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Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:19:59


Post by: Frazzled


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/02/anti-gay-westboro-church-to-protest-at-powell-boys-funeral/1?loc=interstitialskip

What I want to do to these guys might be considered...unnatural.

The anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church intends to picket the funeral of the two Powell boys murdered Sunday by their father, blaming their deaths on Washington state's legalizing of same-sex marriages, The News Tribune in Tacoma reports.

Occupy Seattle plans to counterdemonstrate.

Gov. Chris Gregoire is likely next week to sign the measure, which finished clearing the Legislature on Wednesday.

Margie Phelps, daughter of the Westboro Baptist Church's founder, tweeted Wednesday night that members of the small Topeka church will be at the Saturday morning service for Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5. She wrote that the protest is to "remind" Gregoire "they died because of her rebellion," a reference to her support of same-sex marriages, the paper writes.

Later, in a tweet referencing a news story about legalizing same-sex marriage, Phelps wrote, "This is why God's cursed you w Josh Powells blowing up kids."

Westboro came to prominence by picketing U.S. military funerals with provocative signs, which courts have upheld. The church, consisting mostly of the Phelps family, blames troops' deaths on U.S. tolerance for homosexuality.

Occupy Seattle said its members don't intend to disrupt the funeral, but want to "protect it from Westboro's abhorrent message," the News Tribune writes.

Follow the OS discussion on Facebook and Twitter.

ABC News has a video interview with the boys' social worker about their final moments. After she dropped them off at their father's home for a supervised visit, Josh Powell attacked the boys with a hatchet before blowing up his gasoline-soaked house.

Logs of the social worker's 911 call show an eight-minute delay in sending sheriff's deputies to the house in Graham, Wash.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:29:04


Post by: alarmingrick


But I bet you're not the only one that wants to.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:29:05


Post by: Slarg232


These guys are still around?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:43:30


Post by: CuddlySquig


It's been a while since I've looked on the status of the WBC. I didn't know they had a twitter account. Makes it easier for counter-protesters I guess.

No cuddles for them


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:45:41


Post by: Happygrunt


You have no idea how bad I want to go to the counter protest.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:46:28


Post by: DickBandit


It's like /b/ IRL


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:52:21


Post by: hotsauceman1


DickBandit wrote:It's like /b/ IRL

/B/ Has more class then these guys.
Also, guess what. Phelps was once a civil rights attorney. Yeah, Fought for black rights. Wrap your head around that.
Also outta the 100 memebers around 80 are realted to him by blood. This entire "Church" is just one family.
Also i cant wait ti hear about prop 8. Oh please protest in san francisco. please. I want to hard to troll these guys.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 03:56:30


Post by: Asherian Command


Group Anon will probably come to the funeral and stand menacingly while looking at them.
Or a riot team comes and tear gases them out of the area for defiling public property.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 05:23:03


Post by: Monster Rain


Oh, the WBC is doing something gakky.

/clears throat

I disapprove of their actions. Still. And I will mostly likely still disapprove of them the next time they pull a stunt like this. I will also then wonder, as I am now, why people continue to give them the attention that they so obviously crave.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 05:26:58


Post by: kronk


It's not attention they crave. It's lawsuit money.

They're pulling the ultimate "Come at me, Bro!" again and again until someone bites and assaults them or violates their rights.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 05:42:05


Post by: dogma


kronk wrote:It's not attention they crave. It's lawsuit money.

They're pulling the ultimate "Come at me, Bro!" again and again until someone bites and assaults them or violates their rights.


Phelps was doing this type of stuff long before the lawsuits started rolling in. It seems like a case in which there are actual beliefs motivating the actions of WBC, and laws conveniently allowing them to make money while doing so.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 05:46:58


Post by: warpcrafter


kronk wrote:It's not attention they crave. It's lawsuit money.

They're pulling the ultimate "Come at me, Bro!" again and again until someone bites and assaults them or violates their rights.


That's why the occupy movement are perfect to do it. You can"t sue hippies, they don"t have anything.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 05:49:30


Post by: dogma


warpcrafter wrote:
That's why the occupy movement are perfect to do it. You can"t sue hippies, they don"t have anything.


Unless they make ice cream.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 06:05:53


Post by: Johnny-Crass


There used to be a group of bikers who would protect funerals against these goons. Wonder if they were still around. If I had money for a plane ticket I would go out there buy myself a bat and some nails and get to work


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 11:58:36


Post by: CptJake


Johnny-Crass wrote:There used to be a group of bikers who would protect funerals against these goons. Wonder if they were still around. If I had money for a plane ticket I would go out there buy myself a bat and some nails and get to work


Yes, they are still around and ride funerals and homecomings and other events across the country daily.

Patriot Guard Riders or PGR:

http://www.patriotguard.org/

A great group of guys and gals. My wife and I have ridden a few PGR missions.

