Akusekho Ntiyo: Uhambo olude, olungaqhelekanga lukaMegan Phelps-Roper

Ndibuhlungu kancinci kuba sonke sinokuba bekungabikho kwezi nkolelo zingaqhelekanga, zonakalisayo,UMegan Phelps-Roper, owayesakuba lilungu leCawa yaseWestboro Baptist, wandixelela.Ngaphandle kwabo, zingakanani iintlungu ebeya kulusindisa umhlaba? Ngaphandle kwabo, bendinokungena ngqo kumnyango wekhitshi owankqonkqozayo kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo kwaye ndisitya kunye nosapho lwam, kwaye singaba sihlekisa ngendlela ebesisoloko sisenza ngayo, kwaye isihogo besingayi kuza kube kanye.

Ndiyazi kakuhle imingcwabo yamajoni yangaphambili yokukhetha ubomi kaMegan kunye nokukhala kwamaxilongo ngokutshisayo kwihlabathi ukuba izitabane zazitshabalalisa iMelika kwaye zigwetyelwe ukugwetywa okungunaphakade. Saqala ukudibana ngo-2008. Ndachitha iintsuku ezininzi kunye neWestboro Baptist Church, kwikhaya labo eTopeka, eKansas, xa ndandisebenza Iprojekthi yencwadi ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo, Iphupha laseMelika .

UMegan akasashumayeli inzondo kunye noloyiko-kodwa endaweni yoko, umyalezo wothando, unyamezelo kunye nokuchasana nokuxhaphaza. Uye waba ngummeli wabantu nezimvo awakhe wafundiswa ukuba azidele; UMegan ngoku ulitshantliziyo kunye nesithethi esonyanzelisa ukoyisa iyantlukwano kunye nentiyo phakathi kokwahlukana kwezenkolo nezopolitiko.

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Utshintsho engqondweni yam alwenzekanga ngobusuku obunye; yayiluchungechunge lweencoko ngokuhamba kwexesha, utshilo. Ngokubanzi, abantu abazitshintshi iingqondo zabo malunga neenkolelo ezibambeke ngokusisiseko; akwenzeki ngephanyazo-yinkqubo.

Kule ntshukumo yangoku yenzondo egqugqisa iMelika, iyahlaziya kwaye iyaqinisekisa umphefumlo ukufumana abantu abaphumileyo kwintiyo-o-sphere.UMegan, intombi ye-Westboro Baptist Church owayesisithethi, uShirley Phelps, wayishiya icawe phaya ngo-2012, enyuka kude neepikethi ezichasene nesini eziqhutywa liqela loqhankqalazo elinegama elinobuqili lase-Westboro, uThixo Uyabazonda Abantu.

Xa unabantwana, kwaye ufundisa aba bantwana ukusukela kwixesha lokuzalwa kwabo, kwaye ubasongele ngentuthumbo kanaphakade kunye nesohlwayo ngokwasemzimbeni ngalo naluphi na uhlobo lokubuyela umva… Nje ukuba babe nale paradigm ezintlokweni zabo kangangexesha elide, kunzima kakhulu Ukoyisa, utshilo uMegan.

Kwaye uyazi ngokuqinisekileyo. UMegan wayeneminyaka emihlanu ubudala ukuqala kwakhe ukukhahlela ecaleni kosapho, ephethe imiqondiso ye-Day-Glo ezandleni zakhe ezincinci ezazifunda izinto ezimbi ezifana nale: UThixo Uyayithiya iMelika, Fags Doom Nations kwaye Umfundisi Wakho Uhenyukazi. Ngelixa bekhula , Iipikethi zosapho zikaPhelps zaziza kubakho kwiintsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka. Ababukeli abanomsindo bahlala bejongana neentsilelo ze-Westboro Baptist Church ngokungagcini nje ngokukhwaza kodwa ngamanye amaxesha bexuluba iqela ngamatye, amaqanda kunye neengxowa zomchamo.

Kuninzi ukuba umntwana omncinci athathe.

Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ndikhulele kulomgaqo wokukhetha inkolo, yonke le nto yayiqhelekile. Iipikethi yayiyinyani yobomi, uMegan ukhumbule. Kwaye inyani yokuba abantu basithiyile ukusukela oko ndandimncinci, into yokuba sathiywa, ndafundiswa, yayisisizathu sokonwaba okukhulu. UMegan Phelps-Roper uthatha inxaxheba kuqhankqalazo lweCawa yase-Westboro Baptist ngakwisitrato esivela kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseNyakatho-ntshona e-Hyattsville, eMaryland ngo-Matshi 1, 2011.UNICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty

Ngokuqinisekileyo a Umbono weRashomon , kodwa ndalibona eli glee athetha ngalo uMegan, xa ndandifika ngo-2008 ndankqonkqoza kumzi wosapho lakwaPhelps. Yayingeyonto iqhelekileyo kwintatheli ekrwada, enjengam, ukumenyelwa kwikhaya losapho lakwaPhelps. Ukukhula, uMegan ukhumbule ukuba kwakuqhelekile kangakanani ukuvula umnyango wangaphambili kwaye iintatheli ezivela, zithi, eStockholm, zivele zifuna ukubhala ibali. Impendulo evela kusapho lakwaPhelps yayihlala ibamemela kwisidlo sangokuhlwa. Yiloo nto eyenzekayo kum xa ndifika. (UShirley Phelps wandinika isalmon.) Ngapha koko, ngaphandle kwemigca yamapikethi, unxibelelwano losapho kunye nabantu bangaphandle yayikukutyelelwa ziintatheli.

Sisoloko sicinga ukuba baya kubhala izinto ezimbi ngathi, utshilo uMegan. (Nangona ekhumbula efunda kwaye ehleka ngamaxesha angenangqondo kwibali lam lokuqala, ecinga: Nokuba thina babeyazi [into yokuba] le nto besiyithetha ibiphambene.)

Ingcinga yam ngoMegan ukuqala kwam ukudibana naye, kunye nosapho, yayikukuba wayebonakala njengeyona iqhelekileyo kwiqela. Ngelixa usapho lwayo luye kukhetho, yithi, umboniso wokuma komhlekisi URon White ukusuka kwiBlue Collar Comedy Tour (ewe, bayenzile loo nto-ndiyaqikelela UThixo ukuthiyile ukuma up comedy ?), wayehlala ekhaya efunda. Wayekwanokuqonda okuhle kwamaqela e-indie kunye nenkcubeko ye pop. Ndiphantse ndamlindela ukuba anqwale kwaye aqhwanyaze ukuze andazise ukuba wayekwisiqhulo malunga nenkolo yempambano yosapho lwakhe, mhlawumbi, isicwangciso esomeleleyo, ngalo mzuzu, sokuyeka icawe.

Nangona kunjalo, kwakungekho njalo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndandingazi ngelo xesha; Ndaziva ndizimisele kakhulu, utshilo. Kodwa inkqubo ethe yakhokelela ekushiyekeni kwam iqale….

Kodwa eyona nto yandixakayo xa ndandiqala ukudibana neWestboro Baptist Church yayi — nangona yayisenza ezona zenzo zimasikizi ehlabathini, ezinjengokungcwaba imingcwabo yamajoni — ubomi basekhaya babuziva ngathi buyinto entle, ngathi yinto ehluthwe kanye Iqela leBrady .

Njengokonwaba njengoko sasikwiyadi yethu egxuma kwiitrampolini, utshilo uMegan, yayiyimvakalelo efanayo efanayo, ihlala igcwele uvuyo, kumgca wokuchola, kuba sasivakalelwa ngathi indlela ubomi bethu obabuwela ngayo kuthi buphikisana nabantu bakaThixo kwaye izibhalo. Konke kwakuziva kuyinto eqhelekileyo.

UMegan wabonisa kwimeko yakhe, kwaye ngokufanayo, iinkolo zonqulo, xa usengxakini, ukholelwa ukuba uphefumlelwe nguThixo; ngoko akunakuba yinto ephosakeleyo nangayiphi na indlela ukuba abazali babenabantwana babo abakhuphayo umngcwabo wejoni okanye bahlekise nge-9/11.

Xa ukuyo, xa ukholelwa ngokupheleleyo, yonke into ibonakala inengqiqo, utshilo. Kukho ubungqina obubambekayo benkolelo nayo yonke into oyenzayo.

