Westboro At Graduation

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Westboro At Graduation

Post by katarn » Sat May 20, 2017 1:47 pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/869333829885712/

The Westboro Baptist Church is planning to protest at Leavenworth High School's graduation ceremonies. The school hosts the kids of military personnel posted at Fort Leavenworth, and actively promotes inclusion for gays etc, thus doubling the ire of the Westboro church.
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Re: Westboro At Graduation

Post by TheReal_ND » Sat May 20, 2017 2:45 pm

Heh. Slick website http://www.godhatesfags.com
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Re: Westboro At Graduation

Post by Montegriffo » Sun May 21, 2017 9:12 am

TheReal_ND wrote:Heh. Slick website http://www.godhatesfags.com
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Re: Westboro At Graduation

Post by Speaker to Animals » Sun May 21, 2017 9:22 am

Let's just escalate everything to street wars from here on out. I guarantee Westboro wouldn't last a year.
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Re: Westboro At Graduation

Post by katarn » Sun May 21, 2017 8:18 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:Let's just escalate everything to street wars from here on out. I guarantee Westboro wouldn't last a year.
They'd make a crap ton of money off us before they died out.
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Re: Westboro At Graduation

Post by Speaker to Animals » Sun May 21, 2017 8:28 pm

katarn wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:Let's just escalate everything to street wars from here on out. I guarantee Westboro wouldn't last a year.
They'd make a crap ton of money off us before they died out.

I just want to see their faces when they realize the cops stood down as all the people charge them.
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Post by heydaralon » Sun May 21, 2017 10:34 pm

I read an interview with a former member of that church. She explained that the church see themselves as a modern day Noah. To them, the ridicule they face is identical to the harassment Noah from the sinful world as he built his ark, only to be vindicated when the Earth flooded and his sinful neighbors drowned. In a way, this worldview is not mean spirited, but actually one formed out of fear. They are trying to warm the world of its impending doom, but they realize they will be treated harshly for revealing unpleasant truths. Maybe in their minds they are being compassionate, by doing very visible protests to wake people up.

I am not defending the church of the Phelps family. I think they are vile people, but the interview was interesting, because it gave better insight into why these people behave the way they do.
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Post by Ex-California » Mon May 22, 2017 3:38 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:Let's just escalate everything to street wars from here on out. I guarantee Westboro wouldn't last a year.
I'm pretty impressed with all the dudes at my OC Proud Boys meeting. No lard ass keyboard warriors there.

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Re: Westboro At Graduation

Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon May 22, 2017 5:55 am

Oh, we could very well could get collectIively punished for this sruff.
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