Westboro Baptist F'heads....

[Nevadan]

Arizona's legislature passed a law just for these jerkoffs. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJe2tGuP7w)

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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJe2tGuP7w)

[Stuck in Seattle]

There was a time when communities would have resorted to tar, feathers and sometimes axe handles to deal with these folks. And because of that this sort of group wouldn't pull this crap even 60 years ago. I don't know if that makes us a better country now or not.

[wolf_chatter]

There was a time when communities would have resorted to tar, feathers and sometimes axe handles to deal with these folks. And because of that this sort of group wouldn't pull this crap even 60 years ago. I don't know if that makes us a better country now or not.

Makes us worse.... much worse. That mutherf89er and his entire church ought to be beaten half to death and left to bleed on the sidewalk.

[NAN1025]

As deplorable as this group is, and I am certainly no fan of theirs, they have a right to free speech (provided it follows all legal requirements). I applaud the efforts of people who peacefully counter-protest and feel that they represent what it means to be a decent American and human being. But, ultimately, equal treatment under the law must be upheld for all.

[thevoice]

I agree that they do have free speech protection. Even the most tasteless hate speech has to be protected. However, there are consequences to ones' words. If anything bad were to happen to those people, I wouldn't shed a tear.

[Pack Backer]

I agree that they do have free speech protection. Even the most tasteless hate speech has to be protected. However, there are consequences to ones' words. If anything bad were to happen to those people, I wouldn't shed a tear.

They have a right to protest just as much as we have a right to form groups like the Patriot Guard (http://www.patriotguard.org/) and drown out their nonsense with positivity. The 1st Amendment is protected and validated, and the human filth is peacefully neutralized. :D

[thevoice]

I agree on the Patriot Guard as well. Free speech is one of the things that separates our country from all others. It does make us a greater nation than all the others. Protect all of it, from Limbaugh to Olbermann to Fred Phelps to Loughner.

[battle.borne]

I really wish Dexter (http://dexterepisodesonline.com/dexter-wallpapers/)was a real person. He could do great things if only he wasn't fixtional.

[thelawlorfaithful]

As deplorable as this group is, and I am certainly no fan of theirs, they have a right to free speech (provided it follows all legal requirements). I applaud the efforts of people who peacefully counter-protest and feel that they represent what it means to be a decent American and human being. But, ultimately, equal treatment under the law must be upheld for all.

I am all for freedom of speech. But anyone who goes to a funeral service and does what they do, well I think they should be lit on fire. I'll tolerate pretty much anything. But not those that seek to prolong or aggrandize the grief of the bereft. I find such cold behaviour to be about as inhuman as it gets. Such inhumanity deserves no protection by human rights or a constitution. It deserves a barbaric response.

[Stuck in Seattle]

I am all for freedom of speech. But anyone who goes to a funeral service and does what they do, well I think they should be lit on fire. I'll tolerate pretty much anything. But not those that seek to prolong or aggrandize the grief of the bereft. I find such cold behaviour to be about as inhuman as it gets. Such inhumanity deserves no protection by human rights or a constitution. It deserves a barbaric response.
Some things so violate the sensibilities of the populace...and I mean 99.9%, not a small majority or plurality, that they should not be tolerated. To allow those things to occur without direct sanction, however noble the rationale, is to punish the citizenry and separate them from any feeling of community and shared morality.

Some things really are beyond the pale.

[nwp2]

This shooting on Saturday was horrible.I'm thankful that for a change I did not turn on a tv, on Saturday I was on the bay on a boat. That night we went out, no tv. On Sunday we had a great time still not turning on the tv. If I had watched any of that tv it would have taken some of the fun away from the weekend, I first watched it was when I got home Monday. I guess sometimes it's better to leave the tv off. F*** the Westboro dick wads and what they attempt to do at the funeral service.