Westboro Protesters Have Tires Slashed During Weekend Face-Off
- Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:35am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A Westboro Baptist protester is seen standing on an American flag during a weekend funeral picketing.
The infamous Westboro Baptist church from Topeka, KS, which protests military funerals with signs of “God hates America,” faced a bit of irony over the weekend after clashing with about 1,000 counter protesters in McAlester, Oklahoma.
“Shortly after finishing their protest at the funeral of Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey of McAlester, a half-dozen protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., headed to their minivan,” Tulsa World reports, “only to discover that its front and rear passenger-side tires had been slashed.”
Counter protesters were enraged when one of the Westboro picketers was seen standing on an American flag:
But as if the slashing wasn’t bad enough, to add insult to injury the group drove around unable to find anyone in town who would repair their vehicle, according to police.
“The minivan finally pulled over several blocks away in a shopping center parking lot, where AAA was called,” Tulsa World writes. “A flatbed service truck arrived and loaded up the minivan. Assistant Police Chief Darrell Miller said the minivan was taken to Wal-Mart for repairs.”
It was unclear if the repair shops in town weren’t open, refused to service the vehicle, or the group could not find any in the immediate area.
Tulsa World also reports that nearly 1,000 counter protesters showed up to thwart Westboro’s picketing. They reportedly chanted “USA, USA” while a few motorcyclists revved up their engines to muffle the protests.
Video of the event shows the crowd erupting in deafening cheers when the Westboro protesters pull away from the funeral in the disabled vehicle:
Counter protesters took a similar stand in Missouri last weekend. No tire slashings were reported then.
(H/T: HAP)
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Comments (202)
bookofwisdom
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:12amI cannot imagine the grieving parents having to listen to this while mourning their child. How can people be so heartless in the name of religion. I was raised a Baptist and later converted to Catholic, there is no way either of my religions taught people to act this way. Do you think Soros may have had something to do with this too? Just a thought. May God Bless.
Report Post »charliego
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:12amALBEIT, they are a disgusting group of people, this should be a NO-NO. People, do not lower yourself to their pathetic and ungodly behavior. Weston, MO is the right approach, even though this group of patriots efforted to have the same results; violent response to Westboro makes Westboro stronger—Do you think this activity of tire slashing will not strengthen their motives? BLOCK them out—yes! DO NOT let them win this war—-they do have a right to protest–as disgusting as this is. They are lowlifes-RISE ABOVE, DON’T RISE AGAINST WITH VIOLENCE—BE SMART!!!!! just sayin’
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:23pmAgreed. Violence and vandalism of any type will drag US down to their level, and only further justify their deeds in their own limited, hide bound tunnel vision of the world.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:12pmAmen
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 9:24amI can understand you folks sentiment about how to remain calm and show proper behavior when dealing with these miscreants. However…There comes a time when ones sanity break down, and the only thing left is to get their attention is a swift kick in the ass. Nothing does the job better and get their attention more than a swift kick in the ass.
And there’s few groups out there in this country that deserve it more than the Westboro Cult. They call themselves a “Church” but the bottom line is, they engage in hateful rhetoric. Calling them a “church”, would be like calling a pair of flip flops dress shoes.
Report Post »Wire Paladin
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:08amShould have cut some brake lines too! I would whole heartedly support these people if they picked Congress, the White House, or even the Pentagon which are the institutions supporting the open service of queers in the military. Protesting the funerals of fallen heroes is sick and not within the ambit of free speech as understood by The Founding Fathers.
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:21pmPicture this:
……..tires slashed, zero brake fluid, and the creeps are stranded. Then we literally surround them, while reading IN THEIR FACES from a script of……..scriptures!
Jesus answered Satan with appropriate scriptures and we should do the same, never allowing them a moment to “defend” their evil works with arguments.
fight fire with fire.
It would work….
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:22pmWhat is wrong with you man? This kind of talk is what fuels the Left. Grow up!
Report Post »bobtech
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:51pmA potato jammed up the tailpipe works well too,with the side benefit that the vehicle won’t move at all,leaving them REALLY stranded,and walking.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:07amProverbs 6:16-19 (King James Version)
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:06amGod Bless these PATRIOTS who honor our fallen. These westboro freaks cannot be ignorant about their future. They will ROT IN HELL.
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:03amThe problem with revving the motorcycles is that too disturbs the funeral/memorial service. Where I am we (The Patriot Guard Riders) just simply line up in front of the Westboro protesters with large flags and drown them out by reciting the Pledge of Alligiance or singing the National Anthem! This is less disruptive to the family and service and is effective as the protesters usually just leave after 5-10 minutes.