Xa ndandithetha naye ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uMegan wayebuyile eTopeka. Ngokwesiqhelo ubuyela edolophini ukuya kubhiyozela umbulelo kunye nomkhuluwa wakhe uJosh, naye oshiye icawa. Ngoku, kwi-2019, akasekho kulayini wokukhetha kodwa uthetha kwiyunivesithi yasekhaya ngezihloko zokubaxiweyo, ukuxhaphaza kunye novelwano kwincoko.

Nanini na xa ndimenyiwe ukuba ndithethe kwindawo ethile ndizama ukuyenza loo nto, kuba ndicinga ukuba le micimbi ibaluleke kakhulu, utshilo. Kum, izifundo endizifundileyo zinkulu kakhulu kuneWestboro. Ziqhelekile kakhulu, iziphene zabantu ezikhokelele ekubeni iWestboro ibe lapho ikhoyo-ngakumbi ngelixesha lezidubedube zopolitiko nezentlalo esizibonayo.

Nanini na xa uMegan etyelele iTopeka, uthatha ixesha lokuhambahamba kwindawo ekudala ehlala kuyo apho ikhoyo i-Westboro Baptist Church, enezindlu ezininzi ezonwabileyo zakwasitalato iSitalato i-Churchill esidityaniswe yiyadi enkulu eyabiweyo.

Ihlala ingaqhelekanga-ngokucacileyo kuba ivakalelwa njengekhaya, utshilo uMegan. Kodwa ingathi ndiyaphula umthetho.

Ngaphambili, xa amalungu osapho ebone uMegan ehamba edlula kwindlu yakhe yakudala, bebesoloko besabela ngokungamhoyi okanye ngokuqhuba nje ngokugqitha.

Amaxesha ambalwa bathethile.

Ngesinye isihlandlo, umalume wakhe wadlula kwaye waphantse wakhangeleka enetyala ngokuthi, 'Siyakubona. Kodwa loo nto ayinqabile, kwaye uMegan uyazi ukuba kudala kumiliselwe ukuba abo basecaweni abayi kuba nanto yakwenza nababengamalungu. Isizathu sokuba: Baye ku phila ubomi besono— endaweni yokukhonza uThixo ngendlela abakhuliswe ngayo.

Yintoni eyenze ukuba abamelwane bakhe bamva nje bagqithe kwikomkhulu le-WBC isityhilelo esithile? Kwakungowokuqala uMegan ehamba kunye nentombazana yakhe, eyazalwa nje emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa.

Kwaye ukuba nale ntombazana incinci ingeyonxalenye yayo… bohluke kangakanani ubomi bakhe namava kunye nokukhula kwakhe kunale bendiyiphila, wacinga njalo. Kuyinto engaqhelekanga kakhulu. Into yokuba andikho eTopeka, Kansas kuludwe lweepikethi, into yokuba ndihlala eMzantsi Dakota, ukuba nditshatile, ndinayo intombi — konke oko — kundibuze kwiminyaka eli-10 eyadlulayo; Konke kubonakala nje kungenakwenzeka kwaye ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo. UMegan Phelps-Roper kunye nentombi yakhe.Ifoto ngoncedo lukaMegan Phelps-Roper

Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, amalungu angama-20 ayishiyile i-Westboro Baptist Church; ngamnye wabo unqunyulwe ngokupheleleyo. Imizamo kaMegan yokufikelela ikwicala elinye. Uyazi kakuhle izithintelo zengqondo kunye nokuvalwa kwendlela icawa ebeke ngayo.

I-M. esisiseko sizenza ngathi asikho, ucacisile. Bazama ukungasamkeli esidlangalaleni okanye ukuphendula izinto esizithethayo, esidlangalaleni-ngaphandle kwaxa kukho into efumana ingqalelo enkulu.

Thatha UMegan ka-2017 wamkelwa yiTED Talk .

Icawe yase-Westboro Baptist yenze njalo, ungaphenduli — ingekuko koko uMegan wayekuthetha ngokubhekisele kwicawa engagungqiyo kunqulo kodwa ukuxhasa ubukho babantu.

