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June 20, 2005

The Phelps Clan

Posted by Bill

I'm of two minds about this:

I got to thinking about what kind of country allows people like this to flaunt their unpopular opinions while being protected by the police. The answer, I decided, is only a country that is strong in our democratic beliefs and sense of our own destiny would continue to allow this. Here, at a funeral honoring a hero who had given her life so that people halfway around the world could be free, we saw those charged with protecting the weakest of us, the police, firefighters, and Soldiers, protecting people dedicated to tearing down everything they hold dear. And these people had the strength of character to ignore the asshats trying to ruin this solemn occasion, and concentrate instead on the good of this country: the part of the country that produces heroes like CPL Carrie French.

Specifically, one mind agrees. The other mind thinks that folks that scream hatred at a funeral naturally demand a good beating. In the case of the Phelps clan, on a regular basis.

More pics from ninme.

(Via IP)

Posted by Bill at June 20, 2005 09:16 AM | TrackBack (0)

Comments

Beating is undoudbtedly what they deserve, but unfortunately probably also what they want.

It's interesting that the moonbats on right and left seem to be converging. Pat Buchanan's not more than a couple steps from these guys.

Posted by: TallDave at June 20, 2005 10:50 AM

Hey Bill, thanks for the link. I have more of Bubblehead's pics up here.

One of Bubblehead's comments say that Phelps goes around trying to be as abusive as possible to provoke a confrontation, then he sues the pants off the guy that finally hits him, which is how he makes his money. So it's all about money.

Posted by: ninme at June 20, 2005 03:05 PM

Well I have long believed the answer to bad speech is more speech, but admit that people like Phelps give me the creeps, and I wish he and his brigade would just stay home and picket their own idiotic church.

Posted by: Just Me at June 20, 2005 03:44 PM

If someone screamed "good" at a funeral for one of my family members, my instinct tells me that I'd rightfully want more than one person to go into the ground that day.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at June 20, 2005 03:53 PM

I am a big fan of free speech and terms like "fighting words" and "verbal acts" have always bothered me; but if this guy is really just out provoking violence to win lawsuits, all bets are off.

In a perfect world, people like that could be hunted for sport.

Posted by: prokopton at June 20, 2005 04:01 PM

I've always been a big supporter of legalized dueling...

Posted by: ninme at June 21, 2005 03:09 PM

I don't want to go down the whole Richard II-"will no one rid me of this dammed priest"-route, but it's kinda hard to file a lawsuit from beyond the grave...

Posted by: Cybrludite at June 21, 2005 06:42 PM