Jake



Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 12:02:10


Post by: Wee_Tam


Is napalm still illegal?....


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 12:12:48


Post by: Horst


I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I mean... america has a BUNCH of nut jobs in it that kill people for no good reason. They are deliberately poking the bear, and one day someone is going to snap and murder them all.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 12:20:09


Post by: Wee_Tam


Horst wrote:I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I mean... america has a BUNCH of nut jobs in it that kill people for no good reason. They are deliberately poking the bear, and one day someone is going to snap and murder them all.


what makes you think it will be Americans?!

im more than happy to do the job for you guys


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 12:20:46


Post by: Frazzled


kronk wrote:It's not attention they crave. It's lawsuit money.

They're pulling the ultimate "Come at me, Bro!" again and again until someone bites and assaults them or violates their rights.


They can't sue if they're dead. I'm not recommending anything, just noting a truefact, vs. a goodfact.


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warpcrafter wrote:
kronk wrote:It's not attention they crave. It's lawsuit money.

They're pulling the ultimate "Come at me, Bro!" again and again until someone bites and assaults them or violates their rights.


That's why the occupy movement are perfect to do it. You can"t sue hippies, they don"t have anything.

If you get 200 smelly OWS protesters out there to go berserk, and I have verifiable proof, I'll give the OWS a donation!


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Wee_Tam wrote:
Horst wrote:I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I mean... america has a BUNCH of nut jobs in it that kill people for no good reason. They are deliberately poking the bear, and one day someone is going to snap and murder them all.


what makes you think it will be Americans?!

im more than happy to do the job for you guys


I'm just going to put this envelop on the table. I'm not making any judgements...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 13:28:17


Post by: Wee_Tam


Frazzled wrote:

I'm just going to put this envelop on the table. I'm not making any judgements...


seems to me in NOT passing a judgement, you did EXACTLY that....


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 13:35:01


Post by: malfred


This envelope! It's nothing but sticky notes!


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 13:40:46


Post by: CptJake


They don't all hang out together, so it it is VERY likely there will be some left to sue.

These folks are hate filled crap bags, but they are not worth getting sued or brought up on assault charges for. As much as I would like to stand with my brother veteran bikers and stomp mudholes through some Westboro douche, it really is not worth the time. Causing/participating in a loud and violent incident at the funeral is disrespectful to the family of the fallen trooper. Best to just stand the line and keep the loons at distance.

Support and or ride with your local/state PGR guys. You'll see that the Westoboro crowd stays on their side of the line. In almost all cases the family never even sees these tools.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 13:42:01


Post by: Frazzled


malfred wrote:This envelope! It's nothing but sticky notes!


Mama didn't raise no fool. Hey! Where did myu socks go?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 13:44:27


Post by: CptJake


There was one recent incident where the Westboro van somehow got two flats, and unfortunately for them no tire shop or garrage was able to help them. A real 'Feel Good' story.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/nov/15/tires-westboro-baptist-church-van-slashed-oklahoma/





Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 14:39:50


Post by: AustonT


Wee_Tam wrote:
Horst wrote:I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I mean... america has a BUNCH of nut jobs in it that kill people for no good reason. They are deliberately poking the bear, and one day someone is going to snap and murder them all.


what makes you think it will be Americans?!

im more than happy to do the job for you guys


Will you do it in a skirt? I have no idea why I like poking fun at you Tam, probably because you are a good sport.

I really am surprised no one has pulled a DC sniper on them since they announce where they are going to be much in advance.

Also it's not "unnatural" what I want done to them: it's medevil.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 15:04:16


Post by: biccat


hotsauceman1 wrote:/B/ Has more class then these guys.

Um..no.
hotsauceman1 wrote:Also, guess what. Phelps was once a civil rights attorney. Yeah, Fought for black rights. Wrap your head around that.

Some might argue this says something about the "black rights movement," or that it says something about the "gay rights movement."

How well does gay marriage poll in the black community? I think you might be surprised.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 16:06:14


Post by: Sonophos


WBC are just Trolling for God.

The home secretary barred them from the UK.

Louis Theroux spent some time with them making a documentary and they came accross as simplistic bigots when talking about anything they thought the Bible forbids. They seem to pick and choose lines from the Bible just like all other churches.

They do have a logic to what they do: Everything that happens is God's will and should be celebrated. Even the bad stuff is God's will and so should be worshipped as much as the good stuff.

They just do the most offensive things they can because they want others to realise that bad stuff happens because most people don't follow the word according to WBC.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:21:50


Post by: dogma


biccat wrote:
Some might argue this says something about the "black rights movement," or that it says something about the "gay rights movement."

How well does gay marriage poll in the black community? I think you might be surprised.


