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Westboro Church visited Santa Monica High School in CA today.... (Original Post) zappaman Feb 2013 OP
Now that is beautiful! Justpat Feb 2013 #1
It was nice to see them leaving with their tails between their legs. charmay Feb 2013 #2
I proud of my old home town. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #3
When I first read your headline, I thought: Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #4
Spectacular!! CherokeeDem Feb 2013 #5
What were they protesting? zappaman Feb 2013 #6
such lovely folks proud patriot Feb 2013 #24
Way to go, Santa Monica. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #7
Samo High! Richard D Feb 2013 #8
GO SAMO!!! Bigbluebrush Feb 2013 #28
K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #9
That was beautiful! 2naSalit Feb 2013 #10
That High School surrounds hate... DreamGypsy Feb 2013 #11
It's too bad Kansas has to take them back... Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #12
That was great, a complete non-violent shutdown of the Westborough idiots. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #13
I love turning your back to them. jerseyjack Feb 2013 #14
Make no mistake the Westboro Baptist Church rhetoric matches most of the Republican Party. gordianot Feb 2013 #15
Nice Vid! Great crowd, too! n/t Digital Puppy Feb 2013 #16
That was a beautiful thing.. thanks zappaman! Cha Feb 2013 #17
Just wait until they go home to Kansas and find out... JeffHead Feb 2013 #18
Dont reward them bl968 Feb 2013 #19
why did they target Santa Monica High? proud patriot Feb 2013 #20
See post #6 zappaman Feb 2013 #21
thank you my dear proud patriot Feb 2013 #23
I wonder if the Westboro crowd has noticed how the counter-protest crowds Marr Feb 2013 #22
This ROCKS!!! KauaiK Feb 2013 #25
I'm so proud of those kids! Hekate Feb 2013 #26
That's one way to respond to them haters. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #27
Go SaMoHi! kwassa Feb 2013 #29
I'm a pretty tough old broad, but danged if that didn't make me cry! madamesilverspurs Feb 2013 #30
Mocking such people is the least they deserve. Good for those great kids! n/t UtahLib Feb 2013 #31
The sad part is that the anti-protest is exactly what they want. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #32
Wow! That was beautiful! sheshe2 Feb 2013 #33
I am so proud of my alma mater. Go Samohi Vikings! SunSeeker Feb 2013 #34
Excellent! progressoid Feb 2013 #35
WOW, that's fabulous! Az_lefty Feb 2013 #36
Who the hell is funding these people? nt HomeboyHombre Feb 2013 #37
They fund themselves. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #42
Brilliantly done. And so simple and effective. (n/t) SwissTony Feb 2013 #38
Yes to all of it. That is why WBC will be back. Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #43
I showed this around my choir rehearsal TrogL Feb 2013 #39
I'd be delighted to see these kids become our next leaders. nolabear Feb 2013 #40
awesome Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #41

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
4. When I first read your headline, I thought:
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 09:37 PM
Feb 2013

"Oh, that'll go well." And look at all those youngins out there with their signs and gettin' active! <sniff> Makes this old radical proud it does.

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
6. What were they protesting?
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 09:47 PM
Feb 2013

Oh...they were protesting the high school for being "fag infested" and "pervert run."
Lovely people.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
10. That was beautiful!
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:26 PM
Feb 2013

Three cheers to those students!!! Indeed, that IS how they should be greeted wherever they dare to show up. Eventually, they may actually get it... nobody agrees with them and they have proven to be a pariah in our land. Talk about media whores...

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
15. Make no mistake the Westboro Baptist Church rhetoric matches most of the Republican Party.
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:42 PM
Feb 2013

There are a few tactical differences, that is all.

JeffHead

(1,186 posts)
18. Just wait until they go home to Kansas and find out...
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:47 PM
Feb 2013

The Kansas Supreme court ruled in favor of same sex adoption. Their collective heads will explode! HaHaHa!

bl968

(360 posts)
19. Dont reward them
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 11:06 PM
Feb 2013

Don't give them the attention, don't acknowledge their message, treat them as the pariahs they are... Shun them...

shun (shn)
tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns
To avoid deliberately; keep away from.

The clan is a litigation machine all of the principle family members are attorneys and their whole goal is to incite you into infringing their constitutional rights, and the moment you do they sue you. They know exactly how far they are allowed to go and they know how far you can legally go. When you cross that line they win. That's how they finance their trips....

LiberalFighter

(50,943 posts)
27. That's one way to respond to them haters.
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 11:48 PM
Feb 2013

Probably better than what I was thinking before the seeing the video.

My thought was doing the dueling banjo from Deliverance.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
32. The sad part is that the anti-protest is exactly what they want.
Tue Feb 26, 2013, 12:22 AM
Feb 2013

In the sick of minds of WBC that protest against them is the military of Satan and they are out there against them. They want people to protest them, through thing at them (especially at the children), and to get into physical confrontations with what they consider the forces of the Devil.

They will be back to Santa Monica real soon due to this reaction.

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
34. I am so proud of my alma mater. Go Samohi Vikings!
Tue Feb 26, 2013, 01:53 AM
Feb 2013

Samohi has always been a cool high school. Back when I went there, they had Rock Poetry as an English elective (Dylan, the Doors). I imagine with all the math & English proficiency testing nowadays, that must have fallen by the wayside, along with the Surfing class.

Thanks for the post, zappaman.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
42. They fund themselves.
Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:36 PM
Feb 2013

They have really good investments, good law practices, and those that are in security have some jail contracts.

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