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Westboro Baptist Church planning to picket Aurora Memorial tonight...

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goodiepocket
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if you live in or around Denver, many of us will be taking part in 'making a wall' to black the WBC if they show up...




http://www.examiner.com/article/westboro-church-protestors-head-to-aurora-memorial-thank-god-for-the-shooter

"Will the Westboro Church (WBC) picket happen at the Aurora memorial on July 22? Not if one Reddit user gets enough people to "make a giant wall of people" to stop dirtbag Fred Phelps's massive group of haters to upset the memorial scheduled to happen at 6:30 p.m. at Aurora City Hall on Sunday.

Using hashtags like #thankgodfortheshooter, #WorseOnTheWay, and #GodSentTheShooter, the Westboro Church supporters appear to be heading to Colorado.
View slideshow: Photos of Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church protests

Fred Phelps is using Twitter to make it known the group is heading to Colorado to spread hate messages and picket a memorial service in Aurora honoring those shot at the "Dark Knight Rises" premiere.
Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket Aurora Memorial
Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket Aurora Memorial
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@WBCFredJr

WBC gassing up vehicles for Colorado super-picket. #WorseOnTheWay #FearGodFools #GodCursesUForIdolatry #FaceOfGodsWrath #fagsrunmilitary - @WBCFredJr

Word spread quickly about the Phelps and his group's plans to upset the memorial and there is one Reddit user who wants Westboro stopped. User RKstarfox to submitted the following post to Reddit on Saturday that now has over 4,500 comments:

"So the Westboro Baptist Church is planning on picketing the Memorial for the victims of the Aurora shooting tomorrow. Who is coming with me to make a giant wall of people that will keep them from getting anywhere near it?"

Those who want to stop WBC's picketing at the Aurora memorial are up against protesters like @WBCjae who tweeted:

"We were JUST in CO & now another trip back! #Excited The #Aurora#theatershooting memorial on Sunday - here we come! #ThankGodForTheShooter"

Another WBC supporter, @AnarchoAnon tweeted a map of the Aurora memorial area and a message for picketers:

"Tomorrow we'll shield the #TheaterShooting memorial from the WBC. 5pm in front of the Aurora Municipal Center."

Will the Westboro picket actually happen? There is a lot of uproar about it, but Reddit user "tylahrand" thinks there's a "small percentage" of a chance:

"Just to let you know how the WBC works, they pretty much say they are attending every funeral that either is for a service member or that makes big news across the country. They actually picket at a very small percentage of the funerals they 'say' they are going to attend. When and if they actually plan to attend, they always contact the law enforcement for that area and request protection, and that is how we know when they will actually show up."

If the WBC protesters do show up, there will be people there to meet them and hopefully stop this group of demented people who think "God is Your Enemy."

Not only are there over 4500 people commenting on Reddit about Westboro Church's planned protest, many of them are planning to block the picket if it happens in Aurora on Sunday. The anti-Westboro rage has spread to Twitter as well.

So tonight or tomorrow westboro baptist will be coming through Colorado we will be organizing to stop them from entering aurora#expectus - @joelovespizza

WBC makes me sick. Take your hate elsewhere. We're in a time of mourning, we don't need you making all of this worse. - @suuperunknown

Hopefully, there will be a large enough group will be in Aurora to block the group for upsetting people who are grieving over the loss of their loved ones just days after James Holmes gunned down innocent people in the Cinema 16 Theaters during the "Dark Knight Rises" premier.

The Westboro Baptist Church is an American, Independent Baptist church headed by Fred Phelps. It is known for its protests against homosexuality, the picketing of funerals of American servicemen and desecrating the American flag. This "church" uses the website address: godhatesfags.com.

There is word on Twitter that the group may be in green vans, although they have been known to show up in vans in other colors including red or blue.