What might one argue that it says?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:23:02


Post by: Joey


Westboro Baptist Church are some of the most successful trolls in this day and age.
Pay them no heed, give them no fuss. They thrive off attention.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:27:47


Post by: remilia_scarlet


hotsauceman1 wrote:
DickBandit wrote:It's like /b/ IRL

/B/ Has more class then these guys.
Also, guess what. Phelps was once a civil rights attorney. Yeah, Fought for black rights. Wrap your head around that.
Also outta the 100 memebers around 80 are realted to him by blood. This entire "Church" is just one family.
Also i cant wait ti hear about prop 8. Oh please protest in san francisco. please. I want to hard to troll these guys.


this is also how they make money, they get people to sue them, and they win the case 9/10 time. it's quite easy to be human garbage it seems, since when steve jobs died, they made a bunch of tweets.... wait for it........
Spoiler:
using an iphone.


a prime example of how trashy one can be, if not stupid and hypocritical. I admit I once asked her on twitter if her icon was photoshopped to have everyone look like the same dude, she called me a cigarette enabler and blocked me.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:32:03


Post by: biccat


dogma wrote:
biccat wrote:
Some might argue this says something about the "black rights movement," or that it says something about the "gay rights movement."

How well does gay marriage poll in the black community? I think you might be surprised.


What might one argue that it says?

That the two movements have different goals, attract different types of supporters, or present entirely different issues.

Conflating the "gay rights" movement with the civil rights movements of the '60s and '70s might be good politics, but it's not accurate.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:38:49


Post by: Frazzled


Joey wrote:Westboro Baptist Church are some of the most successful trolls in this day and age.
Pay them no heed, give them no fuss. They thrive off attention.


Difficult to pay them no heed when they are protesting at the funeral of children.



Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:39:51


Post by: dogma


biccat wrote:
That the two movements have different goals, attract different types of supporters, or present entirely different issues.

Conflating the "gay rights" movement with the civil rights movements of the '60s and '70s might be good politics, but it's not accurate.


The gay rights movement is a group of people asking for civil rights for a certain part of the population.

They're not the same, of course, but they're not the same in the way that the French Revolution was not the American Revolution, but both were still revolutions.

That a movement based on civil rights is compared to a movement called the Civil Rights Movement is something you should expect.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:42:34


Post by: remilia_scarlet


Frazzled wrote:
Joey wrote:Westboro Baptist Church are some of the most successful trolls in this day and age.
Pay them no heed, give them no fuss. They thrive off attention.


Difficult to pay them no heed when they are protesting at the funeral of children.



remember when the foo fighters trolled them?




Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:42:59


Post by: Melissia


Both of them are civil rights movements in the same way that WWII and WWI were both world wars.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:43:58


Post by: biccat


Melissia wrote:Both of them are civil rights movements in the same way that WWII and WWI were both world wars.

Exactly. Gladd you agree.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 19:44:34


Post by: Melissia


biccat wrote:Exactly. Gladd you agree.
I never agreed with anything you said.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 20:07:16


Post by: Joey


Melissia wrote:
biccat wrote:Exactly. Gladd you agree.
I never agreed with anything you said.

That's the sound of the point flying over your head.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 20:15:17


Post by: biccat


Joey wrote:
Melissia wrote:
biccat wrote:Exactly. Gladd you agree.
I never agreed with anything you said.

That's the sound of the point flying over your head.

As a complete aside, why does the link in your sig not link to a picture of a badger?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 20:34:55


Post by: Melissia


biccat wrote:As a complete aside, why does the link in your sig not link to a picture of a badger?
Because Joey's too lazy


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 20:35:35


Post by: Joey


biccat wrote:
Joey wrote:
Melissia wrote:
biccat wrote:Exactly. Gladd you agree.
I never agreed with anything you said.

That's the sound of the point flying over your head.

As a complete aside, why does the link in your sig not link to a picture of a badger?

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 20:48:22


Post by: CT GAMER


I'd like to see someone protest their use of good clean oxygen...



Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:00:58


Post by: frgsinwntr


reposting info on these guys is what they want... they are IRL trolling


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:19:04


Post by: Pyriel-


I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I too cant wrap my head around this either. The sheer impossibility of them not being whacked yet in a land where people own guns is staggering.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:23:47


Post by: Joey


Pyriel- wrote:
I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I too cant wrap my head around this either. The sheer impossibility of them not being whacked yet in a land where people own guns is staggering.

Clearly, gun ownership doesn't work.


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Frazzled wrote:
Joey wrote:Westboro Baptist Church are some of the most successful trolls in this day and age.
Pay them no heed, give them no fuss. They thrive off attention.


Difficult to pay them no heed when they are protesting at the funeral of children.


Beat them up. You won't be prosecuted.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:40:31


Post by: Frazzled


I don't beat people up. Thats for girly boys and elemntary school kids. Frazzled believes in the concept of peace through superior firepower.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:46:33


Post by: CptJake


Pyriel- wrote:
I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I too cant wrap my head around this either. The sheer impossibility of them not being whacked yet in a land where people own guns is staggering.