Ndisacinga ukuba kubalulekile kuba ndiyazi ukuba banikela ingqalelo. Bacinga onke amazwi ethu, nantoni na esiyithetha esidlangalaleni, utshilo uMegan. Nayiphi na indlela endinokwazisa ngayo imibuzo enokubakho kunye namathandabuzo malunga nokungangqinelani komgaqo ... Ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukwenziwa.Ndicinga ukuba ekuphela kwendlela izinto eziza kutshintsha ngayo kungokuthetha. Nangaliphi na ixesha bakulungele ukuba nengxoxo, ndiyavuya kakhulu.

Okwangoku, uMegan uyazi kakuhle ngamabali osapho analo ngaye.

Ekuphela kwento endinokucinga ukuba ndiyenze kukuphila ubomi bam ngentembeko nangokunyaniseka nokuba lilungisa kubo. Ukanti, ndibakhumbula kakhulu, wavuma. Ngokucacileyo, ndinqwenela ukuba izinto zahlukile. Kodwa yile nto iyiyo. Kodwa ndihleli ngoxolo nendlela endiziphatha ngayo izinto; iinzame zam zokufikelela kubo kwaye ndibaqinisekise ukuba zikho ezinye iindlela.

Ngelixa uMegan ngoku ethembekile malunga neentsilelo zecawe, ndinyanisile ngento yokuba ndafunda izinto ezininzi ezilungileyo kubo, utshilo. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba baneenjongo ezintle; ngabantu abalungileyo ngokusisiseko abaye baqinisekiswa ziimbono ezimbi.

Kwaye undoqo wezo zimvo zimbi yayinguFred Phelps AKA 'uGramps'-indoda eyayilondoloze kakhulu, wayekhe wamgxeka uJerry Falwell ngokungangqinelani nesini. Utatomkhulu kaMegan (owasweleka ngo-2014) waseka iWestboro Baptist Church kwaye wayekholelwa ukuba yayiyicawa yodwa eMelika eyayilandela ngokwenene iBhayibhile. Ukulandela iBhayibhile, emehlweni e-Gramps, kwakuthetha ukuthiya abantu abathandana besisini esinye.

UMegan ucacisile: Uninzi lwabo lukhule kunye necawa phantsi kolwalathiso lukatatomkhulu wam, owayenentloko enenkomo, umntu onentiyo, owayesebenzisa gadalala, impatho gadalala ngokwasemzimbeni, ukubabetha ukuze bazithobe.

Emuva ngo-2008, ndaya kwinkonzo yecawa yangeCawa yangeCawe. Ukucinga kwam kukuba wayengenguye umntu omdala onobubele, njengokuthi, UWilford Brimley , kodwa ngakumbi njengendoda endala enokuntywilisela ingxowa yeekati ngelixa ingxola iivesi zeBhayibhile. Mna, njengoninzi lwamalungu eWestboro Baptist Church, ndimamele inkonzo yakhe eyingozi yokulwa nesini kunye nomxube woloyiko olupheleleyo kunye nemvakalelo yomzimba efana nezinyo elitsalwa ziipleyiti ezinomhlwa.

Nangona kunjalo, kukho ukungangqinelani. Gramps, waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwi-'60s njengegqwetha elithandwayo lamalungelo oluntu elwa nemithetho kaJim Crow. Ngapha koko, ngo-1948, wayishiya iYunivesithi yaseBob Jones ngenxa yokwala kwabo ukwamkela abafundi abamnyama. KwiGramps, akazange abone nasiphi na isiseko sombhalo wobuhlanga kwaye yiyo loo nto wayithuka.

Omabini la malungelo abantu abantsundu kunye nokuchasana ngokuchasene nesini bobabini kwakuvela kuThixo omnye, utshilo uMegan malunga nokugwetyelwa kwakhe. I-Gramps khange ibone kungqubana phakathi komsebenzi awenzayo elwela amalungelo oluntu lwabantu abamnyama kunye nabantu abadala kunye nabafazi-kunye nephulo lokulwa nokuchasana nobungqingili awalenzayo kamva. Ongasekhoyo uMfu Fred Phelps okhokele ibandla lase Westboro Baptist elinempikiswano.UMichael S. Williamson / IWashington Post ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty

UMegan wayekhe wafumana imifanekiso yeGramp kwicawa emnyama eTopeka kwaye wakhumbula: Wayekhona eshumayela ngokuchasene nobuhlanga, kwaye yayingula mlilo kunye nothando awayenalo ngentsasa yangeCawa xa ndandikhula, ecaweni ndithuka abantu abathandanayo.

