It’s always pretty satisfying when a hateful protest takes a turn for the worse, and those involved are left to look extremely stupid.

And that’s exactly what happened when the Westboro Baptist Church attempted to protest against Ireland voting yes to gay marriage.

Having now probably realised that their ‘Gods hate fags’ shtick is a bit old, they decided to spice up their displays of vitriol by waving an Irish flag.

They posted a Vine titled ‘You flip a flag upside down to show a nation is in distress. Like when they pass fag marriage by popular vote’.




Or if you turn the Irish flag around you don’t look like an Irishman in distress, you look like someone with a passion for Ivory Coast.

But if we’re being honest, it just looked like a bloke who wasn’t sure about which way to hang the tricolour flag.

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And at one point, he’s even questioned by a youngster who’s confused about the flag’s positioning.

He angrily replies: ‘This is the only way to show it’s in distress’.

But you really do have to question the effectiveness of your protest when you’re being called out by a young child.