Westboro Baptist Church Plans To Picket Graceland

[The Straight Story]

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church, best known for their "God Hates Fags" protests and picketing at the funeral services of soldiers, are planning to demonstrate in front of Graceland on Friday, May 17th at 4:45 p.m.

According to their website, Westboro members view Elvis Prelsey as a false idol and a drug addict. Here's their bizarre explanation:

God hates your Idols, so Westboro Baptist Church will picket one of the many major idols of Doomed USA, to wit: Graceland. Former home of Elvis Presley. ALL the evidence suggests that his present home is HELL.

Ask the Question: How did Elvis die? The Internet gives this: Elvis died on August 16, 1977 in the bathroom at Graceland. After being found on the bathroom floor, Elvis was rushed to the hospital where he was officially pronounced dead.


http://www.memphisflyer.com/NewsBlog/archives/2013/05/06/westboro-baptist-church-plans-to-picket-graceland

[ailsagirl]

1. Imbeciles

[lunasun]

2. Not Elvis!

wow these fuckers are just looking for attention
or just looking for more $$ from homophobes

[loyalsister]

3. I know they want to go back to the good old days

But, do they think that going back to the 50s to protest Elvis will make things right today? Someone in that group must have watched The Butterfly Effect recently.

Actually though. They make their money from lawsuits when their free speech is threatened. Graceland is probably a good target for their disgusting operation.

[Zorra]

4. Unfortunately, it is a universal truth that you can't fix stupid. And the members of

the Westboro Cult are the poster children for human stupidity.

[Archae]

5. Don't forget that "church" is ruled by an iron fist.

Fred Phelps.

And Phelps is getting old and senile.

[HarveyDarkey]

10. "getting"?

[War Horse]

6. They seem to be running out of ideas n/t

[pinboy3niner]

7. In case they actually show up, this could come in handy...

TreasonousBastard posted somebody's humorous counter-protest sign:



Next time you're at a protest...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022805652

[customerserviceguy]

36. That sign

is too damned funny!

[HappyMe]

8. LOL!

Okay.

[stevenleser]

9. A group that has protested at soldier funerals is going to Memphis to protest Elvis?

They will be lucky to escape with their lives...

upon further review, WBC, please continue!

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. I've known some rabid Elvis fans...

And if you mess with the memory of the King, you're in for a hunka hunka burnin' hurt.

[Bake]

17. YOu do NOT mess with The King!!!

And expecially not in MEMPHIS!!!! This ain't gonna end well, I'm guessing.



Bake

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. I figure it'll end in one of two ways for the Phred Phelps Phurry Phreak Phamily:

1. They won't show up at all. That seems to be their norm these days. Get everyone's bowels in an uproar, and keep their name before the public.

2. They'll show up and hold their "God Hates Elvis" signs just long enough for some stealth Elvis fans to let the air out of all of the tires on their van.

I'd like to see #2, but I won't be too surprised if it's #1.

[Bake]

23. I'm guessing it'll be #1.

I'll refrain from saying what I'd LIKE to see ...

THE KING LIVES!!



Bake

[JustAnotherGen]

11. Well now

I've read it all!

[FSogol]

12. Wonder if they'll play "Going to Graceland" by the Dead Milkmen

Goin' to Graceland
We're goin' today!
I'm so happy I just can't wait!
Gonna see the place where Elvis Presley died

When we get to Graceland
We'll have to ride a bus
We'd better watch our language
Or the guards will beat us up
We'll get to make some cheap jokes
And buy cheaper souvenirs
If this were Disneyworld
I'd buy a pair of Elvis ears
They say it costs eight-fifty
Just to see his house
Where they keep all his records
And his fifteen foot long couch
It might seem like a rip-off
But I'm goin' anyway
We're goin' to Graceland today

Goin' to Graceland
It's gonna be great!
I'm so happy I just can't wait!
Gonna see the bucket that Elvis Presley kicked

Goin' to Graceland
It's gonna be fun
We'll get to see all Elvis's guns
Gonna tell us all about his favourite TV shows

Goin' to Graceland
We'll stand in line
We'll get to have a wild time
Gonna get to buy Love Me Tender Shampoo

When my time comes
That's how I wanna go -
Stoned and fat and wealthy
And sitting on the bowl
Lots of people say
That it's sad The King is gone
Well Elvis might be dead
But his cash flow lives on
I'll be so excited
When I see the Jungle Room
Where Elvis made some records
Including Moody Blue
Graceland is callin'
And I just can't stay away
We're goin' to Graceland today

Lyrics by Linderman & Genaro

[HarveyDarkey]

13. They're also going to picket Jeff Hanneman's funeral

How can so few people be in so many places?

