Westboro to protest at Liz Taylor's funeral

[Beaverhausen]

those fuckers - if I can swing it I will counterprotest.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-funeral-westboro-baptist-church-protest-picket-margie-phelps/

[thanks_imjustlurking]

1. Horrible excuses for human beings. nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. OMG...I HOPE Thousand show up to counter protest.

Fucking pigs. :grr:

[66 dmhlt]

22. You Did Yourself Proud - On Screen & Off. So, God Speed, Liz ...

[xchrom]

3. Of course. Nt

[DemoTex]

17. Exactly what I thought when I heard she died.

Of course. Westboro Baptist. My guess is that Liz knew that too, given her AIDS activism.

[howaboutme]

4. Westboro thrives on this attention

but frankly I know many average Americans who deserve just as much if not more recognition and attention from the public as Elizabeth Taylor. I'm not a fan of Hollywood. They are paid very well for doing very little, which is more than I can say for average hardworking Americans. I'm just not enamored with celebrity anymore. Sorry for those who are --- am I forgiven?

[Diamonique]

6. What do your feelings about celebs have to do with the Westboro idiots?

I don't get the point.

[Raine]

7. Huh? What does one have to do with the other?

There was a local young man killed in Afganistan and they came out here and prostested his funeral, he wasn't a celebrity. It's just wrong no matter who you are to have your funeral protested my these people.

[howaboutme]

12. I oppose Westboro Baptist totally

but I'm not more opposed to them because of ET. I'm more opposed because they went after average Americans. They are media hounds that deserve no attention whatsoever. That is what they thrive on.

[Raine]

13. I get you! Those people make me sick

when they were here I joined some others and we gave them quite the "welcome", haha! :evilgrin:

[Diamonique]

18. No one here has claimed to be more opposed because of her celebrity.

The OP simply stated that the Westboro church would be protesting at her funeral. The same type of statements have been posted here about other funerals (non-celebrity... usually military) where those idiots come out and protest. Usually military funerals.

There was nothing in the OP post that made Ms. Taylor's celebrity status relevant to the issue. You are the only one who brought it into the conversation.

Many celebrities have died without these assholes protesting at their funerals. They aren't going there because she's a celebrity. They're going there because of all the work she has done for AIDS.

I'm sorry.. I just don't get it. No it's not un-American to be unimpressed by celebrities. To each his/her own. But this post really had nothing to do with her celebrity status at all until you brought it into the discussion. I guess you just wanted us to know that you aren't star-struck. OK.. now we know.

[eleny]

10. Taylor used her celebrity to change the face of the Aids epidemic

She stood by her friends and helped to change the public's false perceptions of Aids and its victims.

Without her efforts, I believe that we wouldn't be so far in finding a cure.

Shame on you for your willful ignorance where she's concerned.

[howaboutme]

15. I know most Americans are more than awestruck

with celebrities, and their opinions and their sometimes efforts to bend society for the better. I'm just not one of these awestruck people. Sorry if I don't meet expectations of expected beholden-hood....I'm cynical. I've never paid attention to or been enamored with movie stars or famous people. Is that un-American behavior? Too much is all about money. We saw the promoters turn Michael Jackson into a new profit center upon his death.

RIP ET. I've enjoyed your movies.

[in_cog_ni_to]

23. This really isn't about her awestruck fans. It's about her years and years of work for Aids.

That lady is one who GAVE. She's a known philanthropist. When she gave her name to a cause, she WORKED for the causes too. She didn't just give lip-service to them. This is about the Westboro fucked up Homophobes who are going to protest her FUNERAL because she helped GAY PEOPLE. That's totally fucked up and I dearly hope they meet their match on this one.

[bettyellen]

33. wow, you know some vapid people. must suck. people i know remember Liz because she changed the way

America thought about and reacted to the Aids epidemic. And that;s a fuck load more you and the starstruck idiots you know will ever come close to accomplishing.