Kutshanje uMegan uye waqaphela ngelixa esenza uphando memoir yakhe ezayo (ephuma ngo-Okthobha). Ngo-1989, iGramps yahluthwa ngenxa yokuhlukumeza intatheli yenkundla. Kwaye kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa kamva, waqala umlo wakhe ngokuchasene nesini ngaphandle kweGage Park eTopeka.

Ngesiquphe ndabona kanye apho la mashumi eminyaka esilwela amalungelo oluntu kunye nokulwa ubuhlanga kunye nocalucalulo, kanye kwindawo apho iphela khona, kulapho athe wavela khona ebomini bakhe. Kulapho kuza kudlala khona, utshilo uMegan, echaza ibali lemvelaphi enenzondo kaGramps. Khange ndikwazi ukuzibamba ndicinga, ukuba oko bekungenzekanga [kucinywa], andithandabuzi ukuba yonke le nto ibinokuba nayo… ingaba ubomi babo ngebebuninzi kangakanani ...

Abalinganiswa abali-140 kwiNtlawulelo

Ngethamsanqa, zininzi iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuba abantu bashiye iinkolo. KuMegan, ibandakanya abalinganiswa abali-140.

Ukungena kwi-Twitter yeyona nto ibalulekileyo etshintshe indlela endibona ngayo abantu bangaphandle, indlela endinxibelelana ngayo nabo, ucacisile.

Emuva xa i-Twitter iqalile, abalinganiswa abali-140 abashiyanga sithuba sonyeliso, njengemidlalo yokukhwaza awayenayo ngelixa bekwimigca yokukhetha. UMegan ufumene kuTwitter ukuba ukuba ukhuthaze ukuthukwa, incoko iyakudodobalisa kwangoko ekuthetheni ngenqaku lezakwalizwi elibaluleke kakhulu ngaphakathi kwiiheckles zesikolo. UMegan, endaweni yoko, waya kule ncoko ngobulali kunye nokuhlekisa, ngelixa wayegcina kunzima.

Ukufika kwam ku-Twitter, ibikokokuqala ukuba ndikwazi ukuba nobuhlobo obuhlala buhleli nabantu bangaphandle, utshilo uMegan. Kwaye nangona babenomda kubalinganiswa abali-140, yayilixesha lobuhlobo kunye nolwalamano esakwazi ukubuphuhlisa.

Kwi-Twitter, abantu banokuchaza kuMegan ukungangqinelani kweengcinga zikaWestboro-kwaye bachaze ukuba kutheni icawa iphosakele kwaye iyaziphikisa.

Ndithethile nabantu abaninzi abashiye amaqela afana neWestboro, utshilo uMegan. Kwaye kubonakala ngathi kuninzi lwethu thina [sinamava]… ukuqala kwamathandabuzo kwethu kubangelwe kukungangqinelani kwangaphakathi, njengesityhilelo sokuba izinto kunye / okanye neqela lisilele ukufikelela kwimigangatho yalo-kwaye ndicinga ukuba [oko ] unamandla ngendlela emangalisayo.

Xa abahlobo baka-Twitter betyhila okungangqinelani, kwacaca ukuba abo basecaweni, ababesakha ezi ngcinga, babengabantu abanesiphene nje. Kwaye kulapho indlu yonqulo yamakhadi yaqala ukuwa.

Enye into engangqinelaniyo uMegan efunyenwe inento yokwenza nomzabalazo wamandla ngaphakathi kweCawa yase-Westboro Baptist. Ngaphambili, iqela lalikhokelwa phantse lonke ngabafazi-uShirley Phelps kunye noodadewabo. Emva koko, amadoda amadala atyhala abafazi ngaphandle kwendima yobunkokeli. UShirley Phelps uphethe imiqondiso njengoko ejoyina amanye amalungu eWestboro Baptist Church njengoko beqhankqalaza ngaphaya kwesitalato ukusuka eGround Zero ngoJulayi 4, 2004 kwisiXeko saseNew York.IMonika Graff / imifanekiso kaFetty

Kum, umba yayingekokubekwa ecaleni kwabafazi; umba yayikukuba yonke into yenziwe ngendlela eyayingasekelwanga kwaphela ezibhalweni kwaye iphikisana nendlela ebesoloko siziqonda ngayo ezo nqununu zobunkokeli, ucacisile. Xa loo madoda athabatha indawo-yayingakhethi nto-yenzekile, ngokokubona kwam, phantse ubusuku bonke kungakhange kuboniswane necawa.

