On the Westboro Baptist column:
Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church are nothing more than attention-seekers who mount these “protests” in order to get into the news. As far as they’re concerned, any media mention of them counts as a victory.
Of course they’re going to be painted as kooks, hatemongers, and villains — after all, to them, the entire outside world is controlled by Satan, and naturally Satan would only say (and publish) bad things about heavenly crusaders such as the Phelps clan.
What to do about them? The answer to this is simple: ignore them outright. Walk past them on the street, don’t even acknowledge their presence, and don’t counter-protest them. I am confident that when faced with silent opposition of this sort, the Westboro Baptist Church will shrivel up and blow away.
— Modemac
“Thankfully, or else I might have had a sudden irresistible hot-headed urge to walk up to one of them and break a sign over my knee.”
I’m glad you didn’t support censorship.
Even though many don’t agree with them, it doesn’t mean WBC should be censored. I would hate to see a law go into effect to try to censor them. It’s not fair (or constitutional for that matter) to pick out one group just because you don’t like what they say.
“Heartfelt thanks go out to the 70-some Patriot Guard Riders heading the Hagerty procession. The group is composed of motorcycle-riding veterans who routinely attend soldiers’ funerals to pay their respects and to shield the deceased’s family from the WBC’s protests by blocking them off, holding up large American flags and, from what I have heard, gunning their engine to drown out the noise of the protestors.”
I have always wondered whether it would be allowed if this were the other way around — if the Westboro Baptist Church showed up to a pro-soldier event with motorcycles and drown out the pro-soldier group.
—Michelle
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