[Kucinich Feingold]

5. Fuck the Westboro church

Fred Philips is a reason why I left religion along with James Dobson and Pat Robinson. :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: May Elizabeth rest in peace.

[Stevenmarc]

8. When Judy died we had Stonewall, not a smart move on Westboros part

[tabasco]

9. These people deserve to have their asses kicked.

Scum of the Earth.

[blogslut]

11. This time

They've bit off more than they can chew.

[RebelOne]

14. You are right. Can't wait to see all the other

celebrities at the funeral that will counter-protest these idiots.

[tammywammy]

28. I doubt any celebrity counter protests. n/t

[CatWoman]

42. me too

but I don't doubt that the Westboroers will get their asses kicked :)

[tammywammy]

45. I doubt that will happen as well

Honestly, Westboro is repugnant, but they have the right to free speech. And anyone that gets into a physical confrontation with them will be hit with a lawsuit and will loose. That's what Westboro does. THey need the attention, the best thing to do is to just ignore them.

[Poll_Blind]

19. Yes indeed! Yes indeed...

PB

[Kadie]

26. I agree.

:thumbsup:

[spanone]

16. it only proves how successful her aids campaign was....fuggem

[guitar man]

20. This could well be their Waterloo

:evilgrin: :evilgrin::evilgrin: :spray: :rofl:

[Keith Bee]

21. Another closeted pastor and his low-IQ "flock"

Freddy, when are you gonna admit to yourself that you're gay?

[and-justice-for-all]

24. The best thing to do about WBC, ignore them...nt

[Toucano]

25. Thank you!

They have no power and no influence other than what society grants them.

The best response is no response: a complete news blackout.

A good, old-fashioned shunning is clearly in order.

[Shagbark Hickory]

29. Really, that's the best thing you can think of to do?

I think they are in need of a platter full of knuckle sandwiches.

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Yeah, it is, they are attention whores

but if you want to knock their teeth out....

[tammywammy]

27. Of course they are, that's what they do.

They need the attention. The best defense is to just ignore them.

[Shagbark Hickory]

30. How is it that innocent people get shot in drivebys all the time but these pricks go into a

crowded public space, after putting out a press release in advance that they will be there, offend absolutely everyone with disgracefulness and not so much as a BB? Not even a pie in the face or a piss-filled water balloon.

[bettyellen]

31. because they are all lawyers and they want you to so they can sue your balls off

that's how they make their money.

[Shagbark Hickory]

35. How are they going to sue if they're dead?

[bettyellen]

38. a BB gun massacre of all of them? or poison pies in the face, LOL.

I'm sure they left one home to file suit over it.

[Shagbark Hickory]

39. You're saying nobody's willing to get sued to take these people out? How do the gang members do it?

Are they not afraid to get sued when they do a drive by?

[Motown_Johnny]

32. now THIS is going to make some enemies

They don't usually protest rich people's funerals


I hope there are hired "security guards" to keep these people as far away from the funeral as the law will allow.

[Zanzoobar]

36. Let's say you and 5000 others protest them...

Maybe even a few celebrities and a few politicians.

Who wins?

[Beaverhausen]

37. If they are surrounded and not allowed to spew their hate at the funeral of a wonderful person

then we win. This goes for any funeral they try to disrupt.

[Patiod]

40. It's a badge of honor to have this law firm protest at your funeral!

Will remind people of all the good things she did in her life

This law firm (I refuse to dignify their construct that they're a "church") doesn't protest at the funerals of drug kingpins, gangbangers, or rapists - usually at the funerals of those killed in the service, or folks like Taylor.

[Travelman]

41. Good grief.

I wonder who they're trying to extort this time.

[jpljr77]

43. DU poster falls for their trick; gives them even more publicity

Seriously, people. Westboro Baptist (and PETA's "naked ladies") will continue as long as people give a shit. So stop giving a shit.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. Could somebody just start ignoring those vicious publicity hounds?

Phelps announces that he's going to picket somebody's funeral, and the media are all over him.

He lives for publicity. He's well known only because the media keep covering him.