Okay, via Atrios we get this story from the great Oliver Willis.
http://haloscan.com/tb/atrios/111930086654317540
So, the "South Park" conservatives (who are really the "Eric Cartman" conservatives) are up in arms about the Fred Phelps of the world.
This raises all sorts of questions.
A) Why is Phelps protesting THIS funeral? If the military doesn't admit that personnel are gay, how does he know this? If someone did let it slip to Phelps' horde, who? If he's convinced that all the soldiers are going to Hell, then we need to allow the coyote to run all the way off the cliff.
B) Why are the Eric Cartmans unaware of who Phelps is? Are they stupid, or playing stupid? Are their brains really this segmented? I think they really don't know. This speaks volumes about their effectiveness as organizers and Phelps' too.
C) Can we point out to the Eric Cartmans that there IS no difference between the home grown fundamentalists and the foreign ones? Will they buy it? I think they will. These people are easily distracted from the reality of torture and unjust war, but they aren't completely beyond seeing a spade as a spade. I think events like this are all we need to point out what WE are objecting to when we see the Phelps of the world.
D) I'm sure there is a D, E, F, and so on, but I'd like to throw it out to all of you.