re: Westboro to picket Robin Williams' funeral

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Even unpopular speech should be protected.

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Of course 'unpopular' speech should be protected.

But the WBC is not just unpopular - it is taunting - out of place - irrelevant to the event it is uttered at. It is on a par with shouting 'FIRE' in a crowded theatre.

WBC 'speech' is not designed to be dialog - not supposed to be argumentative - it is designed for one thing only - to taunt a captive audience into an emotional riot.

If they just got out on the side of the road with their nonsense, it would be 'unpopular' but could be easily ignored. But they go to a captive audience at a funeral where the people are mourning a private tragedy to do their evil shite.

There should be something to legalize shutting them down.

While I don't agree with a law that cites them in particular, I do agree with SpidermanTuba that there should be an exclusion to the first amendment that makes their one-trick-pony schtick illegal.