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Ms. Toad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:37 AM
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Creative responses to pure hate, anyone?
Edited on Tue May-18-04 07:42 AM by Ms. Toad
I hate to give this hate group any more hits, but this website was brought to my attention yesterday:

http://www.godhatesfags.com/

It is particularly hateful, as are the individuals who run it (I received a personal "love note" from Fred Phelps when I accepted a position as one of the officers of a national GLBT group several years ago.)

I am aware of the creative use of hate visits to raise money for local GLBT groups (Collecting pledges from GLBT supporters based on the length of time the hate group spends in town)

Both my spouse and our daughter are extremely disturbed by the website - it would be nice to have an equally creative response to this expression of hatred, as well. Ignoring it is so unsatisfying.

Any ideas?

(Edited caption to be more specific)
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Killarney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:38 AM
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1. one already exists
I think it's www.godhatesshrimp.com
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Ms. Toad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:41 AM
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2. Cool!
n/t
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 07:41 AM
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3. ...and
http://www.godhatesfigs.com

Years ago, there was a godhatesfredphelps site, but it's gone.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 08:05 AM
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4. no response or acknolwedgement necessary.
forget about them.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 08:13 AM
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5. The God Hates Fags Family Singers
were on Howard Stern's show last week. Stern made fun of them, but it was really quite sad. This family was the Von Trapps of hate...they sang beautiful melodies about "God hates the USA" because of the Soddomites, etc, etc...the kids, too. They were booed and hissed every time they tried to sing, fortunately.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 08:26 AM
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6. Nothing will directly phase them
They are entirely out of touch with reality. The only way to reach people like that is to invest time with them and establish trust with them. In this case they are so toxic that the personal cost outweighs any potential benefit. These people are the social equivalent of a superfund site.
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