Heath Ledger's Funeral to be Picketed by Phelps

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  1. northpointaiki

    northpointaiki Guest

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    #21
    To Westboro (with the website, "God HATES Fags"), and the issue of free speech. This was brought up before, in another thread. Here's what I said then:

    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=6132585&postcount=189

    And I maintain now, that it is flawed to call this a free speech issue. Free speech ends when someone is encumbered from getting away from speech one finds objectionable, and by definition, family members at a funeral are encumbered from leaving - Phelps and his disgusting flock of swine use this fact to corner and taunt grieving, vulnerable people. This isn't free speech, but an unjust invasion of privacy.


     
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  2. simplyg123

    simplyg123 Well-Known Member

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    #22
    i apologize completely for calling them peaceful, its pretty obvious they are looking for a fight. Your points are well stated.
     
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    AGS Notable Member

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    #23
    These Westboro Baptist Church people are a bunch of lunatics, obviously media whores, the Wiki page is massive. I wouldn't feed these scumbags any more than they already have been.

    They are nothing short of redneck idiots whoring themselves out to the media to gain notoriety.

    Their website is even more insane than GTech's favourate website for young angry white males with with low IQ's www.thereligionofpeace.com
     
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    d16man Well-Known Member

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    #24
    they are also pretty much all related if I remember correctly...wonder if they are inbred?
     
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    debunked Prominent Member

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    #25
    A family tree with no branches tends to cause some interesting problems.

    But seriously these people are quack. I am betting they have some nazi beliefs as well.
     
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  6. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    #26
    This may very well be a first, since I do not support hamas, hezbollah or Iran, but I find myself in 100% agreement with you on this single issue.
     
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    AGS Notable Member

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    #27
    I think for sure. I'm amazed they get away with the shit that they do.

    There's a first time for everything. :p
     
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    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    #28
    Here is their press release advertising the event:

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    #29
    Didn't see a hyperlink.....
     
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    #30
    to be honest i don't know how they people are still alive. Or how there church still stands. Freedom of speech is only an imaginary law, if your standing in front of me yelling at a family members funeral on stupid shit theres nothing imaginary about the bat across your face your gonna get.

    Btw they got sued recently for like 20 million dollars or something.
     
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  12. empservices

    empservices Peon

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    #32
    Regardless of what people's opinions are on the guy, he's dead, have some respect for the dead, let the family mourn, bury him and let him go.
     
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  13. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #33
    The word Fuck Tard was invented to describe people like Phelps company...

    Thank God Jesse Jackson does not resort to stupidity like this when he is out of work too. Something tells me these guys are bored, and looking for more publicity since they only got .000015 seconds of fame when all three members showed up to picket a Veterans Funeral.

    Hell even the KKK appears peaceful when compared to loons like this. What is truly sad is that a "church" would controvert the "Bible" and it's teachings, specifically, "judge not lest ye be judged"... Judgement of an actor's portrayal of a fictional homosexual character in a fictional film is probably not what is on God's mind. Suicide however, that's another story.

    If these guys want to attack something, go beat up Dan Savage over on Bill Maher's goofy show on HBO... That guy is about the same caliber of Fuck Tard IMO...

    I watched "Brokeback Mountain" and other than the obvious feelings of dis-comfort while watching a rather graphic sex scene that was disgusting to me given my attraction to women, it was a good movie. I think the director really did a fantastic job of getting you to identify with these characters, well not necessarily identify, as much as sympathize. How anyone, even a homophobic person could watch that film and not come away feeling some connection to the characters tells me that either they have not seen the movie, or are still in the closet.
     
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    #34
    They are all lawyers, and anytime they get touched at one of these protests, they sue the pants off the angry guy that touched em.

    There is a video online where the area that the local law enforcement had roped off for Phelps' gang got trampled by hundreds of angry locals, and the police had to race the group away in vans before they were lynched. As they were driving away people starting breaking windows with rocks. These guys are towing the line, fishing for money and publicity, before one of them ends up dead.
     
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    #35
    they need it, they got sued for 11 million dollars. They are broke jokes now.
     
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