Perhaps because a super vast majority of legal gun owners understand you don't walk up to a person and cap them because you happen to disagree with them.



Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:48:07


Post by: Frazzled


Could we "take them for a ride, " put white hoods on them, and drop them in the middle of Compton? Would it be wrong to put it on national TV or even better pay per view?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:48:12


Post by: remilia_scarlet


Pyriel- wrote:
I'm honestly surprised WBC hasn't been murdered yet.

I too cant wrap my head around this either. The sheer impossibility of them not being whacked yet in a land where people own guns is staggering.
tell them there's going to be a gay marriage in compton.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 21:49:16


Post by: Alexzandvar


Westboro will suffer from a bad case of suffering in hell for ever when they all die off, so I'm not worried.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:07:56


Post by: alarmingrick


Frazzled wrote:I don't beat people up. Thats for girly boys and elemntary school kids. Frazzled believes in the concept of peace through superior firepower.


Should that be with "superior Weiner firepower"?

Frazzled wrote:Could we "take them for a ride, " put white hoods on them, and drop them in the middle of Compton? Would it be wrong to put it on national TV or even better pay per view?


Are there lots of Weiner dogs in Compton?

Is this the real Fraz? 2 posts and NO mention of the mighty Weiner dog? Something is not right in the world....


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:10:47


Post by: Alexzandvar


alarmingrick wrote:
Frazzled wrote:I don't beat people up. Thats for girly boys and elemntary school kids. Frazzled believes in the concept of peace through superior firepower.


Should that be with "superior Weiner firepower"?

Frazzled wrote:Could we "take them for a ride, " put white hoods on them, and drop them in the middle of Compton? Would it be wrong to put it on national TV or even better pay per view?


Are there lots of Weiner dogs in Compton?

Is this the real Fraz? 2 posts and NO mention of the mighty Weiner dog? Something is not right in the world....


I find constant Weiner spam to be annoying. So, good job Frazzled.

Yes we get it there funny dogs with long bodies and short legs.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:18:02


Post by: alarmingrick


Alexzandvar wrote:
alarmingrick wrote:
Frazzled wrote:I don't beat people up. Thats for girly boys and elemntary school kids. Frazzled believes in the concept of peace through superior firepower.


Should that be with "superior Weiner firepower"?

Frazzled wrote:Could we "take them for a ride, " put white hoods on them, and drop them in the middle of Compton? Would it be wrong to put it on national TV or even better pay per view?


Are there lots of Weiner dogs in Compton?

Is this the real Fraz? 2 posts and NO mention of the mighty Weiner dog? Something is not right in the world....


I find constant Weiner spam to be annoying. So, good job Frazzled.

Yes we get it there funny dogs with long bodies and short legs.


I was poking fun at him. Sorry, my sarcasm key is broken.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:28:43


Post by: Mr Hyena


Silencing them is a slippery slope, regardless of how much we disagree with them. It lets it be known that only certain people with certain views can talk. Which isn't freedom.

It reinforces their views and provides them with martyrdom (through ridicule).

The only thing that can be done is ignore them.

Beat them up. You won't be prosecuted.


You will. Its still assault.

Besides, it would be even worse in the UK. Where burglars can sue for damages when they hurt themselves braking into a house.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:37:38


Post by: Joey


Mr Hyena wrote:
Beat them up. You won't be prosecuted.


You will. Its still assault.

Mitigating circumstances. It's very unlikely you'd be charged.
Mr Hyena wrote:
Besides, it would be even worse in the UK. Where burglars can sue for damages when they hurt themselves braking into a house.

No you can't.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:41:28


Post by: Mr Hyena


I know its the daily mail, which is the cancer of papers but...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-474025/Burglar-dies-falling-floor-window-following-confrontation-homeowner.html

Theres probably similar cases in America of donkey-caves getting good people imprisoned/charged/arrested.

Its best to avoid all that.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:43:11


Post by: alarmingrick


Mr Hyena wrote:The only thing that can be done is ignore them.


Once we can all collectively do that, I feel they would "go away" or escalate to a point they'd be stopped.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:47:11


Post by: Orlanth


hotsauceman1 wrote:
Also, guess what. Phelps was once a civil rights attorney. Yeah, Fought for black rights. Wrap your head around that.


Bible has no quotable text against black people, no matter how you interpret it. So no inconsistency there.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:53:30


Post by: Joey


Mr Hyena wrote:I know its the daily mail, which is the cancer of papers but...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-474025/Burglar-dies-falling-floor-window-following-confrontation-homeowner.html

Theres probably similar cases in America of donkey-caves getting good people imprisoned/charged/arrested.

Its best to avoid all that.