Report Post »WireWizard
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:29pmI like this approach, just so long as I have time to sneak around to the van…
I call this act Civil Disobedience.
Where is John Galt?
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:51pmI‘m sure most if not all of you had mama’s that told you that old adage that two wrongs don’t make a right. When you get even with someone, that is what you are-even. No better than them. Best thing to do is what the people did at last one and just blocked them from parking nearby. You are right on-drown them out with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:39pmDiamondback, thank you for going to help the families of our slain heros. I wish I could do more to help you than just offer moral support.
Report Post »Wodiej, my momma taught me that if a good person stands by and lets evil take its course and does nothing, that person is an acomplice to the evil. It was all I could do to sit and watch those demons try to inflict even more pain on the grieving family who had lost thier child. Tire slashing is the least that these morally corrupt a-holes deserved.
Smoovious
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:09pm@wodiej
however, not all wrongs are equal, so even tho you have two wrongs, you may still end up being closer to right than they are…
Report Post »publiuswarmac9999
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:03amI don’t favor this tire slashing at all. If you look at presidential elections over the recent past, you find Democrats doing that and worse. No decent people like what the Westboro idiots are going, but if we are going to believe in Glenn Beck’s non-violent approach to the radicals, then we have to start practicing to be non-violent. ( Oh, by the way, non-violent doesn’t mean just letting someone physically abuse you. It simply means not returning evil with evil.)
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:51amI respect what you’re saying.
However… An encroachment such as what these sub-humans do at our troops’ funerals is beyond the pale. They’re crossing a very big line, and they need to understand that there are risks to doing so. And while the 1st Amendment may protect them from the government, it doesn’t protect them from an angry crowd, even if they hold up a copy of the Constitution.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:12pmAgreed. The Constitution is designed to keep the Federal Government from controlling our lives although one would never guess that taking into account the mincing and prancing in the halls of Congress these days.
Waving the document at an angry crowd will not ward them off. The douche bags would have been hanging from trees if this were the 18th Century. But we live in “enlightened” times…such as it were being a Progressive Enlightenment.
Report Post »TMACK
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:52pmI don’t condone violence either, but who is going to argue WBC didn’t deserve this? Not me…and it seriously made me snicker!
I would sincerely hope that people of ALL political parties were standing in the way of WBC…why does one assume that a Democrat isn’t as outraged as a Republican?
Report Post »proangler
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:02amThis story highlights an important First Amendment point… you may have a right to free speech… but you don’t have a right to be heard…
Report Post »eddvoss
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:59amGod Bless the Patriot Guard. The answer to WBC is more speech not shutting down their sppech.
Report Post »smitty805
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:58amMighty Max – Agreed! Tire slashing isn’t violence…
Report Post »it was probably just some darn, mischievous little kids…. heh, heh….
countryboy42
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:57amIf they try this in Colorado, a box of roofing nails might just “happen” to fall off my truck in front of their van.
Report Post »charliego
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:25am@countryboy42
Report Post »Well, now that’s an idea! oops, so sorry; fair warning there is a convoy of cement trucks ahead. I have heard they tend to malfunction—-waiting for the company to repair, once they figure out how they are going to pay for Obamacare.
untameable-kate
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:50pmCountryboy, if you get a heads up that WBC is coming to Co post it here and I’ll drive up with a bunch of hard hitting patriots from Arizona. In fact we should all post if we hear about these scumbags coming to our towns. I think everyone of us would be willing to drive at least a state away to help these families of fallen soldiers by counter protesting against the WBC.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:59pm@Untamable-Kate
No vehicle here for my transport, but will more than be willing to help out with money for gas to those who are going. Let these dingbat fake-christians see what AZ anger is really about.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:57pmSnow, I’ll pick you up.
Report Post »Iamfedup
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 4:44pmHow can we find out where their next protest (and I use that term loosely) will be? I would love to be there to take ‘em on and help the good people of the towns they invade.
Report Post »countryboy42
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:00pmIAMFEDUP- Good question. I was just thinking the same thing. Anybody know if they advertise where they are going? Any moles out there?
Report Post »JGP
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:02pmhttp://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html
This is the pickett schedule for those dumbasses.
Report Post »marksman234
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:25pmget a malfunctioning septic tank truck that happens to break open as they try to enter….. ooops
Report Post »countryboy42
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:10amJGP- Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out and see if I can find anything coming to Colorado.
Report Post »countryboy42
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:18amUpdate: tried several times to access the church’s web site, with no luck. I don’t know if it is down, or just my POS computer.
