• PROUD.

• ah. should have read all the comments first before i recommended them myself.

• Comics Alliance dot com has a lot of decent photos, and an interview with Gail Simone.

• If we can't get a hold of ComicsNix... HEY ABRAXAS!

• "Well, I'm not going to dignify them with a picture of their "protest..." Thank you!

• http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/specials/26516-comicconprotests Video comparing the protests

• :D Satan's Cake is a lie. XD Also, according to the linked article from Comics Alliance they were chanting for Gay Sex (when it wasn't all "God Loves Comics") and they had a Bender tell them to bite his shiny metal ass. :D (Also, "FAGS ARE SEXY BEASTS!", right at the front of the mob. Tell me something I don't know, :P) The Westboro peeps didn't even stay for an hour. I bet some people moped when they left. XD I LVOE YOU, NERDS! I would help fulfil Pretonius's prayer, but I'm on the other side of the continent. *mope*

• That is the second most awesome thing I've seen all week. (Sorry, but the week was full of epicness for me.)

• don't feel bad, RumNCoke. every religion has its bad apples. it doesn't reflect on the people as a whole! i don't think any (legitimate) religion on this planet taught its followers to hate a certain group of people. and i believe those who claim that their religion actually taught that are either: (a) people who are too hot headed to actually READ their scriptures, and using things that they only heard from a second/third/x-numbered unreliable sources because it agreed with their points and not the other way around, or (b) retarded assholes. but then again, i said "on this planet". so that means for scientologists, all bets are off.

• LOVE. Massive internet hugs to all of the nerds involved.

• Nice to see it did not take long for con goers and pop culture fans to unleash their power of being a strong unit and try and peacefully try to show Fred and his group of ass wipes that his type of views are not tolorated at comic con even. and so far no one has yet gone and tried and make fred taste a bathlet or a light saber. mostly to not give the rev ass any more chances to try and give his views any more power. hope the con goes keep it up long enough for fred and westboro to be so shocked they go running away in the end

• I love the cops standing around in the pic

• "Church members had intended to hold their protest for an hour, but in the face of 150 to 200 counter-protesting, costumed fans carrying signs that read everything from "Odin is God" to "God loves Gay Robin," they gave up early." http://blastr.com/2010/07/comic-con-protesters-get.php Better than ignoring them, causing them to leave early.

• Just in case no one else posted: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/

• For anybody who was there yesterday, it was pretty freakin awesome I gotta say. Essentially one ridiculous giant sign party that resulted in the phelps clan leaving earlier than they stated. So to everybody I met there, great job and good times! "Church of the Flying Blue Box" for life! :D ...still need to pick up the new sonic screwdriver though.

• Truly that would have been epic.

• So nice to see!

• Even if God is out there, you aren't pretty Rob...hey now!

• Just the way you said that was so awesome.

• http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/

• This is awesome. It's too bad that all of three people even came out, or else it might have been an even more epic clash. Still, there's something to be said for overwhelming slaughter...

• This is why I love what all of us love. Because the capactity to be totally fucking awesome is beyond measurement. Thank you nerds at the SDCC for sending a clear message to those who have no reasoning whatsoever.

• Definitely on a mission from God :-)

• I'm so so fucking proud of being a nerd right now!! Wish I could've been there as well, that was epic!

• Awesome.

• May Robot Ninja Jesus bless you, dear Abraxas.

• A link! My kingdom for a link!

• Good call, Scottmeister!

• This might make you feel better: A couple days ago my Dad(an Episcopal Deacon)sent me a email where he contrasted two signs he saw in front of churches. The first said: "Reason Is The Enemy Of Faith", the kind of thinking that embarrasses most intelligent Christians. The second sign said: "Jesus Came To Take Away Your Sins, Not Your Brains". I don't think there's anything I can add to that.

• I live in Kansas as well and hate that we have to be associated with those loons. But I have to agree with everything you said. They feel justified when people pay attention to them. Maybe some day soon they will all just drink some special Kool-Aid and really make the world a better place. Though I'm sure that is nothing more than wishful thinking.

• It's what Christ died for...

• YESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!! Ahem... Good idea.

• I like how your pretty if God exists, Rob! Soo pretty! ;)

• Brainwashed cult. That's why I'm glad I joined the Movementarians. Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh BATMAN...I mean, LEADER.

• God hates FANS.

• You send that to them and I'm sure you'll get a "Who responsible this?" reply...Phelps may be the craziest bastard on earth. Makes the Tea Party look sane!