Did you read that article?
A man died so they arrested someone who struggled with him moments before his death. Was he charged? Did he go to prison?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 22:59:19


Post by: Zathras


I loved how the people in Brandon, Mississippi handled these whackos back in April of last year when they came to town to protest a Marine's funeral....

A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.

Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.

Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.

A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.


http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and-loses/


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/10 23:09:34


Post by: hotsauceman1


Is there a law against putting a giant temporary wall infront of people who are protesting. It isnt impeding their right to freedom of speech, just not letting use the the little


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 00:42:18


Post by: CptJake


hotsauceman1 wrote:Is there a law against putting a giant temporary wall infront of people who are protesting. It isnt impeding their right to freedom of speech, just not letting use the the little


Already being done. PGR are the wall. And I strongly suspect the Westboro folks can't breach that wall.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 00:46:59


Post by: alarmingrick


CptJake wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:Is there a law against putting a giant temporary wall infront of people who are protesting. It isnt impeding their right to freedom of speech, just not letting use the the little


Already being done. PGR are the wall. And I strongly suspect the Westboro folks can't breach that wall.


Agreed. Hard to get louder than a large mass of motorcycles, no matter how crazy the WBC is.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 02:13:35


Post by: CT GAMER


CptJake wrote:

you don't walk up to a person and cap them because you happen to disagree with them.



Isn't that the basis of our foreign policy?

I kid.

Hoewver I don't think anyone is expecting a sane responsible gun owner to "cap them",.

it just would be refreshing if one of the many crazy criminal gun owners could take a few minutes out of his busy schedule..

Thats all...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 06:08:34


Post by: Pyriel-


Clearly, gun ownership doesn't work.

But but but...gun owning societies are oh so much more prone to violence...*cough*

Besides, it would be even worse in the UK. Where burglars can sue for damages when they hurt themselves braking into a house.

No you can't.

Here you can unfortunately.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 06:15:31


Post by: Monster Rain


Pyriel- wrote:
Clearly, gun ownership doesn't work.

But but but...gun owning societies are oh so much more prone to violence...*cough*


I'm going to start citing Fred Phelps' continued life as the ultimate proof that American gun owners aren't like to go blasting people willy-nilly.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 13:20:50


Post by: Wee_Tam


AustonT wrote:Will you do it in a skirt?


sure, why the hell not? nothing like a stiff breeze around ya baws to make ya concentrate

FYI its a kilt, if i wore something under it, THEN it would be a skirt


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 14:14:24


Post by: theocd


I just feel sorry for the cops that have to be seen to be protecting these people, I'd be convinced to slip away for a few minutes for a donut and leave them to the braying mob...

The OC-D


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 14:22:39


Post by: rockerbikie


Why are the RL trolls still around?


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 14:33:53


Post by: SagesStone


Cause RL fire and the RL Banhammer are illegal...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 14:41:52


Post by: SlaveToDorkness


People can be crazy enough to kill their own children but not these sick feths?

::sigh:: C'mon nutjobs, you're totally making yourself look bad!

God Bless The Foo Fighters and the people of Brandon Mississippi.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 15:07:12


Post by: DoctorZombie


There is a special place in hell for these people. After all, the Bible does warn about the decievers who speak in God's name.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 16:28:09


Post by: SlaveToDorkness


Plus the whole "judge not lest ye be judged." bit.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 17:18:16


Post by: hotsauceman1


SlaveToDorkness wrote:Plus the whole "judge not lest ye be judged." bit.

Bible literalists dont like to the whole bible getting in the way of them loving the bible.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 17:20:13


Post by: Melissia


hotsauceman1 wrote:
SlaveToDorkness wrote:Plus the whole "judge not lest ye be judged." bit.

Bible literalists dont like to the whole bible getting in the way of them loving the bible.
They also don't like actually taking the bible literally for that matter.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 18:23:25


Post by: moom241


Unfortunately, unless they initiate violence, or start saying slanderous things, there is nothing that can be done. They are perfectly within their rights to sit at funerals and shout hate. People need to understand that silencing people, even if they're spouting a stupid and unpopular message, is a slippery slope.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 18:42:46


Post by: CT GAMER


moom241 wrote: People need to understand that silencing people, even if they're spouting a stupid and unpopular message, is a slippery slope.




Besides we only pepper spray old ladies and college hippies...





Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 18:51:24


Post by: moom241


Yup. Never know what those old ladies are gonna pull next, gotta stay on our toes.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 18:51:38


Post by: CT GAMER


I like this:


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 18:53:08


Post by: Monster Rain


CT GAMER wrote:
moom241 wrote: People need to understand that silencing people, even if they're spouting a stupid and unpopular message, is a slippery slope.




Besides we only pepper spray old ladies and college hippies...





The difference being that WBC doesn't break the law.

