Westboro Church to Pickett Obama's Grandmother

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ProfJohn

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I am sure Obama is seen as a hero in Hawaii now and that TONS of people will show up for the funeral and in order to drown these people out.
 

fskimospy

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Originally posted by: ProfJohn
I am sure Obama is seen as a hero in Hawaii now and that TONS of people will show up for the funeral and in order to drown these people out.

I like how there are groups of people that go and drown them out at the soldiers' funerals too. Since they are obviously just attention whores and have noticed that the soldier funeral protests aren't making the news anymore, they needed something bigger and more offensive. They are best ignored.
 

Extelleron

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Desturel
Originally posted by: yowolabi
And are they really flying to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral? I've seen it all.

Who ever said a hate group was rational?

Hate groups are now revered in the U.S.

Look at the religious zealots that voted for Gay Ban, don't see you denouncing them.

Hate is hate.

Not wanting the government to endorse gay marriage is a lot different than hating gays and is absolutely not comparable to disrupting the funeral services of soldiers and other innocent people.

Westboro people are the biggest idiots in the world... they will do anything for attention and to hurt innocent people.

Hopefully they will meet their match facing the SS this time :)
 

umbrella39

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Originally posted by: yowolabi
are they really flying to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral? I've seen it all.

TBH I would consider two free tickets and hotel for a week to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral.
 

fskimospy

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Originally posted by: Extelleron
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Desturel
Originally posted by: yowolabi
And are they really flying to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral? I've seen it all.

Who ever said a hate group was rational?

Hate groups are now revered in the U.S.

Look at the religious zealots that voted for Gay Ban, don't see you denouncing them.

Hate is hate.

Not wanting the government to endorse gay marriage is a lot different than hating gays and is absolutely not comparable to disrupting the funeral services of soldiers and other innocent people.

Westboro people are the biggest idiots in the world... they will do anything for attention and to hurt innocent people.

Hopefully they will meet their match facing the SS this time :)

I'm not sure if "SS" is the abbreviation we should use for the Secret Service... hahaha.
 

sactoking

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Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
I am sure Obama is seen as a hero in Hawaii now and that TONS of people will show up for the funeral and in order to drown these people out.

I like how there are groups of people that go and drown them out at the soldiers' funerals too. Since they are obviously just attention whores and have noticed that the soldier funeral protests aren't making the news anymore, they needed something bigger and more offensive. They are best ignored.

Yeah, they sent a few people to protest at the funeral/memorial for a college student that was abducted and killed by a serial rapist. They met 150 counter-protesters and were eventually arrested by the Reno PD.
 

OCGuy

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Originally posted by: Stiganator
I'm guessing the Secret Service won't take kindly to them trying to get within several hundred yards of Obama.

One can only hope this asshats are sent to Guantanamo Bay before its shut down.

How have this guys not be tried on hate crimes?

What? Put down the kool-aid buddy.
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Originally posted by: Stiganator
I'm guessing the Secret Service won't take kindly to them trying to get within several hundred yards of Obama.

One can only hope this asshats are sent to Guantanamo Bay before its shut down.

How have this guys not be tried on hate crimes?

What? Put down the kool-aid buddy.

You''ll be at the Funeral?
 

daniel49

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Originally posted by: Stiganator
I'm guessing the Secret Service won't take kindly to them trying to get within several hundred yards of Obama.

One can only hope this asshats are sent to Guantanamo Bay before its shut down.

How have this guys not be tried on hate crimes?

it has been established many times that these tools speak only for themselves.
ignore them and they will go away. /thread
 

OCGuy

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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Originally posted by: Stiganator
I'm guessing the Secret Service won't take kindly to them trying to get within several hundred yards of Obama.

One can only hope this asshats are sent to Guantanamo Bay before its shut down.

How have this guys not be tried on hate crimes?

What? Put down the kool-aid buddy.

You''ll be at the Funeral?


No maybe I took the "hate crime" and "guantanamo" thing too seriously.

It's early, and my hyperbole meter isnt warmed up yet :(
 

silverpig

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gothatesfags.com is always good for a larf.

These guys came up to Canada to picket at the funeral of the kid who got his head hacked off on the Greyhound bus.

edit: They're coming to Vancouver at the end of the month! I kinda wanna go see them :)
 

Harvey

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Self styled "christians" like the Westboro Church asshats are a good reason to root for the Lions.
 

jonks

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Originally posted by: Lemon law
Its my understanding the WBC is just one small nutty family. Where do these nuts get enough money for all these junkets?

The mormon church donated over $20 Million to the Vote Yes on Prop 8 campaign. I'm sure the WBC isn't hard up for donations.
 

5to1baby1in5

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Originally posted by: umbrella39
Originally posted by: yowolabi
are they really flying to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral? I've seen it all.

TBH I would consider two free tickets and hotel for a week to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral.

Just make sure to tell them "NO" in a firm and commanding voice when they try to sell you a timeshare.
 

umbrella39

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Originally posted by: 5to1baby1in5
Originally posted by: umbrella39
Originally posted by: yowolabi
are they really flying to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral? I've seen it all.

TBH I would consider two free tickets and hotel for a week to Hawaii to picket someone's funeral.

Just make sure to tell them "NO" in a firm and commanding voice when they try to sell you a timeshare.

Too late, they already talked me into it...

;)
 

imported_Champ

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Originally posted by: silverpig
gothatesfags.com is always good for a larf.

These guys came up to Canada to picket at the funeral of the kid who got his head hacked off on the Greyhound bus.

edit: They're coming to Vancouver at the end of the month! I kinda wanna go see them :)

I would probably go if they came to my town...but I would kinda be scared to because I might attack them
 

Lemon law

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Moonbeam does have a point, there may be some religious honor in being a martyr. I certainly hope it does not happen, but sooner or later someone is going to beat these jerks within a inch of their lives. I certainly hope their hospitalization insurance gets thereafter canceled as too high a risk.
 

Moonbeam

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Originally posted by: Lemon law
Moonbeam does have a point, there may be some religious honor in being a martyr. I certainly hope it does not happen, but sooner or later someone is going to beat these jerks within a inch of their lives. I certainly hope their hospitalization insurance gets thereafter canceled as too high a risk.

I only mean they are the ultimate expressing for the rest of us to see, of the religious madness of certainty. I see no honor in it, only the madness of delusion. To me a martyr is he who gives up his own life for the love of others. I see no love at all in these sad people.
 

TallBill

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Originally posted by: Lemon law
Moonbeam does have a point, there may be some religious honor in being a martyr. I certainly hope it does not happen, but sooner or later someone is going to beat these jerks within a inch of their lives. I certainly hope their hospitalization insurance gets thereafter canceled as too high a risk.

There's part of me that thinks that these guys really don't care about these funerals or god at all and just found a clever way to make money.
 

bamx2

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No doubt that they will kept away and watched closely . I am glad to see that the airlines and hotels get some money for their pricey trip . I guess now they'll be even further behind in their trailer payments .
 

Baked

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Originally posted by: bamx2
No doubt that they will kept away and watched closely . I am glad to see that the airlines and hotels get some money for their pricey trip . I guess now they'll be even further behind in their trailer payments .

Steal more CC.