Twitter Saves Megan from the Westboro Baptist Church

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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*Please listen to our Westboro Baptist Church episode first!!* Megan Phelps-Roper was born and raised in the WBC, a fervent believer and lover of cruel funeral pickets. But when she got on Twitter to preach the hatred of God, she was met with thousands of replies from thousands of different people, a few of whom would slowly help reveal to her the error of her ways. Make sure you read Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper Become a Patron and support our show! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Find our merch at americanhysteria.com American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Produced by Miranda Zickler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2	This is a follow up to our episode on the Westboro Baptist Church.
0:37.2	A story we call Twitter saves Megan.
0:41.8	I'm your host, Chalceweb or Smith.
0:44.8	And this is American hysteria.
0:52.8	Do you still have faith?
0:54.8	And if so, and what?
0:57.2	I'm not religious anymore, but I absolutely am a believer in humanity.
1:03.2	In the power of human connection.
1:05.7	In the idea of grace, you know, people had grace for me
1:11.4	when I seemed not to deserve it the most.
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