They're awful, terrible people, but they're awful within legal boundaries.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 18:57:44


Post by: CT GAMER


Monster Rain wrote:
CT GAMER wrote:
moom241 wrote: People need to understand that silencing people, even if they're spouting a stupid and unpopular message, is a slippery slope.




Besides we only pepper spray old ladies and college hippies...





The difference being that WBC doesn't break the law.


Damn those zany christian extremists, they are too tricky for their own good...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 19:00:53


Post by: hotsauceman1


CT GAMER wrote:I like this:

The guys hair and the kids hair loo the same
I feel sorry for the kids though. They will never have a normal life. It will be impossible for them to get a job because of their history with the church and there thinking is skewed.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 19:04:09


Post by: CT GAMER


hotsauceman1 wrote:

I feel sorry for the kids though. They will never have a normal life. It will be impossible for them to get a job because of their history with the church and there thinking is skewed.


Agreed.

"But mommy I don't want to haze fags". "You have no choice son, its god's will".

Maybe when he is nineteen he is gonna realize he is homosexual and cause his family sweet sweet suffering. That would be the best happy ending tbh...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 19:04:19


Post by: Melissia


moom241 wrote:They are perfectly within their rights to sit at funerals and shout hate.
No they aren't. Funerals are private affairs, almost invariably held on private property of some sort.

Well, most graveyards here aer private anyway. There's some public ones but those are, actualy, protected from such miscreants. Freedom of speech only goes so far, and always has been such.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 19:12:55


Post by: hotsauceman1


CT GAMER wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:

I feel sorry for the kids though. They will never have a normal life. It will be impossible for them to get a job because of their history with the church and there thinking is skewed.


Agreed.

"But mommy I don't want to haze fags". "You have no choice son, its god's will".

Maybe when he is nineteen he is gonna realize he is homosexual and cause his family sweet sweet suffering. That would be the best happy ending tbh...

Not really. He would most liekly commit suicide thinking he is uncurable.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 21:24:57


Post by: George Spiggott


Monster Rain wrote:
Pyriel- wrote:
Clearly, gun ownership doesn't work.

But but but...gun owning societies are oh so much more prone to violence...*cough*


I'm going to start citing Fred Phelps' continued life as the ultimate proof that American gun owners aren't like to go blasting people willy-nilly.
There would be nothing willy-nilly about shooting Fred Phelps. Maybe that's why nobody has done it. Getting your conviction reduced to temporary insanity or accidental shooting would be nigh on impossible.

You could only get away with temporary insanity or accidental shooting if you only wounded him but were otherwise know as a person of sound mind and a good shot.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 21:35:55


Post by: alarmingrick


George Spiggott wrote:
Monster Rain wrote:
Pyriel- wrote:
Clearly, gun ownership doesn't work.

But but but...gun owning societies are oh so much more prone to violence...*cough*


I'm going to start citing Fred Phelps' continued life as the ultimate proof that American gun owners aren't like to go blasting people willy-nilly.
There would be nothing willy-nilly about shooting Fred Phelps. Maybe that's why nobody has done it. Getting your conviction reduced to temporary insanity or accidental shooting would be nigh on impossible.

You could only get away with temporary insanity or accidental shooting if you only wounded him but were otherwise know as a person of sound mind and a good shot.


Then I have the solution!
Someone needs to clean their gun next to Fred and the gang!
People almost always get shot while cleaning a gun! No charges
would filed due to it being an accident of course....


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 23:16:27


Post by: Howard A Treesong


hotsauceman1 wrote:I feel sorry for the kids though. They will never have a normal life. It will be impossible for them to get a job because of their history with the church and there thinking is skewed.


They probably all give each other jobs anyway, that's how you maintain an inward looking cult mentality.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 23:24:18


Post by: George Spiggott


alarmingrick wrote:Then I have the solution!
Someone needs to clean their gun next to Fred and the gang!
People almost always get shot while cleaning a gun! No charges
would filed due to it being an accident of course....
That's the problem. Nobody would believe someone who said they shot Phelps ' by accident'.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/11 23:37:16


Post by: hotsauceman1


Howard A Treesong wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:I feel sorry for the kids though. They will never have a normal life. It will be impossible for them to get a job because of their history with the church and there thinking is skewed.


They probably all give each other jobs anyway, that's how you maintain an inward looking cult mentality.

Doupt it. The church is falling apart, when its founder dies so will it. A church requires an influx of members more then just popping them out.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 00:11:56


Post by: Howard A Treesong


hotsauceman1 wrote:
Howard A Treesong wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:I feel sorry for the kids though. They will never have a normal life. It will be impossible for them to get a job because of their history with the church and there thinking is skewed.


They probably all give each other jobs anyway, that's how you maintain an inward looking cult mentality.

Doupt it. The church is falling apart, when its founder dies so will it. A church requires an influx of members more then just popping them out.


