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lightcastle) wrote2010-07-23 11:02 pm
lightcastle) wrote2010-07-23 11:02 pm
Tremble before the POWER of Nerd Mockery!!!
I know some people who are fond of the Old Testament God. (Well, what they think of as the Old Testament God). I mean, he's got some moves. The smiting, the plagues, the cursing. The whole "make fun of bald men and I will kill you" thing.
Sure, he is also funny and calm and hangs out with his favourite peeps and all, but they mostly think of Old Testy as the Big Smiter.
He's a trip.
But, while that's all well and good, some take the Big Smite's lead and think they get to cruise around town with the intolerance. Big on this list is Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church - aka Assholes, Inc. You may know them from such fine performances as picketing funerals and their infamous website, GodHatesFags.com.
So Ol Freddy went to San Diego to protest ComicCon yesterday. Now a comic convention may not be the height of progressive thought, but there is certainly a hell of a lot of nerd solidarity. Also, there is a packed room of people with too much time on their hands, and a fine sense of the absurd.
The result? Counter-protest of all-out mockery. (More here) And yes, they were chanting "What do we want? GAY SEX! When do we want it? NOW!"
Some of my favorites?
- God Loves Gay Robin
- The Cylons Destroyed the 12 Colonies for your sins
- The Church of the Flying Phone Box
- Odin is God. (Read The Mighty Thor #5)
- All Glory Darkseid Is
- Star Trek guy holding a sign saying "God Hates Jedi"
As has been said by many far wiser than myself - mockery is a tool that should not be shirked in the cause of justice and right. Go forth, good people, and stand not silent in the face of evil, but joke with all your might.
(And yes, this reminds me a bit of the famous Clown Protest of the KKK
Sure, he is also funny and calm and hangs out with his favourite peeps and all, but they mostly think of Old Testy as the Big Smiter.
He's a trip.
But, while that's all well and good, some take the Big Smite's lead and think they get to cruise around town with the intolerance. Big on this list is Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church - aka Assholes, Inc. You may know them from such fine performances as picketing funerals and their infamous website, GodHatesFags.com.
So Ol Freddy went to San Diego to protest ComicCon yesterday. Now a comic convention may not be the height of progressive thought, but there is certainly a hell of a lot of nerd solidarity. Also, there is a packed room of people with too much time on their hands, and a fine sense of the absurd.
The result? Counter-protest of all-out mockery. (More here) And yes, they were chanting "What do we want? GAY SEX! When do we want it? NOW!"
Some of my favorites?
- God Loves Gay Robin
- The Cylons Destroyed the 12 Colonies for your sins
- The Church of the Flying Phone Box
- Odin is God. (Read The Mighty Thor #5)
- All Glory Darkseid Is
- Star Trek guy holding a sign saying "God Hates Jedi"
As has been said by many far wiser than myself - mockery is a tool that should not be shirked in the cause of justice and right. Go forth, good people, and stand not silent in the face of evil, but joke with all your might.
(And yes, this reminds me a bit of the famous Clown Protest of the KKK