Scalps of american soldiers in afghanistan i thought is true it would mean the taliban were trying to kill american soldiers. Oh wait thats but expand their hobby for the past 20 years while russia need to pay them to do something they always just do its like paying barry bonds in the early 2000 to inject steroids into his scrotum he probably couldnt even find a moment when he wasnt injecting into his crow dome in which to offer him the money. Heres the money but i want to give i want to kill the New York Times and rachel mad cow the benefit of the doubt so i did a Little Research and it is true the taliban were indeed paid by another country to wage war against americans if they did it during a meeting they were paid by america thats right the us has been funding the taliban for years here from the nation in 2009 halvor us funds the taliban in fact there was even a lawsuit when 400 americans sued us military contractors for funding taliban attacks against american troops we fund them
Stay and how you defend yourself in those contexts is one of those conversations that we need to be having so muchmore as a culture. I think it opens up so many doors for people. Megan is herself a writer and activist. She left the Westboro Baptist church in 2012 and isan educator on topics related to extremism and communication across ideological lines. At the age of five megan began protesting homosexuality and other vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist church into beaconkansas. The church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. The group gained notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As the churchs twitter spokesman megan was one of the few thatinteracted with the outside world. And twitter did something for. Maybe we can applaud it it caused her to begin doubting the Strict Church leaders and their message it humans are sinful and fallible how can the church itself be so con
Hello my name is the director of the wisconsin festival thank you for being here. I believe this is the seventh event and also the 30th of 32 events just today in the third day of this book festival. Thank you so much. I have seen many of you all day. [applause]. I could not be more pleased to be introducing megan phelpsroper. With her book unfollow. Were talking about her life and doubt and how you decide to leave or stay in how you defend yourself in this context is one of those conversations with religion that you need to be having so much more as a culture. I think it opens up so many doors for people and making herself a writer and activist. She left the Westboro Baptist church in november of 2012. And she knows about communication across ideological lines. At the age of five, eggen began protesting homosexuality alongside fellow members of the Baptist Church in topeka, kansas in this church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. The t
Were organized around a picketing ministry from the age of five i would protest gay people originally and then from there to everyone outside of the church was headed for hell and we had a duty to go with them of the consequences of their sins and our whole lives were organized around the ministry. Host how does that begin if you talk about this loving family that you have and a normal childhood when did the god in 91, when i was 5 years old, an incident occurred it happened shortly before that. An incident happened at a local park where my grand father was biking through the park and he thought he saw my older brother who was then about 4 or 5 years old being approached by two men trying to lure him into the bushes. He discovered that this local park was a place thats well known for as a Meeting Place for gay men. So he went and started trying to get the city to clean up the park. My grand father called it great park. The bible passage cited was in romans. The response to that first p
With stephen sackur. Holding up placards outside the funerals of dead american soldiers, celebrating schoolroom massacres, Westboro Baptist church has been described as the most obnoxious, hate filled group in america. Megan phelps roper was part of that group. She was born into the church. She carried those hate filled placards from the age of five years old. But as an adult, firing off tweets against online critics, megan began to doubt. Eventually, she left the church altogether, but she paid a high price. The church was founded by her grandfather. She was shunned by those she loved the most. Can she still really regard the people who taught her to hate, to desire more death, that the world was going to hell, as her beloved, wonderful mum and dad . Megan phelps roper, welcome to hardtalk. From the age of five, in 1991, you were involved in your familys demonstrations, later taking part in pickets of the funerals of dead soldiers in the united states. Can you just give us a sense of