You bring people in gradually, you don't send your kids out to get exposed to the real world and other people who have subversive ideas, and you don't fill your businesses and other contacts with outsiders who don't think the same. Outsiders are brought into your sphere for conversion, once 'inside' and part of the church you all associate with each other like a big family/community. This is how it is with Scientologists and Jehovah's Witnesses, if someone wishes to leave the 'community' they are effectively exiled and find that all their old friends and relatives totally cut them out of their lives, 'disconnection' as it's sometimes called.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 00:13:38


Post by: dogma


Howard A Treesong wrote:This is how it is with Scientologists and Jehovah's Witnesses, if someone wishes to leave the 'community' they are effectively exiled and find that all their old friends and relatives totally cut them out of their lives, 'disconnection' as it's sometimes called.


Not to besmirch the faith, but many former Mormons tell similar stories.

The pressure for Jewish people to marry other Jewish people is also a familiar topic of jest, and serious discussion.

Though, to be fair, that's pretty common among all groups of people with a history of persecution.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 00:15:44


Post by: hotsauceman1


dogma wrote:
Howard A Treesong wrote:This is how it is with Scientologists and Jehovah's Witnesses, if someone wishes to leave the 'community' they are effectively exiled and find that all their old friends and relatives totally cut them out of their lives, 'disconnection' as it's sometimes called.


Not to besmirch the faith, but many former Mormons tell similar stories.

Same, I have a frind who is mormon and i am the only one who is outside the church. And well their church kinda scares me sometimes. Me being catholic i know our church can aswell but some mormons scare me with how both kind and condemning they can be.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 00:42:30


Post by: Melissia


I uh... what? Perhaps you can re-write that? The grammar was ... confusing.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 02:00:31


Post by: Joey


hotsauceman1 wrote:
dogma wrote:
Howard A Treesong wrote:This is how it is with Scientologists and Jehovah's Witnesses, if someone wishes to leave the 'community' they are effectively exiled and find that all their old friends and relatives totally cut them out of their lives, 'disconnection' as it's sometimes called.


Not to besmirch the faith, but many former Mormons tell similar stories.

Same, I have a frind who is mormon and i am the only one who is outside the church. And well their church kinda scares me sometimes. Me being catholic i know our church can aswell but some mormons scare me with how both kind and condemning they can be.

You can't compare Mormonism to Catholicism. The Catholic Church is widespread in areas like Ireland Italy, Spain, North-Eastern United States. It's too big and liberal to be as mean as it used to.
Anyway the Catholic Church is more like the Imperium. As long as you show up for Mass on Sunday and you smite the enemies of the One True Faith, you can pretty much do what you like...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 02:02:17


Post by: purplefood


Melissia wrote:I uh... what? Perhaps you can re-write that? The grammar was ... confusing.

He is the only non-mormon friend of a person who is a mormon. He feels slightly scared by mormons...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 02:33:49


Post by: Melissia


purplefood wrote:
Melissia wrote:I uh... what? Perhaps you can re-write that? The grammar was ... confusing.

He is the only non-mormon friend of a person who is a mormon. He feels slightly scared by mormons...
Ah. That makes more sense.

Some communities (including Mormon ones) heavily exclude/shun people who disappoint them, especially those who disappoint them on religious grounds...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 02:59:03


Post by: purplefood


Melissia wrote:
purplefood wrote:
Melissia wrote:I uh... what? Perhaps you can re-write that? The grammar was ... confusing.

He is the only non-mormon friend of a person who is a mormon. He feels slightly scared by mormons...
Ah. That makes more sense.

Some communities (including Mormon ones) heavily exclude/shun people who disappoint them, especially those who disappoint them on religious grounds...

Though oddly enough some communities also go out of their way and try to recruit random people into their faith...
There is a collection of Mormons in my city who regularly take to the streets in pairs to try and cnvince people to join their faith...
Nice fellows but a bit too gullible...


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 03:02:15


Post by: hotsauceman1


purplefood wrote:
Melissia wrote:
purplefood wrote:
Melissia wrote:I uh... what? Perhaps you can re-write that? The grammar was ... confusing.

He is the only non-mormon friend of a person who is a mormon. He feels slightly scared by mormons...
Ah. That makes more sense.

Some communities (including Mormon ones) heavily exclude/shun people who disappoint them, especially those who disappoint them on religious grounds...

Though oddly enough some communities also go out of their way and try to recruit random people into their faith...
There is a collection of Mormons in my city who regularly take to the streets in pairs to try and cnvince people to join their faith...
Nice fellows but a bit too gullible...

They are called missionaries.
They go around converting other. They are young men who sign up for two years. ITs required(socially) to go.
There is actually a process called "Chip'em and dip'em" in which mormons promised fish and chips to poor people to convert them to their faith to up their convert numbers.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 03:27:29


Post by: Andrew1975


Can't someone hack into their facebook account and unfriend these people.

http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-defriending-led-double-murder-police-014442236.html



Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 05:22:10


Post by: Monster Rain


I'll do just about anything for a proper fish and chips.

