is there some other reason we are giving these lowlife dirtballs any more attention?
it makes me completely question any religion. period.
F The Westboro Baptist Church
Started by
TheDHJ
, Jan 11 2011 05:02 PM
102 replies to this topic
#53
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 05:50 PM
That is a much better solution than spreading even more hate over the protest. PITY them, dont hate them. Thats what i do.
IGNORE it is the answer...unfortunately theyve made this so callous its almost impossible to ignore...WHICH IS THEIR AIM
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 06:07 PM
that would be your choice.disagree...and i dont even have childern...if this was my daughter id be in jail
popular speech needs little if any protection. it is usually vile and distasteful speech which needs the protections afforded by the first amendment.
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 06:43 PM
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 06:48 PM
There are many places / situations where we as citizens waive our first Ammendment rights. Schools, private businesses, the work place, heck this message board.
I wouldn't have a problem with funerals being included on that list.
fantastic
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 08:40 PM
Funny Facebook Group popped up yesterday
Petition to have Varg Vikernes burn down Westboro Baptist Church
http://www.facebook....105683642811890
Petition to have Varg Vikernes burn down Westboro Baptist Church
http://www.facebook....105683642811890
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 08:43 PM
im argueing how anyone can say what is "rioght" or not. thats all.
I have the faculty of reason, that allows me to interperate the world around me and say this is right, this is wrong.
if no one can say what is wrong or right, the words are meaningless. I reject out of hand that truth is unknowable or that right and wrong, that morals are relative...
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 08:47 PM
My sister sent me this (cut and paste, highlighted part is hers)
http://www.foxnews.c...ctims-funerals/
"It makes me sick to my stomach," said Glen Littell, who's bringing a pack of bikers from the Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. "They're a stench from a slaughterhouse. We're just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath."
Littell said his riders are not looking for any violent confrontations. But he told FoxNews.com that Arizona bikers are going to do "whatever we have to do" to cordon off the family from the protests. A group called the Patriot Guard Riders often does this when the Westboro church pickets military funerals, but Littell said that group is not traveling to Tucson, so "we're stepping in."
"Our sole purpose will be to allow that family some dignity and respect … without having to worry about the a--holes," he said.
"Nothing says stand back and be silent like a Hells Angels presence," he said.
Littell added that if the church moves on to picket other funerals, his riders will follow.
"We're getting word there's gonna be a pretty large presence of bikers," he said. "Word's spreading. And spreading quickly."
http://www.foxnews.c...ctims-funerals/
"It makes me sick to my stomach," said Glen Littell, who's bringing a pack of bikers from the Phoenix Motorcycle Rider Group to Tucson on Thursday. "They're a stench from a slaughterhouse. We're just going to block the stench so the family can catch their breath."
Littell said his riders are not looking for any violent confrontations. But he told FoxNews.com that Arizona bikers are going to do "whatever we have to do" to cordon off the family from the protests. A group called the Patriot Guard Riders often does this when the Westboro church pickets military funerals, but Littell said that group is not traveling to Tucson, so "we're stepping in."
"Our sole purpose will be to allow that family some dignity and respect … without having to worry about the a--holes," he said.
"Nothing says stand back and be silent like a Hells Angels presence," he said.
Littell added that if the church moves on to picket other funerals, his riders will follow.
"We're getting word there's gonna be a pretty large presence of bikers," he said. "Word's spreading. And spreading quickly."
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Posted 12 January 2011 - 01:11 AM
In 2005 US Northern Command issued an advisory about Westboro in 2005 saying church funding came from litigation.
"This group does employ passive-aggressive techniques intended to provoke a hostile response or offensive reaction from others," Northern Command wrote. "This group will then file a civil action in an effort to reach a settlement in order to fund future activities."
Theperson to ask is Nate Phelps, who left the family at age 18. He has plenty to say about them.
"This group does employ passive-aggressive techniques intended to provoke a hostile response or offensive reaction from others," Northern Command wrote. "This group will then file a civil action in an effort to reach a settlement in order to fund future activities."
Theperson to ask is Nate Phelps, who left the family at age 18. He has plenty to say about them.
