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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Whether it is right or wrong, I have complete intolerance towards intolerance. Fred Phelps may not have done any physical violence, but he has caused more than his fair share of emotional suffering. Not just to the gay community, but to family members mourning people who had no standing whatsoever in the issue. No matter what he goes through between now and when he passes, it will not come close to the suffering the man has caused in his life...
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As terrible a person as Phelps is, I very seriously doubt that the amount of emotional trauma and adversity even remotely compares to real horror and suffering that millions of people suffer every day on account of actual, sociopathological monsters. Relatively speaking, Phelps's capacity for evil is pretty small when factored according his social impact.