UMegan wacinga ukuba esi siganeko senzeke ngaphambi kwe-Twitter, ngewayethethelele isigqibo sabadala ngokucinga ukuba banyanisile kwaye wayengekho 'ngokomoya ngokwaneleyo ”ukuqonda ubunyani bento eyayisenzeka. Amathumbu evakalelwa kukuba wayenayo-ukuba oku kwakungalunganga-ngewayethathwe nje ngayo Ukusebeza kukaSathana.

Kodwa nge-Twitter, abantu bangachazela uMegan ukuba oku kungangqinelani kwenziwa yicawa kwakuphosakele yimfundiso yenkolo abazama ukuphila ngayo. Ukusilela kwecawe ukulungisa ezo zinto zingangqinelani… yiyo le nto indinike ukuzithemba kwindlela endicinga ngayo, umbono wokuba icawe inokuba iphosakele ngento ethile, utshilo. Ukuba nelo lizwi lincinci lincinci-kwaye unaleyo ngasemva kwengqondo-ndicinga ukuba inamandla ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na into esiyibeka kwipleyiti.

Olunye udiza lokugqibela lukaMegan lwalucwangciswe ngobuxoki yicawa eyangcatsha abahlobo bayo abatsha kwi-Twitter. Omnye wabadala, uSteve Drain-indoda engadibaniyo nabakwaPhelps kodwa osusa usapho lwakhe lonke ukusuka eFlorida esiya eTopeka, ngaphesheya kwesitalato esivela kumazantsi eWestboro-waqala ukufota imifanekiso ye-Westboro Baptist Church ukuyenza ibonakale ngathi bayabhideka. Iziganeko ezinje ngomtshato wasebukhosini kunye nomngcwabo kaWhitney Houston, xa babengenawo. (Ndidibene noKhuphe, kwaye undithembe-lo mfo uphambene kakhulu.)

Yaba yinto iindaba zeendaba zamanye amazwe ukuba besixoka malunga nokuya kwezi zikhethi, utshilo uMegan-ekhankanya ukuba ibhayibhile ithi ukuxoka yenye yezo Izinto ezintandathu uzenza uYehova Nkosi intiyo (IMizekeliso 6: 16-19).

Inyaniso yile nto bayenzayo yayichasene noko sakhuliswa ukuba sikholwe ukuba kulungile.

USteve ngenene wenza iakhawunti yokoqobo 'yeendaba ezingezizo' ukwenza ngathi siyabhikisha kwezi ndawo, uqhubeke uMegan. Njengaye wenza ilogo nayo yonke into… kwaye wathumela umyalezo wokuphinda ubhale kwakhona.

UMegan wakufumanisa oku kungaqondakali. Oku kuzokuvakala njengokuhlekisa, inyani yokuba ndinyanzelwe ukuba ndiyiphinde ndiyibhale-bendigcwele kukhathazeka yile nto, utshilo. Kwakhona, kwi-Twitter, bendiqale ukuziva ndiyinxalenye yoluntu, kwaye ukuziva ndiphendula kwabo bantu kundenze ndaziva ndingxamiseka ngakumbi ngokungaxoki. Ngokukodwa kwimeko yabantu endibathandayo kwaye endaziyo ukuba bazakuyibona le nto.

Enye into ehlekisayo ku-Twitter-ngo-2010, ndaphinda ndabaleka ndaya eMegan, eSan Francisco, xa ndandifota ipikethi yaseWestboro Baptist Church ngaphandle kwekomkhulu le-Twitter. (Imiqondiso yabo ifundeka ngolu hlobo: UThixo Uyamzonda uTwitter.) UMegan wayengazi ngelo xesha ukuba wayechola kanye iqonga leendaba eziza kuthi ekugqibeleni zimkhokelele ecaweni.