Report Post »socialists!-can-you-hear-us-now
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:55am……………………………….this just coming in,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Keith Olderman is NOW the driver for Westboro Baptist Satanic Church,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The god is a little “g” and the god of hate,,,,,,,,,, Olderman admits to donating to their “ministry”, and donating the white sheets and hoods,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, MsNbC says this is a family “ministry”,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and is what happens when ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,people go to family reunions to meet women,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Olderman says it is good to finally be among people who “understand” his heart………………..stay tuned for updates
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:55amDisrespect my flag and all rules are off. Bill Ayers stands on the flag on the back cover of his book. So steal his damn book and burn it.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:27pmHow about putting his book in the crime section of bookstores.
Report Post »Bullcop34
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:55amThese goofballs attempted to come to Louisiana, Minden to be exact. Notice I say attempted….they never showed up. Rumor had it that there forward observation team thought it might not be such a good idea to protest at a small town, that deep in the south. See, people down here just won’t put up with stupid, and they know we won’t either.
Report Post »sawman
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:51pmSame thing here in Parkersburg, WV. Scared of our small town hillbilly patriots.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:52amOf course, it is possible that the lunitics slashed their own tires for the publicity. Would you believe anything this group says? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »kujhawx
Posted on November 17, 2010 at 11:06pmastute…
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:48am‘Bout time someone figured out how to make their misdeeds costly.
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:26amPhelps will be watching/taping next time so this same tactic won’t work again. Be sly, be creative…something tells me the police won’t be all that motivated to give them the benefit of the doubt.
On a totally unrelated note, hey, does anybody like paintballing?…
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:47amThis mayor is right, the hardest thing to do is the right thing to do, turn our backs on a bunch $#!+ heads stepping on the American Flag. God bless the families who have gone through this, may they find the peace of his ever lasting love.
Report Post »Kinnison
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:12amSlashing the tires was wrong. These idiots are their own worst enemies. I feel the pain of the bereaved families who have to put up with their filthy signs and their shouted protests as the families bury their sons lost defending such delusional, hate-filled dirt-bags. But they crossed the line trampling an American flag. I am retired military and have buried way too many friends under that flag, and if I had been present, despite the police presence, that flag would not have stayed on the ground. Arrest me, fine, no problem. I will always defend Old Glory, since my ghosts no longer can.
Report Post »mightymax
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:47am@ John 7:18
Is slashing tires really violence??
I would not have thought so….
Report Post »It is a crime for destroying private property, but I don’t think you can call it violence
john seven eighteen
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:06amIt is splitting hairs, yes, but I just meant that all of us would like to do something a lot more violent to them than slashing their tires, but that would only garner more attention for them. We need to do what the citizens of McAlister did and block them from the view of the family and overpower their voices with songs and support for the faily of the fallen. That speaks much louder than using viloence, which so far has not really been used against the Westboro clan, but I hope it never does. Something like slashing their tires could just be the beginning. Having said that, I wouldn’t want the tire slashers prosecuted for that either. I know, that could open up a whole new can of worms, but like I said, I have no sympathy for the Westboro idiots.
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:27pmVIOLence means to VIOLate, so it was indeed violent. and though it was illegal, and therefore, wrong, it pales in comparison to the sickening violence the WBC has been has been inflicting on our fallen heroes for years now. I hope they get violated more. A lot more.
Report Post »PapaJohannesPatriot
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:46amThe poor Westboro cult couldn’t get anyone to take care of their van problems. Too bad.
Report Post »ed0315
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:46amThis is the only thing that will work with this band of misfits. Some type of violence. They deserve it. If they were ever even 1500 feet close to a funeral in my home town I for one would be having a head bashing party.
neverending
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:19amI agree — this is the only way to deal with these “living things”
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 7:39pmNo, please, no violence. They are civil rights lawyers. That would be playing directly into their hands. That’s what they want. They’ve gotten the media attention, they’ve humiliated families in their grief, and now all they need is one good swing from someone and all hell will break loose. They are doing things like the protests and standing on the flag to upset and agitate people. They want attention. They are not proving anything other than their own hatred of gays and the U.S.A. Leave the violence to them. Don’t worry, one day they will make a mistake and cross the line.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:16amTAQ is right. It would not surprise me to find they are being funded by one of Soros organizations. They need to create chaos so the Gov’t has an excuse to intervene. You must look beyond the surface. Some one needs to identify and verify every person that belongs to this church that does the protests. Some one is paying their expenses. If it is a cult then say so.
