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Stretch · #16 04-08-2014, 02:49 AM

What's with the rozzer trying to stuff the front wheel of his mountain bike in the face of a law abiding man trying to cross the road?

JB3 · #17 04-08-2014, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

So much for "tolerance" from some in Moore, OK. Sounds more like mob rule and a case for dereliction of duty by the authorities there.

If Westboro Baptist isn't suing municipalities for allowing violations of Civil Rights, and Equal Protection Under The Law, they're missing the boat.

Lol, wow...

Do you even know who these people are?

Id say the cops have their hands full every time these people show up at the funeral of a soldier, or some other tradgedy, to push their message of hate. News flash, they werent holding a church bake sale.

JB3 · #18 04-08-2014, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Stretch

What's with the rozzer trying to stuff the front wheel of his mountain bike in the face of a law abiding man trying to cross the road?

Protecting the right to free speech by keeping people from crossing over and beating the hell out of the westboro scum.

SwampYankee · #19 04-08-2014, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

Residents Chase Westboro Baptist Church Protesters From Oklahoma Town (VIDEO)

Quite a rush to see some citizens storm across the street to get some retribution.....

Good for you guys. A common refrain is to ignore them and they'll go away. That hasn't happened yet and they still keep showing up and they keep getting press coverage.

The @$$holes had their allotted Free Speech time. The fine residents were just protecting the scum from the law and certain arrest for going over their permitted time.

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Westboro had a permit to hold a 30-minute protest, but the counter-protesters chased members of the Westboro Baptist Church away a few minutes past their limit, according to KFOR.

cmbdiesel · #20 04-08-2014, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

So much for "tolerance" from some in Moore, OK. Sounds more like mob rule and a case for dereliction of duty by the authorities there.

If Westboro Baptist isn't suing municipalities for allowing violations of Civil Rights, and Equal Protection Under The Law, they're missing the boat.

So we see your true colors now....
Thanks for sharing.

Txjake · #21 04-08-2014, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Pooka

It is hard for those outside of Oklahoma to understand the magnitude of the tragedy in Moore.

The WBC shows up to protest...... What were they protesting. A bunch of children dying?

They came to McAlester once and someone cut all their tires. Then no one in town would sell them any tires. Finally Wal-Mart agreed to sell them some tires because it was the only way they were going to ever leave town.

Then came back and protested for two hours and the response was to ignore them. If no one shows up are they really protesting?

But to show up in Moore.... If I had known I would have driven over there and stood with you against these 'protesters'.

And thanks for showing up. Hopefully they will get it though their heads that they are not welcome here.

This pretty much says it all. I usually ignore WBC, but them protesting people who have lost everything from property to family members, well f$%k them. Regarding their rights, like Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "You can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater." The action of these maggots was akin to "fighting words....

strelnik · #22 04-08-2014, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JB3

Protecting the right to free speech by keeping people from crossing over and beating the hell out of the westboro scum.

Personally, I think the Westboro people are worthless turdz.

However, letting them protest does do several things (my opinion):

1. It wakes up people to the fact that you have to say NO to people like this, ignoring them will enable them to creep along and do damage and hurt people in mourning.

2. It guarantees their right to free speech, which they do have, as long as they are not advocating overturning of the govt by force

3. It stiffens the resistance against them.

I don't believe in the tire slashing, that's one step away from pulling the shotgun off the shelf. If you do it for that, you can do it for anything else you don't like.

In that case, be prepared for serious consequences !!!

JB3 · #23 04-08-2014, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

This pretty much says it all. I usually ignore WBC, but them protesting people who have lost everything from property to family members, well f$%k them. Regarding their rights, like Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "You can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater." The action of these maggots was akin to "fighting words....

The problem with WBC is no matter what you show them, indifference, violence, acceptance, ect; its all gonna be processed to support their belief in their eyes.

-You beat the crap out of them, that just shows you aren't ready to accept Gods punishment, and are lashing out at his messengers.
-You ignore them, that just shows that you accept Gods judgement and agree, but aren't ready to embrace Gods will yet.

So it matters little what others do, so trying to ignore them is in a way letting them win at their own game because its kind of a forfeit.

You guys did it right, you showed them that you would respect their right to protest just as you have a right to counter protest, and as soon as their allotted time was up, you showed them their tentative welcome was now worn out, and they were now on borrowed time as it were.

strelnik · #24 04-08-2014, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

This pretty much says it all. I usually ignore WBC, but them protesting people who have lost everything from property to family members, well f$%k them. Regarding their rights, like Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "You can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater." The action of these maggots was akin to "fighting words....

A lawyer will tell you that, depending how they said it, it is no different than reading a newspaper out loud.

HOWEVER, if they say the wrong thing and incite to violence, they have broken the law.

If they break the law...well, you get the idea.

MTI · #25 04-08-2014, 09:29 AM

While the emotional impact of such actions is strong and visceral, I am still proud to acknowledge that we have a Constitutional protection of speech. While not absolute, it is a fundamental right that should not be lightly trampled. Whether its burning a flag, protesting a funeral, or some other act, we live in a country that acknowledges the peaceful exercise of speech.

Txjake · #26 04-08-2014, 10:52 AM

They were allowed to exercise that right, when they started trampling the American flag and such, along with the tearing open of not yet healed wounds regarding the aftermath of the tornado, people had had enough.

Pooka · #27 04-08-2014, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by strelnik

Personally, I think the Westboro people are worthless turdz.

However, letting them protest does do several things (my opinion):

1. It wakes up people to the fact that you have to say NO to people like this, ignoring them will enable them to creep along and do damage and hurt people in mourning.

2. It guarantees their right to free speech, which they do have, as long as they are not advocating overturning of the govt by force

3. It stiffens the resistance against them.

I don't believe in the tire slashing, that's one step away from pulling the shotgun off the shelf. If you do it for that, you can do it for anything else you don't like.

In that case, be prepared for serious consequences !!!

The whole tire slashing thing proves there is a fault in their line of protesting, and that fault is that they are not expecting to meet anyone more evil than themselves.