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Old 08-14-2014, 03:09 PM   #1
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Default Westboro Baptist Church to protest Robin Williams Funeral

The Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to protest at Legendary actor Robin Williams Funeral. The funeral is to be held In San Francisco.Yhe event will take place at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California,# at some point over the next few weeks, though nothing has yet been finalised.#


I emplore any one within the Area to join counter protests that usually happen. Robin Williams has bring laughter and Joy to hundred of millions of people. It is now our turn to return the favor and let his love ones honor and lay this man in peace


http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/14/god-ha...liams-4832545/
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Old 08-14-2014, 03:10 PM   #2
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At this point the most shocking thing the WBC can do is NOT "protest" something.
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Old 08-14-2014, 03:15 PM   #3
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counter-protests just make them feel like they are getting somewhere.

The best thing we could do is ignore them (and have the media ignore them).
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For why?
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Sometimes I join protests just to display my sign making skills.
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They should send a few of Fergusons finest to patrol these morons.
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For why?
Because they haven't been getting attention lately.
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For why?
He portrayed a gay character in "The Birdcage", therefore (according to their logic) he is a corrupter of souls and should burn in hell.
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Old 08-14-2014, 04:45 PM   #9
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At this point the most shocking thing the WBC can do is NOT "protest" something.
That doesn't really seem like a Robin Williams type of response.
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Old 08-14-2014, 04:55 PM   #10
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They wont get within 100ft of the building. Their demonstrations are so pointless. There are now groups that follow them around and ensure they dont get within eye sight of any of their targets.
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It must pain them to know that Robin is now in Heaven with God.
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He portrayed a gay character in "The Birdcage", therefore (according to their logic) he is a corrupter of souls and should burn in hell.
Oh, the list is long with this one...

In addition to that, he commiserated with gays in The World According To Garp, portrayed a (foreign) demon in Alladin, practiced psychology (the devil's work to be sure) in Good Will Hunting, cross-dressed (gay!) in Mrs. Doubtfire, had magical powers (flying, which is also gay) in Robin Hood, played a godless ex-Communist in Moscow on the Hudson...

The list goes on.

If they weren't protesting, I would be.
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Why cant a crazy folk go nuts on these guys instead of innocent people?
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counter-protests just make them feel like they are getting somewhere.

The best thing we could do is ignore them (and have the media ignore them).
The point of countering them is to set up a human barrier preventing them to get close enough. Legally they are permitted to be right on the edge of private property and in the families faces on public.
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Robin on fundies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXeSgVk5aH4

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Robin on fundies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXeSgVk5aH4

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You take the video after the equal sign.


PXeSgVk5aH4.

Then hightlight it in advance reply and click the YouTube button.

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http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...member_of_the/

I suggest reading through this thread. done by the nephew of fred phelps and is now an ex member. he shines light on their motives and thinking. the only way to get rid of them, is by understanding them.

"No one at Westboro Baptist Church has ever told me that they did their preaching for publicity or for money... It is strictly their religious convictions that drive them to preach their message... They believe that if they don't preach the words that they are preaching, then they will BURN IN HELL when they die for all of eternity... They act out of fear for themselves and their children, and they will ex-communicate anyone, ever their own wife or children, to save their souls."
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I am gonna go out on a limb and suggest that Robin himself would have been pretty damned disappointed if the WBC didn't protest his funeral.
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do these people have jobs? Or how do they fund flying all over the place to various funerals and paying for protesting supplies? Or does the "church" pay for everything?

I'm sure I could spend 2 seconds of research to go figure it out but if anyone knows off the top of their head. Far too lazy to actually put effort outside this thread into learning about these "people".

Just seems like it'd be an expensive hobby. Also who is this passionate about stuff? Pretty weird.
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