Report Post »mightymax
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:46amLOL
Report Post »That is great.
mightymax
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:45amAdd your comments
Report Post »GardenoftheGods
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:59amSupport the Patriot Guard Riders..you don’t have to ride to join! They go to every funeral and need funds! Thanks Patriot Guard!!!!
Report Post »Annette
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:38pmgarden of the gods
Report Post »is your name related to the park in IL? I used to love backpacking that park? Just wondering
Sam I am
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:54pmReal Americans fighting back! It’s about time.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:45amI never condone violence to counter idiots like this, but I feel absolutely no pity for the morons from Westboro!! You reap what you sow, and I think they should count their lucky stars that that’s ALL that happened to them. God love the citizens of McAlister who stood up to them.
Report Post »5
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:04amI‘m from Missouri and it really is ’The Show Me State’ In St. Louis if one of the teams win big, the party after is all fun. No cars burning or window breaking. If someone does others ‘Black and White men’ hold them for the cops. It’s really unbelievable.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:16am@5
That’s awesome! That’s how it should be, even though sometimes all we want to do is pound some idiot’s face in, we need to turn the other cheek. I haven‘t always done that but it’s the thought that counts, right?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:12pm@5
Wonderful to hear that, especially in this age of “everyone wins, no one loses” junk.
Report Post »Steve Smith
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:25pmWhat I don‘t understand is why that really large group of people didn’t rush them and take care of business. I mean, if they got the crap beat out of them everytime they showed up somewhere do you think they’d do it again? If a riot broke out everytime they protested somewhere do you think folks would issue them permits to do so? I’ve had enough of this complacent PC crap. It’s kinds like when we all were back in school: You talk crap about my mom or my girl and I give you a black eye. The best way to stop a bully is to punch him hard dead square in the nose. Same difference…
Report Post »Annette
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:16pmhate to say this….YEEEAAAA! Not very christianly to say that but this put a smile on my face and I hope every town they decide to go to from here on out…makes them pay maybe it will make them stop tires are expensive.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:40pm@Steve Smith
“You talk crap about my mom or my girl and I give you a black eye.”
You answered your own question. If they were protesting at the funeral of a member of my family I would take matters into my own hands, literally, but I would do that knowing I would have to suffer the consequences. But to do something to them when your family is not involved will not garner much sympathy to you, and would strengthen their cause. Believe me, if any of the family members ever act out against these idiots at Westboro I will back them 100 percent. But they are the only ones who have that right, IMHO.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 7:15pmTo Steve Smith,
No matter how “deserving” or how “tempting” the idea of using a firearm against these fools is, don’t go there. It would only make their cause stronger. Right now, we hold the moral high ground of respect for country and those who serve. We need to keep that. Their hatred driven agenda that they believe is moral is reprehensible simply because of the tactics they use.
I think it was extremely foolish of them to stand on a U.S. flag, especially in front of so many veterans, but they probably did it to provoke the crowd into violence and everyone needs to be aware of that.
Sadly, I must admit that I really, really, really like the idea of the sugar in the gas tank that someone suggested, or even a potato in the exhaust pipe. My sin nature coming through loud and clear.
But let’s hold on to the high ground here and not give them what they want.
Report Post »Steve Smith
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:36pmI guess this is just the world we live in now‘a’days. Have we really become such pacifists? Like I said, the only way to put a bully in their place is to give ‘em a bloody nose. I’ll bet anyone here any amount of money that if the next 5 times these folks go out to protest they get the utter living crap beat out of them, they’ll think twice about doing it the 6th time.
I mean, really, seriously? Is this what we’ve been reduced to? We just going to stand by and do nothing while these cowardly people belittle our fallen heros and trample our flag? All in the name of “freedom of speech”? How about the freedom of a reply? How about standing up for what is right, even if it means doing what is “wrong”. I say take baseball bats to ‘em…
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:55am@ Steve Smith
Violence is not the anwser no matter what. If you do then you become worse than them. Scorn, verbal “disagreement”, drowning out their speach with chants and turning your backs on them is the best way. I pray to God that this continues and becomes the norm with these people. They will give up because they cannot achive their goals. I do agree with making them pay out of their pockets. I have no problem with the tires being slashed or having to pay for repairs. I think communities and individuals should refuse to repair their van show them that we will not harm them nor assist them in their protests. We should tell them they are dispicable show them that we do care about fallen in action. If we can make them coming to these protests not worth their while then they will stop. I would like to see no videos of their protests and just the counter protests. Don’t give them the satisfation of knowing that they were on tv, internet, and the such. Lets unite against them and show the rest of America that we are united against these people. Let us as a nation scorn them and trun our back against them and drown out thier hate with our joy of country and appreciation of the fallen and all they gave for our freedom. Lets make these counter protests not counter protests but celebrations of our freedom here in the United States of America and block and drown out these people of hate.
www,josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »5
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:44amIf they show up where I am they will have more than flat tires and black eyes.
