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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:51 AM Original message |
Fred Phelps-0 Mississippi-1 |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. a community coming together and using their brains to protect one of their own |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nice! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sweet! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Edit--replied to wrong post. nt |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. I gotta say, if there is a lawsuit, it should be televised. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Of course, if this was done to anti-war protestors we would see it differently... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Well DUH |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. this is the same type of thing that was done to civil rights activists... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. The courts didn't fucking protect them in the south for generations. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. ...I also find the claim that a Phelps was "beaten" to be questionable |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Yes we would and that would be correct. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Yes, and Garfield would eat their lasagna and piss their pillows. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. While I don't defend what the westboro halfwits believe... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Please |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Freedom of speech... |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Well...you seem to be wanting to limit the citizens of Brandon. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. +10 |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Well said, af! Thank you. nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. they are also allowed freedom of assembly via the constitution. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I know the Phelps family hasn't evolved very much.. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. And what about the Constitutional rights of the ... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. The GLBT Americans have every right to protest just like |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I am so glad that your world has perfect black or white ... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. wow. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. Tell ya what... when your significant other dies and the phelps hatemongers show up to the funeral.. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. again, I don't support them. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Again. They have no protection under the constitution from ME or anyone conteracting their speech. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. did you even read any of my posts? |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. So freedom of speech only applies if YOU like the speech? Wow! n-t |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. No one stopped them from speaking, they can walk or speak in the hotel parking lot. But they can |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. It gives me chuckles to no end when someone asserts that "Freedom of Speech" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. It cracks me up to no end when people don't understand what is actually going on... |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. It cracks me up you do not realize they were not saying illegal? You just don't like it. n-t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. False equivalency. Do anti-war protestors harrass people at funerals? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Most of their protest take place at least 100 yards from any funeral. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
67. They don't have the absolute right to police protection at their little hatefests.... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Exactly right. Freedom of Speech for all. :) |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. the only thing they "believe in" is suing people for $$$! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. While all that may be true... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. It troubles me that if perhaps the Phelps Klan had made the same |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. The average citizen... |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. My cousins!!! |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good for Mississippi |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. We're not really going to celebrate mob-rule tactics to circumvent free speech, are we? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If we restrict freedom of speech, we'll never know who the assholes are. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. They did it in Madison to Sassy crackpot sarah P. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
69. So not the same thing |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. .You just about got me there, NeedleCast.. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I agree that there should be fines |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I don't know how knee-jerk it is. This has been going on for many years now. |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not sure we should be celebrating this. Could work against us someday! n-t |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Oh honey. The American people are "worked against" every fucking day |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. So next time you want to protest Walker maybe the police will detain you. n-t |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Maybe they will, but it won't be because I can't get to my car, as in the Phelps case. |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Right on. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. Human error. Parking ticket and fine. Case dismissed. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. I agree that we must all protect the right of free speech for everyone |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Y'all come back, now, y'hear? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Bless their hearts. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Bingo! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Awesome. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sounds like fantasy. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Doesn't pass the smell test. |
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Terra Alta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bravo to the good folks of Brandon, Mississippi! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. Helpful hint--KS plates have the county indicated and Westboro is located in "SD"(Sedgwick). |
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Julesr (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
79. Not in Sedgwick |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
51. We just had a soldier from our town pass away |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I hope that's just swagger. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I'd bet it would be swagger. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. That's a good question. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I just read my local paper |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. Not gonna lie. I enjoy the thought of WBC members getting their asses beat. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
65. They studied under Bush I take it. Sounds like free speech zones all over again |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Completely agree... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. "Free speech zones" were created to keep abortion protesters away from the door. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
73. awesome |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. 26, 000 views? 100 views an hour? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
77. If god wanted them to protest he would have miracled the cars aways. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
78. An interesting addition in the comments section. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
80. It looks like it's visitors from the tweetisphere, or whatever it's called... |
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