Westboro Baptists ‘booking flights’ for Johannesburg to protest Mandela’s funeral

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/07/westboro-baptists-booking-flights-for-johannesburg-to-protest-mandelas-funeral/



The Westboro Baptist Church has a long history of media-soliciting domestic and international hate protests, with pickets targeting the funerals of dead children at Sandy Hook, fallen soldiers and celebrities like Paul Walker drawing outsized attention.

Their next dive into the fray is a triple-gainer by their historical standards, though — a protest of Nelson Mandela’s funeral. In South Africa.

In a series of deliberately-provocative Twitter posts, the church says it is buying plane tickets to South Africa and is hoping to coordinate with South African police while they stage a protest at the funeral, citing Mandela’s divorce and remarriage as evidence of damnation.


Westboro Baptist @WBCSays
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"@Saudi_Gazette: Pres. Zuma: Nelson Mandela's funeral Dec 15."

Set up our picket spot, Mr.President!
#Warn S Africa
9:27 AM - 6 Dec 2013


***if i were a generous soul -- i would wish them luck because i think they would need it to do such a thing.
i am -- however -- not that generous.

[NaturalHigh]

1. I think they're bluffing.

Surely even the Phelps gang isn't that stupid.

[intaglio]

2. Fortunately for them they'll be turned back on arrival

Because if they succeeded then they would probably be "necklaced"

[malaise]

3. Were I the South African government

I'd put them on the terrorist list.

[Heidi]

5. My thought exactly.

Good morning, malaise!

[malaise]

7. Hi there Heidi

[polichick]

13. Why hasn't our gov't put them on the terrorist list, I wonder.

[Decaffeinated]

14. Asshole does not equal terrorist...

Duh...

[polichick]

15. Their whole game is to terrorize - duh.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. They have First Amendment protection

That said, it does NOT extend outside US Borders.

[polichick]

20. They really seem more like terrorists than protesters imo...

Their agenda seems to be all about terrorizing people who are already in mourning.

Anyway maybe someone will arrest them somewhere!

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. But the SCOTUS said otherwise

[polichick]

23. Another group with a questionable agenda.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Regardless, they have been told they have this right

This does not mean we need to make it easy on them, as groups protecting military funerals have proven, repeteadly.

I also know these guys are confirmed cowards. They were run off Comicon and have yet to come back. Yup, one confrontation with geeks and nerds in close order drill formation, and they turn tail. At least 1000 to 10 though, with cops grinning...I think that was the intelligent thing to do.

So while they have that right to do what they do, none of us has to well, surrender. The part of the equation these bullies forget is, I also have that right, and so do my homies. Alas this does not extend to SA, so you will see something interesting. I hope the SA government simply refuses them entry to their country. And if they manage to get in, I suspect people will be even more...muscular in the counter protest than the nerds and geeks at Comicon. Or the people who protect military funerals for that matter. Mandela is a national hero, the father of the nation, you do not muck with that.

There is a reason why you hear about them going these days, but if you have paid attention, the we have gone and done is no longer that common.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Gee, wouldn't it be interesting

if they suddenly discovered that the 1st Amendment doesn't protect them, there?

[Kurovski]

10. I think it would make a swell segment on Travels with Rick Steves.

[LeftofObama]

6. There is no doubt in my mind that they're bluffing,

but I really really really hope they go because I doubt we would have to see them again.

[Swede Atlanta]

30. Agree.......

They are such cowards.

They would quickly learn that the 1st Amendment doesn't protect them in South Africa and, given the outpouring of love and admiration the entire South African nation has shown for Mandela, their safety would in question.

I actually hope they go. I suspect either they would be imprisoned for domestic terrorism or the mob would have their way with them. I am opposed to violence of any kind but this is one time when I wouldn't mind seeing the Westboro folks roughed up a little bit (or maybe more than just a little bit).

They are despicable creatures. As a gay man I believe the senior Phelps is actually a closeted homosexual but cannot stand himself and so he lashes out. I couldn't imagine any man (or woman) wanting to date or be intimate with him.....Yuck!!!!

[Kurovski]

8. Cato the Husky?

Is that what she's calling herself now? She's a liddle pooch? The pressure of knitting Satan's stocking caps has made Shirley unravel.

[Heidi]

9. !!!!!

"The pressure of knitting Satan's stocking caps has made Shirley unravel."

[Kurovski]

16. xchrom fixed the link...but it was fun while it lasted!

[KG]

11. let they ignorant selves find out the hard way speech is not a globally protected right

[spanone]

12. HATE knows no international boundaries...

[Kurovski]

18. That photo of Shirls looks like a crazy quilt.

An old Victorian pattern called: The Haters' Staircase.

If you watch, you can see the tight, dry facial muscles, the manic eyes, the forced, wide grin...You can actually see how impatient she is to witness others suffer in the "afterlife".

Then finally others can suffer more deeply than the suffering her daddy administered on the clan.

[etherealtruth]

19. I will donate $$$ for their flight there

Not that I wish their special brand of hate on anyone ... I simply have faith that SA will be able to deal with a small band of hate driven psychos

[joeybee12]

21. These pieces of shit know how to work the media, they calim they are going to more funerals...

Than they actually do...but just claiming they are going gets them press.

[FarCenter]

24. While they are in South Africa, put them on the "no fly" list.

[Gothmog]

36. I agree

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Do they have valid passports?

[Renew Deal]

27. I don't think any of them will show up

[wercal]

28. Total Bluff....for free publicity....it worked here

At least don't give them the satisfaction of a Google Alert.

Call them the Homophobes from Topeka, WB Jerks, W*e*s*t*b*o*r*o Church...

anything, but don't use their complete name.

BTW, I drove by their place on Saturday. Their sign had some nonsense about Pearl Harbor being God's wrath for f*gs.

BTW, for those who haven't seen it, a group has taken advantage of the Phelps' destruction of property values, and bought a house next door:



This photo shows how close the two are:

[Stargazer09]

33. I want to paint my house like that

Homeowners' association states that I can only use "natural colors" for painting my house. What's more natural than a rainbow?

[wercal]

37. Well you can still paint your car...

[KamaAina]

35. "Fagbug" FTW!

:rofl;

[Drale]

29. Maybe they'll end up in a South African prison

I can't imaging they are very nice.

[Ganja Ninja]

31. Oh please let them go.

Let them in.
Let them wave their stupid signs.

And let the mob give them exactly what they deserve.

[Stargazer09]

32. Can I donate a plane ticket or two?

I really, really want them to go.

But I'm only able to pay for one-way tickets. After all, they may decide to stay a bit longer than planned.

[HappyMe]

34. Oh please, they aren't going anywhere.

They never showed up at anything here that they threatened to protest.

[Rex]

38. How did Satan worshipers ever become so confused as to 'worship' God?

Satan just bored one day? Slow day at the office I guess. Probably took one look at these sad creatures and said, 'no no...you want GOD...I uh have some errands to run.'