. ... and don't forget clutching their bible! n/t

[hifiguy]

27. Another DUzy on this thread.

[alsame]

35. .....

for making me at that!

[treestar]

62. lol

The Muslims will run to them and convert on the spot. I don't know why they didn't think of this before.

[littlemissmartypants]

141. They will be seen as liberators. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

20. Tell them they should take a picture of Mohammed along with them.

[malthaussen]

21. Damn, where can I contribute to the ticket fund? n/t

[RKP5637]

22. So, guess they'll hold up signs saying "God hates ISIS." That, should be a real winner!

I wonder, did they get one way tickets!

[mmonk]

29. They should if they go.

Would be a waste of money otherwise.

[hifiguy]

42. Buy the tickets and frog-march them

onto the plane. It is guaranteed that Hilarity will Ensue.

[appleannie1]

28. Donate one way tickets. Sounds like a plan to me.

[Monk06]

30. Heads are going to roll over this !!

[calimary]

43. Another DUzy! Grizzly but hey, whatever!

Maybe this one's a DEEEUUUUUUWWW-zy...

[underpants]

52. +

[joeybee12]

31. Hey, let's go to kickstarter!

Who wants to contribute?

[HooptieWagon]

32. Where can I send my donation?

[tosh]

33. GODSPEED!!!!

You go, WBC!!!

Rock on!

[get the red out]

34. One can only hope

[RebelOne]

36. Yes, yes, yes. Maybe ISIS will do us a favor and get rid of them. n/t

[alsame]

37. The only group crazier than ISIS.

[City Lights]

38. Please proceed, WBC.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

41. Hmmm, maybe God DOES exist. nt

[lunatica]

44. What could possibly go wrong?

[alsame]

45. Some Fox anchors should go

along to film everything

[hifiguy]

54. That would be the cherry atop the sundae,

the blue-cheese olive in the martini.

[Aerows]

91. Michelle Bachmann

and some of the others that have been allowed to wander around without medication and supervision could accompany them...

[Mnemosyne]

46. I opened this thinking Onion, but nooo. nt

[wandy]

47. Whatever the outcome. One less problem to worry about.

[Burf-_-]

49. After Iraq

Let's see if they have enough balls to show up and protest the protests in Ferguson. It could happen!

[ColesCountyDem]

50. Do they needs help packing? n/t

[Sherman A1]

55. Please proceed.......n/t

[cwydro]

56. Never happen.

Funny though.

[world wide wally]

59. See ya'

[radicalliberal]

60. I don't believe they'll go. They'll chicken out at the last minute.

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]

61. Bye, guys

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In reality, as I anticipate the demise of WBC, I am actually horrified at what awaits them.

[Mbrow]

65. Evolution at work

Oops, did I say that out loud?

[bluestateguy]

66. Are our troops going to have to put their lives at risk to save them if they are captured?

nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

67. Too bad Fred's gone...

[Phlem]

69. huh, another example of ignorance kills.

[SoapBox]

70. Please, please, please...

Oh how can we expedite this?!?!

[flamingdem]

71. Aren't we getting a little ahead

of ourselves

[passiveporcupine]

139. I saw what you did there

Ahead of ourselves? Heads rolling?

[flamingdem]

166. tee hee. This has got to be the best

news story of the week

[zappaman]

72. I wholeheartedly support this!

[FrodosPet]

106. Death to our enemies!

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]

108. Oh chill. No one is going to hurt them.

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]

114. so MY comment was the one that set you off?!

[FrodosPet]

116. I was just too lazy to reply to all of them

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]

117. "developmentally disabled"?

I disagree with that term for these clowns.
More like "stupid, hateful fucks".

[mdbl]

150. Thanks for clarifying this part of the discussion.

Your psychological profile of that entire group was spot on!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

171. Don't lose your head over it.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

174. Ikr!

[CherokeeDem]

73. I'll be happy to donate!

Just how idiotic are these people?????

[silverweb]

75. It'll never happen.

[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]

144. ^ this ^

n/t

[silverweb]

147. :)

[TheKentuckian]

76. It would probably somehow end up producing some mutant new evil fundamentalism

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]

77. Well, damn. That's ONE way of unifying Iraq.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

133. ^^^

[stage left]

135. +1

[Enthusiast]

78. K&R! Now this is a worthy cause!

[ReRe]

79. Granny ReRe says...

... 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]

80. And they should take the lunatic Terry Jones with them!

[vdogg]

81. Yes, Yes, Yes!

Oh please make this happen. If this happens then there really is a God.

[Crabby Appleton]

82. I'll give them a ride to the airport if they need one. nt

[stage left]

136. I'll pick them up at the airport...

Oh, wait...