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Posted 12 January 2011 - 02:19 AM
Arizona lawmakers pass funeral protest legislation
http://www.cnn.com/2...boro/index.html
Take THAT Fred Phelps.
Shock'd Serve'd
http://www.cnn.com/2...boro/index.html
Take THAT Fred Phelps.
Shock'd Serve'd
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Posted 26 May 2011 - 08:47 PM
http://www.deathandt...ornado-victims/
Massive tornadoes swept through Missouri earlier this week, leaving at least 125 dead, hundreds still missing and thousands homeless. It’s a tragic and heart-wrenching scenario, one that evokes heartbreak among the most rational and reasonable citizens. The Westboro Baptist Church, however, is not among them.
Best known for their incessant hooting and hollering against gays and picketing dead soldiers’ funerals, the nonsensical church is now celebrating the death and destruction in Missouri by disseminating their traditionally ugly press releases, including one that declares, “Thank God for 125 dead.”
Again, this is not rational behavior. Not to the majority of the public, at least. To Westboro, however, they’re coming not from a place of hate, but from a place of love. That’s what one of Westboro founder Fred Phelps’ grandchildren told me when I interviewed her a few years ago.
“The definition of ‘love’ to people in this generation is loving someone even when you see them doing wrong, saying, ‘Oh, that’s okay, I’m going to love you anyway, because I’m just that good. I’m just a good person,’” Megan Phelps explained in February of 2010, when Westboro was picketing Twitter.
“That’s not what God’s standard of love is; He says, ‘Thou shalt not hate thy neighbor in thine heart,’ but instead of hating them, your job is to, ‘rebuke him and not suffer his sin upon him.’ So, again, loving your neighbor is warning him.”
While Westboro’s actions are certainly a lesson in religious fanaticism, they also offer a meditation on the subjective nature of “love.” To some it’s flowers and sunshine, and to others it’s fire and brimstone. Luckily for us, most people, religious or otherwise, know which love is the best love, and it’s not the celebration of dead babies or lives torn asunder.
Massive tornadoes swept through Missouri earlier this week, leaving at least 125 dead, hundreds still missing and thousands homeless. It’s a tragic and heart-wrenching scenario, one that evokes heartbreak among the most rational and reasonable citizens. The Westboro Baptist Church, however, is not among them.
Best known for their incessant hooting and hollering against gays and picketing dead soldiers’ funerals, the nonsensical church is now celebrating the death and destruction in Missouri by disseminating their traditionally ugly press releases, including one that declares, “Thank God for 125 dead.”
Again, this is not rational behavior. Not to the majority of the public, at least. To Westboro, however, they’re coming not from a place of hate, but from a place of love. That’s what one of Westboro founder Fred Phelps’ grandchildren told me when I interviewed her a few years ago.
“The definition of ‘love’ to people in this generation is loving someone even when you see them doing wrong, saying, ‘Oh, that’s okay, I’m going to love you anyway, because I’m just that good. I’m just a good person,’” Megan Phelps explained in February of 2010, when Westboro was picketing Twitter.
“That’s not what God’s standard of love is; He says, ‘Thou shalt not hate thy neighbor in thine heart,’ but instead of hating them, your job is to, ‘rebuke him and not suffer his sin upon him.’ So, again, loving your neighbor is warning him.”
While Westboro’s actions are certainly a lesson in religious fanaticism, they also offer a meditation on the subjective nature of “love.” To some it’s flowers and sunshine, and to others it’s fire and brimstone. Luckily for us, most people, religious or otherwise, know which love is the best love, and it’s not the celebration of dead babies or lives torn asunder.
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Posted 26 May 2011 - 09:15 PM
Inside the WBC. BBC documentarian hangs with WBCers for a bit. See the wrath of Gramps. See the young children indoctrinated. See the hot daughters 
http://topdocumentar...ily-in-america/
http://topdocumentar...ily-in-america/
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Posted 26 May 2011 - 09:19 PM
Inside the WBC. BBC documentarian hangs with WBCers for a bit. See the wrath of Gramps. See the young children indoctrinated. See the hot daughters
http://topdocumentar...ily-in-america/
WAY TL;DW
