#SDCC: Oh yeah, the Westboro Baptist Church… UPDATED
There is a line from C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters: “The devil cannot abide to be mocked.” For some reason, I thought of it today as I contemplated the scene outside the San Diego Convention Center.
Yep, there were there, just as they said they’d be. Here’s a photo taken by Megan Phelps of the family business of a young relative Gabe…
…and here’s a pic of them in action. All four of them.
Now down the street were our people, in a photo snapped by Marc Bernardin:
A bunch of happy mutants yelling “My god has a hammer!” and calls and responses of “What do we want? “Gay sex!” “When do we want it?” “NOW!” The folks at ComicsAlliance have some very good pics of the counter-protestors, but my favorite was from wessgregg:
All I can say for the WBC is that it’s probably a good thing they protested today before the crowds got really large.
UPDATE: Rich Johnston has even more pictures and a great T-shirt.
Figures.WBC can trash talk like pro wrestlers, but when the rubber meets the road, they’re just gutless cowards.Like all bullies.
This just brightened my evening. Once again the forces of hate are dwarfed by love and geekdom.
Figures.WBC can trash talk like pro wrestlers, but when the rubber meets the road, they're just gutless cowards.Like all bullies.
This just brightened my evening. Once again the forces of hate are dwarfed by love and geekdom.
…actually, i’m pretty sure that Lewis was paraphrasing and earlier source that i ought to be able to name but can’t.
…actually, i'm pretty sure that Lewis was paraphrasing and earlier source that i ought to be able to name but can't.