[George II]

84. Shall we set up a fund to collect plane fare for them?

[LoisB]

85. Yay! Bye.

[Kber]

86. The phrase "two birds with one stone" comes to mind.

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]

87. I just love you guys

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]

88. am I the only one

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]

90. I have no problem with the adults going

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]

93. Many of the adults have been brainwashed all their lives...

I don't wish it on any of them. I'd rather they change their opinions, many already have left the WBC.

[Kalidurga]

94. I understand that

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]

97. I don't see it as a weak stance...

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]

99. No admitting you are brainwashed isn't the weak part that part takes a lot of courage

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]

109. OK, good catch, we will only buy tickets for the adults.

No children allowed.

[Strelnikov_]

112. No, you are not.

Not a joking matter for me with kids involved . . . and these morons being about crazy enough to do it.

[Aerows]

89. Hell, I'll help them pack their bags

and drive them to the airport.

[McCamy Taylor]

92. Road to Iraq!

Some of their signs might go over well.

[VScott]

95. They could find common ground,

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and be greeted with open arms by Muslim extremists holding "Mohammed Hates Fags Too!" signs

[IDemo]

96. Breaking: ISIS appeals to UN for relief from WBC threat

[hardcover]

110. :rofl:

[madinmaryland]

98. Please proceed, Morans!!

[LiberalElite]

100. This is GREAT!

Let's crowdfund 'em!

[Warpy]

103. Do they have a place where we can buy them tickets?

It would be like matter meeting antimatter, mutual instantaneous annihilation.

[shenmue]

111. DUzy

[WillowTree]

118. They should remember to take their brown pants. Just sayin'.

[locke_ender]

119. Adam Hills is NOT a British comedian...

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]

124. That's been corrrected in the article. The accent's a dead give-away...

[locke_ender]

143. Accents can be confusing

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]

176. The Aussie accent is pretty hard to miss.

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]

120. Good! Hope they all go and stay

till they've accomplished the mission! LOL

[blackspade]

122. The problem with this scenerio...

is that they will probably take their children with them.
That would not be OK.

[Cha]

123. Not only does it masquerade as a hate group but it's also

synonymous with exponentially stupid.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

172. They don't "masquerade" as a hate group.

They are a hate group.

[Generic Brad]

125. Been nice knowing them

I have a pretty good idea that their behavior will not be met with open arms.

[jmowreader]

127. Come on. You know what would happen...

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]

128. Will there be video feed of the suicide protest?

[RoccoR5955]

129. Where do I send the donations!

I want to see each and every one of them there!

[dflprincess]

130. This could turn into a "Ransom of Red Chief" situation

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]

131. I'd donate to that cause

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]

132. Well, I wouldn't

buy those kids an ice cream, but they don't deserve to provide pleasure to ISIS.

[ThoughtCriminal]

134. Here's how it goes down

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]

145. I was thinking along those lines...

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]

140. Can I help them pack?

Please feel free to stay. No, really. Just stay.

[littlemissmartypants]

142. Does bring new meaning to the

Snakes on a plane concept.

Bon voyage.

~ Lmsp

[Thor_MN]

146. Like these terrorists aren't on the no fly lists

[SoCalDem]

153. Westboro---The Darwin Chapter

[toby jo]

154. Send Cheney and Rummy along

they created Isis, they can sit back and watch WBC take 'em down.

[bigtonka]

155. I do not believe they will go

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]

156. I saw where they were going to picket Williams funeral

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]

157. They can't do that

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]

158. I'm glad they missed Robin's funeral.

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]

167. Reminds me of a joke -

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]

179. Oh, Lord.

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]

159. That will never happen

They can't help but lie. Their whole lives are built on a foundation of lies.

[Zorra]

161. Westboro takes "Teh Stupid of the Year" award once again. nt

[JohnnyRingo]

162. No they aren't.

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]

163. Please, step right this way. nt

[saidsimplesimon]

168. imho, don't not give bigots any print time.

They feed on it.

[Orsino]

169. They've been playing victim for so many years.

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]

170. They would win the Darwin Awards for sure. nt

[santamargarita]

173. This is not a church, it's a hate filled cabal of brain damaged...

evangelicals that need professional, mental, help.

I hope they do make it to Iraq.

[leftyladyfrommo]

180. I think there might be inbreeding in that family.

It's the only thing that makes any sense.

[ZombieHorde]

175. I wouldn't be surprised if they accepted

just so they could laugh when they stay in the US and the money spent on the tickets is wasted.

[Earth_First]

177. No they aren't...

However this publicity will get a lot of traffic on blogs, Facebook and Twitter!

[DeadEyeDyck]

181. I recommend they wear steel meshed turtleneck sweaters. nt