[LadyHawkAZ]

30. I guess Graceland is for the few, if any, that survive

after the Slayer fans get done with them.

[customerserviceguy]

37. Now, if the chicken-shits actually show up

that will be a popcorn-worthy event!

[Gregorian]

14. Ignorant and bored. What a combination.

Actually, ignorant, bored, and using fossil fuel.

[Sissyk]

16. Caretakers at Graceland should blast

Elvis' version of "Glory Hallelujah" over the loud speakers.

[Politicalboi]

18. I hope these assholes turn people away from religion

Because it's all just as crazy as these fucks are. They may not protest like these assholes, but their thinking is the same to some extent. So go on, make religion the joke that it really is. And IMO Elvis would have supported these clowns if he were still alive. He was always putting everyone else down for smoking pot as he's shoving pills down his throat ALL the time. I am no fan of Elvis, never was.

[Skidmore]

19. Wonder how they would react of

a crowd gathered everywhere they went and pointed at them and laughed.

[Half-Century Man]

20. Do I understand this correctly....

WBC doesn't approve of someone dead for 36 years and wants said person to know of their displeasure.........I question WBC's perception of time.
Or is it they don't like the concept of "popularity"? I can sympathize....I dislike the concept of "knee jerk reactionary dimwits with a cult-like damaged definition of a branch of the most prevalent religion on Earth. But I still have to acknowledge they exist.
How many members of WBC are there, and has their gene pool been shrinking?

[SidDithers]

21. Let 'em...

Sid

[winter is coming]

24. What's next? Bat Boy? n/t

[olddots]

25. By paying attention to these dolts we encourage them

Naturally I would love to see them take on the NRA or Fox nooooze but that ain't gonna happen.

[TexasProgresive]

26. Well why not in Houston

for the NRA convention? What's the matter they afraid some gun nut's gonna shoot them?

[mercuryblues]

27. did Elvis die?

[egold2604]

29. He died from severe constipation

It is now known that the King suffered from chronic constipation from all the drugs he took. He died while trying to pass a very large turd. For years I wore a small silver toilet seat on a chain around my neck, because if Christians can wear a cross, Elvis fans can wear a toilet seat.

I was in Memphis and visited Tatter Red's on Beale Street. Tatter Reds sells Memphis kitsch. He saw the silver toilet seat, loved it, and said that he had two pieces of the carpet Elvis died on. He said it like he had pieces of the true cross.

I can see rabid Elvis fans taking on the Westboro Baptist Church when the picket Graceland. Eventually, some of the gun nuts will open fire.

[CatWoman]

32. I call them the "Elviratti"

[jmowreader]

28. Graceland must really fry Fred's hide

Elvis has been dead 36 years, and he was a shadow of his former self for many, many years before that. (Elvis fans used to say, when The King was still alive, that someone should lock Vegas White Jumpsuit Elvis in a room with a pile of his old records so he can remember how great he used to be.) But people still love them some Elvis - Elvis records still sell well. His movies haven't fared as well, but most of his movies were terrible when they were new and they haven't gotten better with age.

Fred isn't dead yet, although you can't really tell just by looking at him, but he may be the most hated person in America. The one thing everyone, at all points of the political and religious spectrum, can agree on is that Fred Phelps is the meanest, most worthless piece of shit in the known universe. When Fred dies and goes to hell, every gay person in America will descend upon Topeka to protest his funeral...and then we'll hear no more from the Phelps cult. It will probably dissolve within six months without the patriarch to keep everyone in line.

Dead and still loved, versus hated in life and soon to be forgotten. Which would you rather be?

[mercuryblues]

35. You know Fred

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will drop dead at any time. You reap what you sow.

[frogmarch]

31. I think WBC goes to places where

they think someone will be likely to punch one of them so they can sue the person and get some money. It's what
WBC does. It's how they make their living.

[nolabear]

33. LOL! If ever they wanted their asses kicked...

Actually I understand they hope for that kind of thing, so maybe just a big old sing-off would be more appropriate.

Elvis? Sheesh.

[rrneck]

34. They better watch it.

Elvis fans will kick the shit out of them.