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What's the probability that Fred Phelps has powerful homosexual urges? 95%? 99.9%?

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This is totally insane. How have I never heard of this before?

I just watched the first part -- plan on watching the rest later -- but my initial reaction is that I feel awful for the kids who are never gonna have the opportunity to develop a normal personality and have normal experiences.

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Shirley used to call into the Adam Corolla show every now and then. Complete insanity. How they haven't gotten the crap kicked out of them is beyond me.

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She did an interview on one of the cable news networks that I remember seeing. I want to say it was done by Bill O'Reilly but I'm not positive. Whoever it was, they pretty much just let her talk and I don't think I've ever seen someone bury themselves so deep without any help.

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Watching part 7 I can't help to see a war going on in the young womans head (the one that can't have coffee with the documentarist). She seems like she's battling decades of brainwashing. It's really kinda sad.

And the very end, with the child who made a list for Louie, is really cute and depressing at the same time. That kid could have had a fullfilling life.

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Shirley used to call into the Adam Corolla show every now and then. Complete insanity. How they haven't gotten the crap kicked out of them is beyond me.

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She did an interview on one of the cable news networks that I remember seeing. I want to say it was done by Bill O'Reilly but I'm not positive. Whoever it was, they pretty much just let her talk and I don't think I've ever seen someone bury themselves so deep without any help.

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She was on Hannity and Colmes

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troy,

I have just watched the first two so far, but in those two it definitely looks like the teen girl is struggling to justify/rationalize some of her positions and convince herself to really believe them.

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troy,

I have just watched the first two so far, but in those two it definitely looks like the teen girl is struggling to justify/rationalize some of her positions and convince herself to really believe them.

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Absolutely. As you watch further you'll actually see them laugh nervously and end up changing the subject or just stop answering questions. What's really funny is how little it takes to make them see the holes in their logic. I would have figured that years of saturation would have put up some better defences (hell, any defences for that matter)

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These clowns picketed my high school graduation ceremony.

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For what ridiculous reason?

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There was a shooting at my school that year. I guess they were trying to use it as a publicity opportunity but I doubt they got much out of it.

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These clowns picketed my high school graduation ceremony.

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For what ridiculous reason?

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There was a shooting at my school that year. I guess they were trying to use it as a publicity opportunity but I doubt they got much out of it.

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Well, i guess thats one thing I agree with them on, less school shootings.

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I just watched the poor little kid get hit by that cup [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. I don't think it's right to do that even to the adults (although I wouldn't feel terrible if someone did), but to hit a brainwashed kid who doesn't know any better is just [censored] up.