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re: Westboro to picket Robin Williams' funeral
Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:17 am to TerryDawg03
Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:17 am to TerryDawg03
The members of Westboro need to be burned in a fire.
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Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:18 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
This!
Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:20 am to crazyLSUfan
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The members of Westboro need to be burned in a fire.
They will be....,,, eventually
Posted on 8/18/14 at 7:22 am to ChineseBandit58
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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 7:26 am to fleaux
Didn't their founder recently pass away? They went out of their way to have a private service so they wouldn't get a taste of their own medicine.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:05 am to SpidermanTUba
I will say this on that. There is a right to free speech and assembly. There is also a right to privacy. One should not out weigh the other and this would allow for a stay or restraining order against both parties so that neither could interfere with the other. I am certain that the folks attending Robin Williams funeral would have no qualms about staying away from Westboro's church.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:10 am to themunch
Seems to me the Williams family has the financial means to make it as physically uncomfortable for those morons as possible.
And they should.
And they should.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:21 am to TerryDawg03
I thought when Phelps died that would be the last we'd hear of this bunch. Guess I was wrong.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:38 am to TerryDawg03
The Governor should be at the funeral with a stack of blank pardons...just in case they might be needed.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:38 am to TerryDawg03
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Westboro to picket Robin Williams' funeral
And here you are giving them exactly what they want. Congrats on being a sucker. Want to buy a bridge?
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:42 am to Robin Masters
Maybe since RW played such a great role in Good Morning Vietnam the Patriot Guard will handle this situation. WBC has learned that when it comes to the rolling thunder of The Patriot Guard and the wall they put up, all of their protests go unheard and they are not even seen by the mourners.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:42 am to TerryDawg03
they will likely be in the background. There will be a lot of people at this funeral.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:43 am to catholictigerfan
Westboro needs to be airlifted and dropped in ISIS territory.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:44 am to TigersforEver
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These hateful people are not Christians at all
Ahh right. Infidel beheading Muslims aren't Muslims either I suppose. To avoid a double standard of course.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:45 am to SpidermanTUba
quote:Who would be next on your list?
I think I may have a COnstitutional Amendment that the right and left can agree on.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:46 am to SpidermanTUba
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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?
You are smarter than this Tuba!
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:14 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 9:15 am to Draconian Sanctions
It impairs people right to bury their loved ones in peace.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:19 am to SpidermanTUba
they have said they would picket every "famous" funeral the last few years- but how many times have they actually shown up? i bet you can count them on one hand.
ignoring those POS is the best method
ignoring those POS is the best method
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:57 am to LSUMJ
They won't get anywhere near the actual funeral, as it will no doubt be very private, as it should be. Hopefully, the general public in the area will express their right to free speech too. But I am wondering if they made the IRS's shite list, too, as a policitalized church group?
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