Ding dong Fred Phelps is dead. The 84-year-0ld passed away earlier today of unspecified causes in a Topeka, Kansas hospice. And, naturally, folks on Twitter have a lot to say about the matter.
In general, it’s disrespectful to speak ill of the deceased, but sometimes exceptions can be made.
Scroll down to see what people are saying about the late hatemonger.
Well, I guess Fred Phelps is going to discover what God really hates.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 20, 2014
RIP Fred Phelps. The Martin Luther King of the opposite of that. — Anthony Jeselnik (@anthonyjeselnik) March 20, 2014
Fred Phelps died today, leaving behind a wife, thirteen children, and a lifetime of hate. — Sofiya Alexandra (@TheSofiya) March 20, 2014
As awful as Fred Phelps was, I don’t ever celebrate someone’s death. What we do to change hate is far more productive and meaningful.
— Kyle Bella (@quixoticblazes) March 20, 2014
At some point earlier today Fred Phelps was disappointed to learn he was wrong. — Lon Seidman (@lonseidman) March 20, 2014
Hi, Fred Phelps! Bye, Fred Phelps! *opens trapdoor*
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) March 20, 2014
Fred Phelps died as he lived: with no oxygen in his brain.
— rachel lichtman (@DJRotaryRachel) March 20, 2014
Celebrating the death of Fred Phelps would make me no better than him. The Westboro Baptist Church would love that. Let’s not. — Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) March 20, 2014
Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps has died. Sending love & compassion to his family, because he would have totally HATED that. — Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) March 20, 2014
Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist “God Hates Fags” Church, is dead. I was proud to be on his “most… http://t.co/w1UiXxDbfV
Now Fred Phelps will never know the season 6 winner of @RuPaulsDragRace
— Jerry O'Connell (@MrJerryOC) March 20, 2014
— Sam Harris (@SamHarris) March 20, 2014
Fred Phelps only said “God Hates Fags” because “God Is On the Fence About Rupert Everett’s Last Facelift” couldn’t fit on a sign.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) March 20, 2014
I won’t dance on Fred Phelps’ grave nor picket his funeral, but I think the world is a better place without him… http://t.co/Kn65XPBz2x
— Calpernia Addams (@calpernia) March 20, 2014
Goodbye, Fred Phelps. Better luck next time.
— Christopher Rice (@chrisricewriter) March 20, 2014
Last — and definitely least — a few words from the folks at Westboro Baptist Church themselves, doing what they do best, chastising us all:
How about we take this to the next level?
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The death of Fred Phelps, a man who preached faithfully to a dark world, is nothing but a hypocritical hope for you! http://t.co/HpNXIF0xoT
— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) March 20, 2014
You made a new “don’t say anything mean” standard that you judged Westboro by. Now you’re all FAILING! #H8ersGonnaH8 http://t.co/nzLdiAjsqf
— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) March 20, 2014
VINE: https://t.co/TIKaS1ExbD God forbid, if every Westboro Baptist member died, God’s judgments that await this world wouldn’t change.
— Westboro Baptist (@WBCSays) March 20, 2014
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Ever since I discovered Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Pat Condell I’ve come to have serious doubts about a deity, to the point that I pretty much have arrived at the point that there is no god. But this may be a sign to me that there is. Well, only if Phelps had excruciating pain before he passed, which became infinitely worse after he died, then there’s some indication to me that there is a god. Otherwise, my belief is just that bull sh*t has just turned into compost. That is all.
Mikah
It’s about time.Seems like the most repulsive people always live long.
David6
Good riddance to the hate preacher. Shame he didn’t die years ago – 84 years ago!