Author Topic: What do you dislike about the Westboro Baptist Church? (Read 3628 times)

Sigismund · « **Reply #15 on:** September 07, 2012, 06:19:02 PM »

Quote from: alaric

They're a bunch od damn kooks and attention-whores, regardless of their position on "fαɢs", in the military or elsewhere. I have two sons serving and God forbid one them dies in battle and these weirdos come protesting at the funeral, I guarntee a few of them would be sent to the afterlife that day where they can explain to God how they were disrespecting fallen soldiers all in his name.

I would love to see them pull their shananigans at a Muslim funeral.

They know better.

I remember that they protested at the funeral of an AIDS activist in San Fransisco. They got their...um...posteriors handed to them by a bunch of drag queens. I am certainly not pro-gαy, but I enjoyed that a great deal.

Loriann · « **Reply #16 on:** September 07, 2012, 07:52:50 PM »

They make me sick. Vile haters. They picketed a funeral of a soldier near here, and a motorcycle group of freedom riders drowned their hate speech out. No funeral should be disrupted out of respect, and their lunacy would scare me from their church for sure.

poche · « **Reply #17 on:** September 08, 2012, 05:17:08 AM »

Their behaviour speaks for itself.

guitarplucker · « **Reply #18 on:** September 08, 2012, 05:17:11 AM »

Well they're not street fighters or soldiers. I'm sure they would turn tail and run if people were chasing after them with machetes. The early Christians did, too. If you all have seen their protests you know that a good share of the members are women, children, and teenage boys. To attack such a group doesn't really take guts, especially considering that they're hated by the establishment and that any violence meted out to them will be interpreted as a righteous action. I think some people's standards for courage are higher than mine, or they don't want to credit the Westboro folks for having any good qualities because of their outrage that they picket funerals. They're wrong about some things but I think they're very courageous. They could easily live a more comfortable life by not attacking ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs and Jews and Muslims (and everyone else), and have safe views on everything under the sun.

I think they're my favorite enemies of the Church. I actually like the fact that they're "attention whores." They force issues into the mainstream that would otherwise be relegated to the fringes.

Btw, I know it's culturally distasteful to picket funerals ("it's just not done"), but is there anything immoral about it?

guitarplucker · « **Reply #19 on:** September 08, 2012, 05:18:37 AM »

Quote from: Sigismund

Quote from: alaric
They're a bunch od damn kooks and attention-whores, regardless of their position on "fαɢs", in the military or elsewhere. I have two sons serving and God forbid one them dies in battle and these weirdos come protesting at the funeral, I guarntee a few of them would be sent to the afterlife that day where they can explain to God how they were disrespecting fallen soldiers all in his name.

I would love to see them pull their shananigans at a Muslim funeral.

They know better.

I remember that they protested at the funeral of an AIDS activist in San Fransisco. They got their...um...posteriors handed to them by a bunch of drag queens. I am certainly not pro-gαy, but I enjoyed that a great deal.

May want to check out this video (at 1:25, it's obscene):

I can understand a Catholic rooting against the Westboro folks, but rooting for people like the guy at the 1:25 mark?

How about not root for them or the drag queens? That's a position I can respect.