Freedom of speech?

[Tsukiko]

I dunno but doing that crap outside a funeral count as fighting words? I mean that stuff sounds like it would provoke a law abiding sane person to violence. I do remember that Fighting Words are not protected under constitution.

anyways it's disgusting and I hope Shiva comes and kicks their asses and sends them back to the lord for their eternal bath in the lake of fire.

[Mathias]

I think it's people like this that really test the strength of the Constitution. I love the quote, "Freedom of Speech protects the speech that we hate more than it protects the speech that we like."

As much as I hate them and want to take a blunt object to their faces... I know Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. would roll over in their graves. These people are really just more annoying than anything. Even entertaining, really. They pale in comparison to actual Neo-Nazis and violent hate mongers. Sticks and stones, right?

[Kially Gaith]

I swear, if they were in England, they would NOT DARE do this. We have awesome minded homicidal maniacs. ^_^

It's a pathetic shame to see people like this so brainwashed that they go out of their way to HURT others.

I thought a Christian rule was to 'love thy neighbour'.

[Tainted Bushido]

I swear, if they were in England, they would NOT DARE do this. We have awesome minded homicidal maniacs. ^_^

It's a pathetic shame to see people like this so brainwashed that they go out of their way to HURT others.

I thought a Christian rule was to 'love thy neighbour'.

Easy to forget when you want to hate.

[Séreméla]

I kinda wish they would come to my area....give me a chance to see what FMJ ammo and my new scope can really do from my old russian SKS....teeheee I heart my scouting rifle.....

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I mean...violence is wrong....yeah...unless you shoot them in the face...then theres no violence, just murder....violence would be them coming after me and trying to fight me...that would be fun too...lol....I'm a sick demented little girl

[Apodidae]

I dunno but doing that crap outside a funeral count as fighting words? I mean that stuff sounds like it would provoke a law abiding sane person to violence. I do remember that Fighting Words are not protected under constitution.

anyways it's disgusting and I hope Shiva comes and kicks their asses and sends them back to the lord for their eternal bath in the lake of fire.

That's true. It seems like classifying their type of speech as "fighting words" is pretty straightforward. I wonder if it being a religious thing has any bearing on the law though.

[Mathias]

It doesn't classify as fighting words, as far as I know. It's not their honest and explicit intention to incite any sort of violence. They really are just racist, homophobic, hate-filled idiots and they are expressing their distorted religious belief that God truly hates everybody except for them. It classifies as hate speech, but there's still not a lot that can be done about it.

[Tristam]

My personal favorite counter protest involved taking pledges that for every minute the Westboro people protested, a dollar would be donated to a local gay advocacy group. They cut it short.

[Apodidae]

I don't think fighting words necessarily have to be intentional, but I'm not sure really. Anyway, I don't think this guy's "church" has been found guilty of it, though he has been convicted of things like invasion of privacy and "intentional infliction of emotional distress," which sounds somewhat similar. Other laws have been passed in some states concerning protesting at or near funerals. They're a bunch of dicks, and I hope they're idiocy burns out in my lifetime. I'm not holding my breath though.

[Lacchi]

Wow, I'm confused by all of this and am feeling a little sheltered at the moment. I can't remember ever earing of any of this... Ever! Of course, I might have simply gotten bored and stopped listening, I do that sometimes... But still... Now, would someone explain to me who these people are and what you are talking about? Please? Also, I'm not good with religions, but don't catholics have priests, and isn't there a shirt in that crowd somewhere that says 'Priests rape boys.com'? See, this is why I'm confused... And what's Fighting words?