• Fucking cheers all around, that's all I can say. I only wish someone had taken a vuvuzela and drowned out their nonsensical ramblings. I pray to every deity, both major and minor, that each and every single person there gets laid. Nerds and Geeks of Comic-Con, I salute you.

• I *love* those signs. I've seen others protest these crazies (in San Francisco, for example) with signs that say silly things like "This Sign Is Empty" or "We're walking in circles for fun!" These anti-protests got a lot more press than the crazies! It was great. As for me, I am a nerd too. Can't help it. Here's the evidence of my <a href="http://1sentencediary.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/nerdiness/>nerdiness</a>.

• I will admit to hating the Westboro fucks. I know I should be the better person, not match hate for hate, but it is impossible with these pricks. Die in a fire, Westboro.

• you should print out copies of my snarf breeding manual and distrubute it to them as some sort of religious/instructional manual. that ought to kill them many shades of dead.

• that is so awesome! Those Westborrow idiots deserve every bit of that

• Oh God, I'm so wearing my Batman and Robin making out tee on Sunday at the Con...

• This Week on Fan Fiction Friday: The Westboro Baptist Protesters @ SDCC in "What Are You Dense? Are You Retarded? I'm The Goddamn Batman!"

• I just read that aloud to my roommate and we both agree somebody should redo the Bible with Batman references. Just for funsies :D

• We did the same thing when these idjits protested at the Ronnie James Dio memorial in LA. Signs such as Metal=Life and my personal favorite: YOUR God died nailed to a cross. MY God carries a hammer! Definitely good to stretch the ol' 1st Amendment once in a while. Have fun in SD!

• Aww! "When I walk through a dark alley I fear no harm for the DARK KNIGHT is by my side." Heartwarming.

• THAT is an amazing idea! Maybe we should start doing it RIGHT AWAY! Just thinking of the face of the asshole reading Videl's abortion fic almost paints my face with smile. (For some unknown reasons I can't access their website, so I can't check right away whether they have email/address posted on the website or not, but it shouldn't be too hard to find via google.)

• I applaud all the nerds who stood against those bastards. WOO! My hat's off to you and now.. Off to have a cold Guinness and pass out.

• For any of you who go there, we had them come by my place of work a few months ago, and apparently their big thing is to try and cause physical confrontations and sue you (apparently how they fund all their crazy). Don't let them goad you into something stupid.

• This sorta thing makes me hate not being there even more but at the same time warms my heart and makes me smile so big and laugh so hard at all the stupid asses out there that i feel like there is still hope for mankind, uh er NERDkind.

• Holy shit! Comics Alliance has the pictures.

• Stay classy San Diego! (no, i actually mean that. nice work people)

• Can't believe how sad this is... Can I as a Christian say how sorry I am for the idiots that claim my religion... At least us geeks know how to fight against childish arguments; we encounter them daily with our friends. :D

• omg, new mission in life. sending fan fic to the church's email. maybe we can even get comicsnix to pen one just for them. lots of hot steamy gay preacher on gay batman action..

• If I was there, I would read some really nasty FFF aloud to those fuckwads. They would throw up and pass out in 5 minutes.

• GOD HATES BAT-NIPPLES

• tomorrow is friday...

• The 501st showing up and declaring "By Imperial Order" that they vacate the premise would be pretty epic.

• I was almost expecting the 501st Legion (that group of Star Wars cosplayers who also donate to charity) having to need to call in a TIE Bomber airstrike, but I guess it wouldn't be needed.

• what, no sign touting how nerds are more likely to be virgins than "abstinent" christians?

• Hmm, see, I actually live in Kansas, so we get Phelps a lot. And here we sort of have an unstated rule of ignoring them. Any reaction makes them feel somehow legitimate. If it weren't for the stories of what it's like to be a child in his "congregation" (read: "extended family"), they'd basically be a joke. Still, kudos for nerd creativity, and thank God for geeks.

• *sniff* It is times like these that I am so proud of my nerd brethren. I raise my Vulcan-saluted hand in Nerd solidarity.

• This is amazing. It's moment like this that renews my faith in humanity (until it is crush again by creepy fan fiction). I wonder if there are some more photos posted somewhere, I would love to see a close-up on some of the awesome signs.

• That's so awesome! I hope someone has a camera taking lots of pictures of those signs.

• Oh this is great! Need to keep this up at their other protests.

• You're doing god's work, nerd guys/gals.

• Never fuck with a group of people willing to camp out on a sidewalk for six weeks to watch George Lucas' latest silver screen bowel movement.

• Sounds like a TR-Contest 2 me. "Spoof a Religious Slogan into Nerdism"

• So happy to see assholes get one-upped quite cleverly. Yay!

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