Twitter helped others to see me as a human being. And showed me their humanity, too. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Discussing and dissecting opposing viewpoints with others on Twitter opened up a whole new way of thinking for me. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Showing your own righteousness by pointing out someone's unrighteousness, the race to the bottom, the transgressions getting smaller and smaller and smaller… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Several people I had conversations with were hugely influential. People who found internal inconsistency in Westboro's ideology. It was the first thing… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Westboro's fire and brimstone message was the air I breathed all my life. But after joining Twitter at the age of 23,… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
Twitter was an alternative community for me. A different kind of community. I knew I was making people angry. But it didn't… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
When I got on Twitter, that was the first time I was able to have lasting relationships with outsiders. And even though… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
The pickets were just a fact of life. And the fact that people hated us from the time I was tiny, the fact that… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
My husband and I eventually want to start a nonprofit and call it the Westboro Foundation. It was his idea, and I love it.… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
I wanted to do everything right. I wanted to be good, and I wanted to be obedient, and I wanted to be the object… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
Westboro would quote this passage from the book of Leviticus that, for them, shows that the definition of 'love thy neighbor' is to rebuke… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
When we engage people across ideological divides, asking questions helps us map the disconnect between our differing points of view. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
We know that we dearly love our family. They now consider us betrayers, and we are cut off from their lives, but we know… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
In my home, life was framed as an epic spiritual battle between good and evil. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
Loving someone whose ideas we find detestable can seem impossible, and empathizing with them isn't much easier - but it's so important to remember… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
I was born and raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, an infamous congregation started by my grandfather, and consisting almost entirely of my extended… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
We believed it was a Good vs Evil situation: that the WBC was right and everybody else was wrong, so there was no questioning.… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share
