Man pepper sprays Westboro Protesters

[The Austin]

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Fred Phelps ends up in Hell.

Oh the irony will be so delicious.

Actually, I don't think that will happen, because there is no heaven or hell or any god to worry about pissing off.

Wow, thank you so much for missing the point of my post to tell me that my religious views are wrong.

I'm SO glad that you contributed so much to this conversation.

You know what? I have been enlightened. I'm going to stop following the deep and complex metaphysical and philosophical ideologies I have been living my life by, just because some guy on the internet told me that they were wrong.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I'd try to take the piss out of them by mocking them in a way they can't do a thing about. Like dressing up in Hitler and acting like they are allies in my cause. Or perhaps dress up as the devil, stand behind them and constantly mutter things like: "Good, good. Continue my work on Earth." Something that would rile them up so much but that I will be able to defend with "I'm just using the same rights you are using. You can't do a thing to stop me."

Or act like I'm hitting on the males of the group. That would be fun.

 

[MadCapMunchkin]

I applaud this man and hope that others repeat his attack on these "Christians" so that they maybe suffer for their stupidity.

 

[DarkRyter]

Time for some JUSTICE.

 

[icame]

Permission to take this mans example and use a baseball bat next time?

 

[theSovietConnection]

I'd try to take the piss out of them by mocking them in a way they can't do a thing about.

Yeah, that's one of the easier and legal ways of dealing with pricks like this. It likely won't help stop them, as they likely view any attack or lack of attention as tests of their faith, but if they start getting laughed away from events, maybe, just maybe they'll let up.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

...I've always wondered about the Westboro folks messeage. I mean it takes a special kind of crazy to see things their way. I get the feeling that if most people belived god was punishing us because of gays then we'd simpley FIND A NEW GOD!!!

Anyway this attack will proabley end up just strenghting the reslove of the Westboro Church...though we can alway hope it leads them to begin retaliating against "non-belivers" in which case they'd be quickly put down by authorities.

 

[theSovietConnection]

Sorry, I'm really confused. Who was protesting and counter-protesting what?

WBC was protesting the funeral and people showed up to counter-protest WBC.

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

It's terrible, the Westboro Baptist Church will probably sue the municipality claiming their civil rights were violated by the cities inability to protect their free speech. They may even win and be awarded damages (money), this is exactly why these trolls do this.

That is fortunately beyond unlikely and into the realm of impossible. Until there's actually some sort of crime committed, the police don't actually even have to show up or do anything to protect anyone preemptively, and you shouldn't expect them to. They can, but they're by no means required to, and that precedent has been set in at least one noteworthy court case already (which I can't think of the name of right now to cite/link to). Enough members of the Phelps family are lawyers that I suspect they're well aware of that already and wouldn't bother. The guy who attacked them, on the other hand, is probably in trouble.

 

[manaman]

That is kind of amazing. This guy is pretty awesome, but bringing the kid was a dumb move.

They way the story he quoted is written it make me think this guy was just driving by and felt those guys deserved a little mace in the face.

 

[lovest harding]

I don't really have to share my opinion as I think we're all in general agreement, but I thought I'd share this wonderful video.

"God hates the world."
I laugh every time I hear her say that.

 

[BlackWidower]

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Fred Phelps ends up in Hell.

Oh the irony will be so delicious.

Actually, I don't think that will happen, because there is no heaven or hell or any god to worry about pissing off.

Wow, thank you so much for missing the point of my post to tell me that my religious views are wrong.

I'm SO glad that you contributed so much to this conversation.

You know what? I have been enlightened. I'm going to stop following the deep and complex metaphysical and philosophical ideologies I have been living my life by, just because some guy on the internet told me that they were wrong.

Your welcome.

 

[JaredXE]

How is "neglect" to have the child in the car? I think the parent was raising them right, teaching what to do to hateful and ignorant people is to premptively use non-lethal means to shut them the fuck up.

 

[WolfThomas]

What he did was assault and unnessescary, yes they're total whackjobs but a side effect of having freedoms of speech and assembling means they can do this no matter how repulsive I think it is.

The appropriate alternative is what the Patriot Guard Riders do, hide the protesters by forming a protective encirclement and droning their chants out with patriotic singing.

 

[Last Bullet]

Time for some JUSTICE.

You have no idea how epic that registers in my mind while I look at your avatar.

OT: Is it bad that I'm sad it was only pepper spray? Seriously, I don't like these folks. I know nobody does, but... Y'know?

 

[Spikeyfische]

WBC did a tour of schools that had LGBST alliance in DC last year, and i got to see first hand their hate. They held up signs showing baby fetuses in burger buns, calling that a homosexuals lunch. They even had anti african american, and anti semitic signs. I am all for freedom of speech, but there has to be some kind of human decency in treating others. And whats worse is they had their kids, some under 10 and a few under 15 protesting and holding the racist, discriminatory, and down right disgusting signs! In the same way showing those signs, and desecrating a soldiers funeral is freedom of speech, i view this mans pepper spraying them to be his first amendment right.

Also the look on their faces when 3 lesbian couples started making out in front of them was priceless. The covered their little kids eyes to "protect them."

 

[thirdsonsaburo]

Serves 'em right.