Lord knows I haven't seen on since I moved to the west coast.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 05:37:51


Post by: dogma


Joey wrote:
You can't compare Mormonism to Catholicism. The Catholic Church is widespread in areas like Ireland Italy, Spain, North-Eastern United States. It's too big and liberal to be as mean as it used to.
Anyway the Catholic Church is more like the Imperium. As long as you show up for Mass on Sunday and you smite the enemies of the One True Faith, you can pretty much do what you like...


Its also important to note that Mormonism, while obviously a religion, has a lot of trappings that are reminiscent of a unique culture or ethnic group due to being basically chased across the country to found Utah; which they at various times tried to develop as an independent nation.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 06:01:10


Post by: Melissia


So kinda like Texas in a way, except instaed of religion for Texas its' guns!


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 07:18:20


Post by: Relapse


I can only say I'm seeing a lot of misconceptions about Mormons on this thread.
I say the as a member of the LDS faith.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
purplefood wrote:
Melissia wrote:
purplefood wrote:
Melissia wrote:I uh... what? Perhaps you can re-write that? The grammar was ... confusing.

He is the only non-mormon friend of a person who is a mormon. He feels slightly scared by mormons...
Ah. That makes more sense.

Some communities (including Mormon ones) heavily exclude/shun people who disappoint them, especially those who disappoint them on religious grounds...

Though oddly enough some communities also go out of their way and try to recruit random people into their faith...
There is a collection of Mormons in my city who regularly take to the streets in pairs to try and cnvince people to join their faith...
Nice fellows but a bit too gullible...

They are called missionaries.
They go around converting other. They are young men who sign up for two years. ITs required(socially) to go.
There is actually a process called "Chip'em and dip'em" in which mormons promised fish and chips to poor people to convert them to their faith to up their convert numbers.



It's not very likely missionaries from the Mormon church are going around bribing people into baptism.
Any mission president hearing about that kind of conduct would send them home from the mission and they would most likely face diciplinary action once they did get back home.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
As far as shunning people goes, I know a great many Mormons and ex Mormons that don't live according to church doctrin. Along with other Mormons, I've answered enough calls in the night to help out people who have quit the church, with food, labor, or other needs they might have to know that saying they are shunned and reviled is a mainly bogus statement


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 13:25:48


Post by: Melissia


And I've heard stories from ex-mormons of them being utterly cut off from their families. Mind you I've basically heard the same thing about evangalistic fundamentalists too, and none of it is as bad as scientology, heh.

There's always some bad apples.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/12 19:56:20


Post by: DIDM


POS they are. Maybe there will be a squad of men in black there to throw things at those evil bastards.



remember this?

This is exactly how this should be handled from now on. Gotta give credit to the Black Bears. +1 Rebs.

Westboro Baptist Church Goes To Mississippi – And Loses
Posted by: MacAoidh on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 0:24

On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi.
That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable – though certainly noteworthy and solemn – occasion for us to mark.
And in fact when Sgt. Rogers’ body returned to Brandon it was greeted by hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who gathered at the roadside to honor the fallen American hero. The dashboard camera from Mississippi state trooper Elmo Townsend’s cruiser gives an indication of the scene last Thursday.

What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers’ funeral in Brandon, however, is what didn’t happen.
You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had threatened to spew their poison at Sgt. Rogers’ funeral.
But the Westboro mob wasn’t on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was laid to rest without incident – thank God.
Why weren’t there protestors?
Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out.

From an Ole Miss sports message board, a tidbit of information…

A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.
Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.
Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.
A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.
Fred Phelps, the disbarred lawyer and Democrat activist who leads the Westboro congregation, will undoubtedly pursue some form of legal action for the way his people were thwarted in Brandon. Let him try. There isn’t a jury in Mississippi which will see things his way.
This is a template for how to handle the Westboro people. If lawsuits don’t work, other means will. Whatever it takes to keep them from harassing bereaved military families on the day their fallen loved ones are laid to rest.


Westboro church to protest at Powell boys' funeral @ 2012/02/13 03:13:45


Post by: Frazzled


alarmingrick wrote:
Frazzled wrote:I don't beat people up. Thats for girly boys and elemntary school kids. Frazzled believes in the concept of peace through superior firepower.


Should that be with "superior Weiner firepower"?

Frazzled wrote:Could we "take them for a ride, " put white hoods on them, and drop them in the middle of Compton? Would it be wrong to put it on national TV or even better pay per view?


Are there lots of Weiner dogs in Compton?

Is this the real Fraz? 2 posts and NO mention of the mighty Weiner dog? Something is not right in the world....

Wiener dogs save their awesome powers for more serious threats, like squirrels, cats, and Liechtenstein.