Russel brand and the Westboro baptist church

KingOfFairview · 10-08-2013 08:50AM

Just bear in mind me brand is the same guy who held up production on a film set for hours so he could bully a make up girl into showing him her tits.

WBC are obviously vermin but he's a sanctimonious arse.

thomasm · 10-08-2013 08:53AM

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher

This article changed my thoughts on him. Thought it was very well written

Grayson · 10-08-2013 09:24AM

thomasm wrote: »

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher

This article changed my thoughts on him. Thought it was very well written

I have to agree. I always thought of him as a complete tit. That was a very well written article that actually brought back loads of memories.

Lucas Castroman · 10-08-2013 09:39AM

Russell Brand is the cleverest, funniest and most engaging person I've ever heard speak. You could spend hours on youtube watching him. People's dislike for him is often rooted firmly in jelousy.

weldoninhio · 10-08-2013 12:12PM

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

Russell Brand is the cleverest, funniest and most engaging person I've ever heard speak. You could spend hours on youtube watching him. People's dislike for him is often rooted firmly in jelousy.

The whole turning up for work on MTV on September 12th dressed up as Osama Bin Laden is what made me dislike him.

1ZRed · 10-08-2013 01:02PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Logic seems to be lost and a lot of their arguments are inconsistent with past declarations they've made. Fag enablers is another term they have for heterosexual people who don't oppose homosexuality.

Tbh I've heard one or two extreme posters here think the same way that not having a problem with homosexuality was enabling us and our 'homosexual agenda'. I've also been told I clearly hate straight people, I only hated them because they were blatantly homophobic and they thought they were doing the right thing by it, they just happened to be straight too.

At times I wonder if a few WBC members populate boards at times because they're clearly just as psycho.

Femme_Fatale · 10-08-2013 02:34PM

KyussBishop wrote: »

I would say a good portion of them are probably potentially perfectly fine people, if they got away and were 'deprogrammed', but are manipulated into believing total nonsense, and are too fearful to leave.

Yup. Some people have departed the church and are cut off from the family. I was amazed by the family when I watched the first Theroux documentary - was expecting foaming-at-the-mouth inbreds. The most normal, pleasant people you could encounter, apart from Fred and Shirley (even she didn't seem all that horrendous when not talking about their manifesto). The kids were lovely - what's being done to them is horrific. And there was one awful scene where they were out protesting and someone threw something at one of the young kids. Obviously their protest deserved anger but the little kid being in the firing line was just grim - and the responsibility of the church tbh.
If you read about Fred when the kids were growing up - a monster.
And I don't always subscribe to the "People who really hate gays are probably gay" theory... but I'd put money on it that Fred is in the closet.

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

Russell Brand is the cleverest, funniest and most engaging person I've ever heard speak. You could spend hours on youtube watching him. People's dislike for him is often rooted firmly in jelousy.

Do you know this for sure? I'd reckon people's dislike for him is that he comes across as an arrogant dick.

1ZRed · 10-08-2013 02:42PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Yup. Some people have departed the church and are cut off from the family. I was amazed by the family when I watched the first Theroux documentary - was expecting foaming-at-the-mouth inbreds. The most normal, pleasant people you could encounter, apart from Fred and Shirley (even she didn't seem all that horrendous when not talking about their manifesto). The kids were lovely - what's being done to them is horrific. And there was one awful scene where they were out protesting and someone threw something at one of the young kids. Obviously their protest deserved anger but the little kid being in the firing line was just grim - and the responsibility of the church tbh.
If you read about Fred when the kids were growing up - a monster.
And I don't always subscribe to the "People who really hate gays are probably gay" theory... but I'd put money on it that Fred is in the closet.

You're not the only one.

WBC founder Fred phelps may be gay, suggests former member

Really doesn't surprise me in the slightest either.

Jimoslimos · 10-08-2013 04:30PM

Russell Brand can act like a bit of a tit at times but he possesses a sharp wit and his writings are extremely insightful and erudite. As much, if not more than other, more celebrated individuals, like Stephen Fry for example.

Da Shins Kelly · 10-08-2013 07:05PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Yup. Some people have departed the church and are cut off from the family. I was amazed by the family when I watched the first Theroux documentary - was expecting foaming-at-the-mouth inbreds. The most normal, pleasant people you could encounter, apart from Fred and Shirley (even she didn't seem all that horrendous when not talking about their manifesto). The kids were lovely - what's being done to them is horrific. And there was one awful scene where they were out protesting and someone threw something at one of the young kids. Obviously their protest deserved anger but the little kid being in the firing line was just grim - and the responsibility of the church tbh.
If you read about Fred when the kids were growing up - a monster.
And I don't always subscribe to the "People who really hate gays are probably gay" theory... but I'd put money on it that Fred is in the closet.

Do you know this for sure? I'd reckon people's dislike for him is that he comes across as an arrogant dick.

I reckon Fred Phelps must qualify as some sort of sociopath or something. He belongs in some sort of institute. I saw Louis's revisit to the Phelps', and a couple of the children had left the family and were completely ostracized. You could tell that their parents were heartbroken at having to cut ties completely with their children, and the children were devastated, but the parents were forced to act as though they didn't care and that their children were traitors or some such rubbish. It's all just so sad really. Fred Phelps is an incredibly disturbing individual to promote that kind of thing.

As for Russell Brand, I've always found him quite smug and self-satisfied. I also think an great amount of luck has gotten him where he is, as I don't think he's a particularly talented individual. I can think of plenty of funnier comedians out there, and he's certainly not a great actor. How he's gotten to the point where he's a Hollywood star is a complete mystery to me.

Pumpkinseeds · 10-08-2013 07:19PM

Is it just my imagination or are wbc just unhealthily obsessed with sex, particularly gay sex? Every time I see them they're gay bashing. It seems odd to be so straight and yet so focused on what other people do with their orifices. I thought they were supposed to be sodding off to somewhere in the middle east? I remember thinking that they wouldn't last long over there.

A Primal Nut · 10-08-2013 08:04PM

Grayson wrote: »

Mormons aren't christians. And if you say that in front of them they get really really pissed off.

Actually I believe it's other Christians (protestants, etc) who claim that Mormons are not Christians, but Mormons do consider themselves Christians.

http://mormon.org/faq/mormon-christian

We are Christians in a very real sense and that is coming to be more and more widely recognized. Once upon a time people everywhere said we are not Christians. They have come to recognize that we are, and that we have a very vital and dynamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Also I think I remember Romney as part of the election campaign started saying Mormons are Christians too; admittedly to help him get votes but he wouldn't say it if it would piss off other Mormons.

A Primal Nut · 10-08-2013 08:06PM

The two lads being interviewed are comedy gold, even laughing along!

Russel brand and the Westboro baptist church

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