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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

You've Got to Hand It to These Assholes

Posted by on Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:07 PM

No other assholes gape as wide:

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Meanwhile, in compassionately puckered sphincters, Occupy Seattle organizers are planning a counter-protest to shield funeral-goers from the sight and stench.

 

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gloomy gus 1
Occupy Seattle, proving that for every grandstanding herp there is an equal and opposite grandstanding derp.
Posted by gloomy gus on February 8, 2012 at 12:26 PM
treacle 2
Here's the latest I've found on the possibility that these inflammatory fuckwits are using legal tactics to make money by inciting people to attack them (after which the Phelps clan sues).

http://stanfordreview.org/article/countd…

TL; DR -- 1) they may not be making money to fund their activities via suing, 2) they are all lawyers and will probably sue you if you violate their rights, 3) no one is really sure how they fund themselves.

Here's to the Occupy forces willing to act as a human shield ... Don't get sucked in to their provocations! And write up your observations so that we may be able to identify their weak spots.
Posted by treacle on February 8, 2012 at 12:27 PM
3
It's amazing nobody has gone vigilante on the WBC people yet.
Posted by VIC_20 on February 8, 2012 at 12:29 PM
undead ayn rand 4
Stop republishing the Westboro Press Releases if you ever want them to go away. They literally make their livings off your hate.
Posted by undead ayn rand on February 8, 2012 at 12:30 PM
5
I don't get it. What do they mean when they say it's the Governor's fault? I'm sure it's batshitty, but I'm just confused at this point...
Posted by Daily in LA on February 8, 2012 at 12:30 PM
merry 6
Just as murder/suicides always start off by killing the wrong person... It is always the WRONG people who get blown up in houses....

Posted by merry on February 8, 2012 at 12:38 PM
7
Someone put a 7.62mm round into some faces.

I assure you from personal experience, when you do it to crazy muslim extremists, the results are incredibly conclusive. I have no doubt the same would be true of crazy Christian extremists.
Posted by jj41243 on February 8, 2012 at 12:40 PM
8
@2,

Would the average Occupy protester have enough money to make suing worthwhile? Or does the WBC make its money suing third parties, such as the police for not adequately protecting them?
Posted by keshmeshi on February 8, 2012 at 12:41 PM
bleedingheartlibertarian 9
@5: when people die in any manner that makes the news in the same general vicinity/time where the government shows insufficient contempt for gay people, WBC points to the deaths as God's punishment for the state's "rebellion".

Presumably, all the deaths that don't make the news in the same general geographic vicinity and time frame are just coincidences.
Posted by bleedingheartlibertarian on February 8, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Allyn 10
If we can put equal rights and the condition of my uterus up for public votes, can’t we vote to eject these lousy humans from our country?
Posted by Allyn on February 8, 2012 at 1:00 PM
brandon 11
#7 Oh yes, turn them into martyrs. That's worked so well in the middle east.
Posted by brandon on February 8, 2012 at 1:08 PM
12
@10 Why stop there, why not a referrendum on execution? Since they seem to support the idea of the will of the people to overcome the rights of individuals, what more fundamental right than to your life?
Posted by pragmatic on February 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Zebes 13
Is it legal to set up a big fabric wall that isolates them from everybody else? Visually, at least. Nobody can see them and they can't see anybody.

I know that was generally the idea of those angel counter-protestors that put on those silly (and yet effective and well-chosen) outfits and formed a barricade in past events, but could you take it that much further?
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on February 8, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Ian Awesome 14
Please join us if you care to protect these poor people from WBC:

http://www.facebook.com/events/342121715…
Posted by Ian Awesome http://oneangryqueer.blogspot.com on February 8, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Sir Vic 15
@11 Well, aside from Phelps family members that Fred himself has raped, does anyone care if these people die a violent death? They have no friends outside their little incest circle.
In a country awash with weapons, how is it that an RPG hasn't found the Phelps van?
Posted by Sir Vic on February 8, 2012 at 2:08 PM
16
Queer occupy anarchists vs. Westboro church? Oh this should be fun. Just what this poor family needs, Ian Finkle-up-my-bum-ster coming to their rescue.
Posted by Finklewankdr on February 8, 2012 at 2:33 PM
gloomy gus 17
@15, that reminded me of this surprising video series, in which a gay DJ taped himself hanging out with the Phelps people. I'm still not sure what to make of it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8ilI8J0m…
Posted by gloomy gus on February 8, 2012 at 2:41 PM
undead ayn rand 18
All the people here who wish death upon the Phelps should probably watch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Ha…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s…

To give a feel for how they operate. It's pretty fascinating. Phelps is a horrible, horrible man, and beat the living fuck out of his children, and while I have no doubt that the cycle of abuse is continuing in the next generation, I hope that some of the grandkids make it out as sane as they possibly can.
Posted by undead ayn rand on February 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM
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@5: What they meant to say is that they're running low on cash and need to piss people off so they can sue and re-up their bank accounts.
Posted by suddenlyorcas on February 8, 2012 at 3:13 PM
MacBastard 20
@15 - Very true - it's hard to sue someone when you're dead.
Posted by MacBastard on February 8, 2012 at 7:43 PM
venomlash 21
@15: Someone slashed their tires while they were passing through Oklahoma to protest a soldier's funeral. And then no auto mechanic in town would make the repairs for them. Here.
It's a sin, I know, but I do wish for their deaths. If I knew that I would get away with it, I would gladly slit their throats for their hatred and blasphemy.
Posted by venomlash on February 9, 2012 at 8:11 AM

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