Kwi-2019, ngokubhekisele kuhambo lwakhe ne-Twitter: Kwaye ngoku ndikwebhunga labo lokuthenjwa nokhuseleko! (LR) Owayesakuba lilungu le-Westboro Baptist Church u-Megan Phelps-Roper, umququzeleli / umvelisi olawulayo u-Morgan Freeman kunye nomvelisi olawulayo u-Lori McCreary we 'The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman' thetha ngeqonga ngexesha le-2017 yeThelevishini yabaGxeki boMbutho woTyelelo loJelo ngoJulayi 25 , 2017.UFrederick M. Brown / imifanekiso kaFetty

Ke, ukusukela ngo-2008, ixesha endandiqala ukudibana nalo iWestboro Baptist Church, ‘izitabane’ azizange ziphele zitshabalalisa iMelika. Nangona, emva phaya, ndabuza uShirley Phelps, apho wayecinga ukuba iqela lakhe liyakuba yiminyaka eli-10 ngaphambili.

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Kodwa, endaweni yoxhwilo, eyona nto iqhekeza iBandla laseWestboro Baptist ngakumbi nangakumbi ngamalungu osapho ayishiya ngokukhawuleza icawa.Ingathethi ukuba sele inobuhlobo, i-Westboro Baptist Church enobuntu, kodwa izimvo zabo ezinentiyo zibonakala ngathi ziyathamba kancinci ngenxa yobudala. Ngexesha likaTrump, kunzima ukuza kuthiwe kuyothusa ngemiqondiso kunye neziqubulo, ngelixa abantwana befakwa kwiikhetshi ngokwemiyalelo ethe ngqo evela kumongameli. Nangona icawe ihlala ihleli kwiipokethi, imiqondiso yazo ayisabonakali Imiyalezo enobungozi bokuthandana kwabantu besini esinye -endaweni yoko iqela belijolise kwimibono engakumbi ngoYesu. (Nangona indawo yabo yewebhu isekhona godhatesfags.com.)

Ngaba kuya kubakho i-Westboro Baptist Church ngo-2029?

Ndibheja ukuba basaya kuhlala bekhona, utshilo uMegan, esongeza, Baphulukene nelizwi labo kwiminyaka eliqela edlulileyo- ngokuyinxenye njengesiphumo sokumodareyitha kwabo.

Kodwa uMegan unethemba lokuba icawe yakhe yakudala iyaqhubeka ukumodareyitha izimvo zabo. Okwangoku ndizakuqhubeka ndizama ukubakholisa kwaye ndibacenge ukuba zikho ezinye iindlela-ngokulindela okungalindelekanga. Owayesakuba lilungu le-Westboro Baptist Church u-Megan Phelps-Roper uyathemba ukuba icawe yakhe yakudala iyaqhubeka nokuzithoba izimvo zabo.UFrederick M. Brown / imifanekiso kaFetty

Ndibuze uMegan ukuba uza kuphinda alifunde kwakhona ibali endilibhalileyo ngaye kunye nosapho emva e2008 -ukujonga ibali lendlela yakhe kwaye ndibone ukuba impendulo yakhe iya kwahluka kusini na.

Nangona ebesele efumene amaxesha ebalini ahlekisayo, kolu kufunda, kunjalo, ndiye ndabona ngaphezulu kobumnyama obuchaziweyo, osapho lwam kunye nam ngebesilugxothe njengesibaxo nokungazichazi kakuhle izinto xa besifunda ngeloxesha, utshilo. Intliziyo yam ibibuhlungu ukuyifunda ngeli xesha, nayo. Zimbalwa iinkcazo ezibhaliweyo zobomi bethu ngezo ntsuku zinde kwaye zinenkcukacha njengebali lakho, kwaye ndonwabile ukukhumbula ukuba ndinomfanekiso okhawulezayo welo xesha. Ndiyabakhathalela abazali bam kunye nabantakwethu, abanye babo ubabamba kakuhle.

Njengokuba besigqibezela incoko yethu, ndiye ndaxelela uMegan, ndiyavuya ukuthetha nawe phantsi kwezi meko, ndiqaphela ukuba lonke ibali linomsebenzi wesibini kwaye ndiyabuza, Ucinga ukuba ungathini u-2008 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?

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Kwaye ungathini namhlanje ku-2008 kuwe?

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