Report Post »RKade
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:02pmI hear you there. The best is to make THEM look the fool!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 1:25amI hear you too # 5 GOD Bless our TROOPS .
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:49amAt what point do we yell out TREASON for this crap? Anyone that thinks God is happen when people are happy about death is far removed from Christianity. I highly doubt the soldiers enjoy killing, but they do it as a duty to their country to preserve the freedoms and liberties that have been bestowed upon all of us by our Creator.
It seems slanderous to use your right to freedom of assembly and expression to stab the very people that are protecting that right in the back. Have these people lost all sense of morality?
Report Post »Knightofhopex
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:44am“ God Hates Tire Slashers ” …? Can’t wait to see this picket. I guess they’ll stick closer to their vehicles when they protest from now on. :D
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:01amThey should be shown warm welcomes where ever they show up
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:10amYea, hot lead.
Mike in Columbus
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:28amOr a friend of the deceased with one that reads “ GOD loves flat tires on vehicle from Westboro Baptist Church” OR “You step on my flag, I slash your tires. OK?!” ((Quid pro blow-out))
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:29amMakes me want to “Stump Break” a mule with the members of that church……..
CultureWarriors
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:02pmLMAO – It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people. Fred Phelps, the leader of WBC, is a civil rights attorney, life long Democrat and staunch Al Gore supporter. Go figure. Funny I’ve never heard Nancy Pelosi comment about her fellow Democrat. I wonder why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1CKYjz9Fj0
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:05pmGod bless the tire slashers, Patriot Guard Riders and counter protesters. Wish I could have been there. Probably best that I wasn’t though, I have a wicked short fuse about some stuff, like EVERYTHING the west borough baptist church stands for.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:11pmVandalizing property in this way is not going to help anything. What should have been done instead is for the van to have been towed away and fees imposed on the return of it unto the point of breaking them into bankruptcy.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Caniac Steve
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:15pmAll i can say is that there are times when free speech comes with a high price from time to time…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:40pmWhile I usually don’t condone illegal activities … God Bless The Tire Slashers … it is about time these “people” got a taste of their own medicine.
Report Post »GardenoftheGods
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:54pmSomebody should have alerted walmart to whose car they were fixing…perhaps they would have had to have it towed all the way back to their lair of hate!
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:06pmSugar in the gas tank would have been a better option
Report Post »BenThereToo
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:28pmServes the traitors right. Further action would actually be totally justified in my humble opinion.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 3:03pmWhy were they not ticketed for operating an unsafe vehicle when the drove away on two flats? Should have made the driver leave his vehicle until it was road-worthy, and possibly call him back into town for court at a later date (with no police presence surrounding him).
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 5:39pm.
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I guess FREE SPEECH is a double edged sword-=-two way street-=-what comes around goes around……….I hope whereever the Wesboro pinheads go, the counter protesters go too…..To me, a revving Harley sounds ten times better than the disgusting crap copming out of the mouths of the Westboro pinheads.
Good luck all
RGS
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:20pmWell said Diamondback! My thoughts exactly.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:10pmSnowleopard3200, have to agree altho I really got alot of satisfaction reading that article. They should not be issued a permit anytime, anywhere to demonstrate and tow their vehicle(s) away. Close impound until Monday morning and charge a hefty fine to get it out. Hopefully they bring their sleeping bags in case they can’t find anywhere to stay. They are the bain of our existence and should get back threefold what they are dishing out.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 4:19amFake Christian alert!
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:06amWhy are they allowed to use the Baptist name? Where is the Baptist convention on this? Do they condone this? It is time to do unto them. Protest outside their church during their services. Where do these nutz come from? Almost as brainwashed as another religion I know.
Report Post »NukeHaze
Posted on November 17, 2010 at 12:38amI do not think I will ever consider defacing or disrespecting a flag to be a form of free speech. It is an act, not speech. These folks do not seem to get that their acts of hatred, cowardly at a very difficult time for the grieving families, do their image far more harm than good. If their god rewards them for acts such as these, not speech still, they certainly do not worship MY God. Curious with all the things these folks seem to believe in if they actually agree with any other Baptist Church on this matter.
Report Post »truckingupchick
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 1:13pmto thine self be true..how can justify picketing an eight year old little girl funeral..those people are beneath the flag, the country and the respect of everyone I know and believe in….
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