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Westboro to picket Robin Williams' funeral
Posted on 8/17/14 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 8/17/14 at 11:12 pm
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In their seemingly endless quest to become the most despised group in the world, the controversial anti-gay church, whose messages of hate include holding their famous ‘God hates figs’ signs, have denounced the late actor as a ‘fig pimp’ because he played a gay character in the cult film the Birdcage and a cross dresser in the family film Mrs Doubtfire.
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Coincidentally, we just watched The Birdcage last night and laughed hysterically. And I'm a Christian of 20+ years. Those poor kids are being brainwashed into judgmental hatred.
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Posted on 8/17/14 at 11:15 pm to TerryDawg03
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we just watched The Birdcage last night
Encore has been playing Robin Williams movies back-to-back all day today. The guy was a great talent.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:06 am to TerryDawg03
I think I may have a COnstitutional Amendment that the right and left can agree on. The text reads as follows:
-Proposed Amendment-
The First Amendment protection of Free Speech no longer applies to the Westboro Baptist Church and any churches formed from it.
What do you yall think?
-Proposed Amendment-
The First Amendment protection of Free Speech no longer applies to the Westboro Baptist Church and any churches formed from it.
What do you yall think?
This post was edited on 8/18/14 at 1:07 am
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:12 am to SpidermanTUba
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What do you yall think?
unfortunately, i can't agree.
WBC may be the scum of the earth but I can't rationalize curbing anyone's freedom of speech, no matter how offensive, as long as it's not impairing anyone else's freedom of speech.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:14 am to Draconian Sanctions
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WBC may be the scum of the earth but I can't rationalize curbing anyone's freedom of speech, no matter how offensive, as long as it's not impairing anyone else's freedom of speech.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:39 am to SpidermanTUba
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What do you yall think?
As much as I really dislike these guys, I'd have to disagree. Even unpopular speech should be protected.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:51 am to Yat27
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As much as I really dislike these guys, I'd have to disagree. Even unpopular speech should be protected.
No doubt. If we allow some special committee to decide which types of speech should be protected and which shouldn't, it would be disastrous.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:55 am to TerryDawg03
There's a special place in hell for this church of thug piece of shite.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:58 am to Draconian Sanctions
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WBC may be the scum of the earth but I can't rationalize curbing anyone's freedom of speech, no matter how offensive, as long as it's not impairing anyone else's freedom of speech.
Damn, there's hope for you yet.
Real freedom includes people doing and saying shite you hate, not just what you like.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 2:00 am to TerryDawg03
I wish Westboro would "O'Doyle Rules" right off a cliff.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 4:00 am to Hater Bait
These hateful people are not Christians at all - they're simply real-life trolls who feed off the pain of others
While I agree that their 1st amendment rights cannot be fully taken away, I don't think that a ban on the picketing of any funeral by any group would be too restrictive.
While I agree that their 1st amendment rights cannot be fully taken away, I don't think that a ban on the picketing of any funeral by any group would be too restrictive.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 4:25 am to TigersforEver
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These hateful people are not Christians
What gave it away?!
Posted on 8/18/14 at 4:29 am to Draconian Sanctions
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WBC may be the scum of the earth but I can't rationalize curbing anyone's freedom of speech, no matter how offensive, as long as it's not impairing anyone else's freedom of speech.
Yep, unfortunately. That said, frick WBC and hope someone from their group gets their shite pushed it
Posted on 8/18/14 at 4:30 am to Sentrius
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There's a special place in hell for this church of thug piece of shite.
:kige:
Posted on 8/18/14 at 4:46 am to TerryDawg03
Robin Williams was not only a good guy but one of my favorite actors.
Westboro can kiss my arse.
Westboro can kiss my arse.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 6:16 am to Yat27
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Even unpopular speech should be protected.
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.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 6:33 am to TerryDawg03
Can we all just collectively ignore these POS? Attention is their sustenance; lets stop giving it to them.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 6:52 am to onmymedicalgrind
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Can we all just collectively ignore these POS? Attention is their sustenance; lets stop giving it to them.
they literally exist financially by lawsuits
Posted on 8/18/14 at 6:59 am to TerryDawg03
FWIW, I have been associated with Primitive Baptist churches for 30 years and am a member of one now. They DO NOT represent ANYTHING similar to what I have experienced with or as a Primitive Baptist.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:09 am to OneFifty
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Primitive Baptist
oxymoron
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