Stephanie Zvan at Almost Diamonds came up with an excellent t-shirt idea: an image of a peach, half-frozen in a block of ice, with the slogan “Freeze Peach! Not sure what it is, but it’s mine.” This is in reference to the continual shouting of “free speech” in order to […]
Read MoreNow that’s how you counter-protest
Confused? Here’s the context.
Read MoreHow not to counter-protest
Gawker reports that the Westboro Baptist Church were met in Mississippi by some people who decided to try and out-douchebag them. And succeeded: The feel-good blog item of the day is the story of when the small town of Brandon, Mississippi successfully foiled Westboro Baptist Church’s plan to protest a […]
Read MorePalin clarifies– that she still doesn’t understand freedom of speech
From The Daily Caller: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin clarified remarks posted on Twitter this week in response to a Supreme Court ruling in favor of a church that demonstrates at military funerals, saying she was making a point about a double standard on free speech, not that the group […]
Read MoreMemo to Sarah Palin…
Umm, both your and Westboro’s wacko pronouncements in the public square (such as, for example, this very tweet) invoke God’s name on a regular basis. They got sued for it; you didn’t. It appears their liberty to be religious in public is more in danger than yours is. First Amendment […]
Read MoreSCOTUS rules in favor of Westboro on funeral protests
The Supreme Court ruling on Snyder v. Phelps was issued this morning– 8-1 in favor of Phelps, saying that the First Amendment protected the WBC’s right to protest the military funeral. I couldn’t have imagined it going any other way, but there was still a niggling worry that it might. […]
Read MoreSo, the Anonymous thing was apparently a hoax.
*Blush* Guess I can stop defending the free speech rights of scoundrels. Well, at least these scoundrels. For now.
Read MoreAnonymous threatens Westboro Baptist
“Aggressive proponents of free speech,” my arse. I would wonder how it’s possible for them to claim that label while simultaneously threatening to shut down a group’s website due to ideological differences with a straight face, but they’re Anonymous– there’s no face to see. Note: this response is not […]
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Westboro Baptist Church to Protest at Elizabeth Edwards’ Funeral As Elizabeth Edwards’ family makes the final preparations for her funeral, members of a controversial church known for picketing at the memorials of fallen soldiers, says they will protest outside her funeral. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church are planning to […]
Read MoreDisabled vet stalks WBC members, invites heckler’s veto
A disabled Afghanistan veteran was arrested today in my hometown of Wichita Kansas on charges of stalking members of the Westboro Baptist Church: Prosecutors charged [Ryan] Newell, 26, with five misdemeanors Thursday, including stalking and three counts of criminal use of a firearm in an incident involving the Phelps family […]
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