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In reply to the discussion: Westboro Baptists protest Moore, OK. Residents rout them and run them off. [View all]xocet
(3,876 posts)42. Remember that when others who do not share your opinion cross a police line to force you out of the
area.
Your position is very short-sighted. That being said, you are totally correct to say that the Phelps Hateful Loon Convention does use hate speech to rile people up. Yes, it feels good to see them have to leave an area, but it is wrong to advance on them and celebrate that kind of approach unless violence is the desired eventual goal.
So, when violence eventually occurs through the adoption of your allowed tactics, what will you say then?
A) That's mighty refreshing: I like seeing the old red krovvy flow and plesk.
B) Maybe, setting up conflicts between crowds is not such a good idea. It could have been me and my group.
C) WTF. Oh well, it doesn't affect me, and most people agree with my opinions.
D) None of the above: ...(fill in your own rhetoric here)....
A) That's mighty refreshing: I like seeing the old red krovvy flow and plesk.
B) Maybe, setting up conflicts between crowds is not such a good idea. It could have been me and my group.
C) WTF. Oh well, it doesn't affect me, and most people agree with my opinions.
D) None of the above: ...(fill in your own rhetoric here)....
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Westboro Baptists protest Moore, OK. Residents rout them and run them off. [View all]
WilliamPitt
Apr 2014
OP
I bet the losers already have a case filed, "state failed to protect our 1st amendment rights"
snooper2
Apr 2014
#2
wonderful when groups of extremist fundies battle each other. it's god's will lol nt
msongs
Apr 2014
#4
If they had been near a grocery store it could have taken years and cost millions of lives. nt
rrneck
Apr 2014
#40
Imagine crowds chanting "USA! USA! USA!" and chasing off antiwar activists. How would that be? n/t
xocet
Apr 2014
#26
You don't have to be sorry. However, you do have to show that what they were doing is illegal.
xocet
Apr 2014
#37
Remember that when others who do not share your opinion cross a police line to force you out of the
xocet
Apr 2014
#42
I get what you're getting at ... however, there's some 'protests' that are so blatantly fucked up
brett_jv
Apr 2014
#60
A nationalist mob threatening to attack peaceful protesters is not a good thing...
Taitertots
Apr 2014
#38
That is a pretty quaint defense of a nationalist mob running people out of town
Taitertots
Apr 2014
#61