WBC had to purchase a new lime green bus to get all of us to Colorado for all that raging against God. #SquallFest#GodSentTheShooter - @dearshirley

Why is WBC allowed to be called a church if they think God is our enemy?"
Jul 22 2012 2:50PM
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Amadeus.
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No thats not the point at all. religion is basically a club of people with like-minded ideology who enjoy the comfort of thinking they know how the universe works, and if you don't agree with that club you won't be accepted. Religion is generally pretty exclusive.
Jul 22 2012 11:55PM
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Deluge
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Jul 22 2012 11:59PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Fuck WBC. I hope they all drown in a pool of battery acid. That is all
Jul 23 2012 12:00AM
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Amadeus.
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As much as I dislike WBC, and dislike organized religion i feel like i have to defend them. They have the right to spew whatever they want and scotus has upheld that right (in a case specifically involving them). If they want to protest the funerals of the dead they can go ahead and do it, and none of use should stoop to their level of talking about killing them and what not.

if we wish to protect our rights we must also protect theirs.
Jul 23 2012 12:09AM
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Troy.
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They came to park City to protest a substance flick last year and our student body did a good job organizing a giant wall. We had 250+ to their five.
Jul 23 2012 12:10AM
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DayMan
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Holy shit I've been watching a lot of this guys videos and hes fucking hilarious. I can't stop laughing. He messes with them so much and it's so awesome. Makes them all sound so stupid.
Jul 23 2012 12:17AM
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K-Dot.
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hahaha what about double anal
Jul 23 2012 1:50AM
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Darth.Maul
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If a woman dressed as a man has sex with a man with a vagina, can she still get into Heaven? Or is she already there?

HAHA GOLD!
Jul 23 2012 2:01AM
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Dinner420
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Yea but they are encroaching on those families rights. I think that those families have a right to have a peaceful quiet memorial or funeral with out fucks like WBC taking that away. You only have 1 funeral.They are just their to provoke people. Funerals and memorials aren't the places to do theses things.
Jul 23 2012 2:10AM
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Brock.
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It would be even more sad if someone actually decided to attack one of them.
Jul 23 2012 2:26AM
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Amadeus.
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but they are in public so therefore the family doesn't have any privacy rights.
Jul 23 2012 3:01AM
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El_Barto.
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didnt read.

why are these guys so angry? like, why does god hate dead soldiers and shit?

somebody wanna tell me in 10 words or less why these people and crazy even by religions standards?
Jul 23 2012 3:03AM
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sir_drums_a_lot
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When Ronnie James Dio died they picked his funeral, called him a Satan worshiper.
Jul 23 2012 3:09AM
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Laurent.
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The Westboro Baptist Church does not believe what they are doing. It's a scam.

It’s a business. They travel the country, set up websites telling you exactly when they’ll be there, and using the most inflammatory statements all over the place, just to get someone to violate their rights for profit. Then they sue the the police force that was to protect them, and everyone that is around them for money. It is a trap to get people sued. Almost every member of his family seems to be an attorney. WBC does not break the law. What they do is try to make you break the law by trying to punch your sensibilities about everything you hold dear, and then sue you and everyone municipality around them to the max.
Jul 23 2012 3:29AM
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Brock.
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That is incredibly evil
Jul 23 2012 3:34AM
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Ali.
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Yeah i don't really understand either. Someone care to explain?
Jul 23 2012 6:06AM
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baethoven
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As much as this makes sense, Civil lawsuits are public record, and I can't find anything justifying this theory. They do win some money from lawsuits but nothing close to their $250,000 /year spending habits.
Jul 23 2012 10:39AM
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MASkier
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Its ok to be intolerant of intolerance.
Jul 23 2012 11:14AM
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Nurgle
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We all know that the Shooter was actually part of a plot created by Obummer to stir up support of the new Gun bill thats coming into voting this month. Why do you think he had such good gear and assault weapons. It was all planned, and he did not act on his own.
Jul 23 2012 11:21AM
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theBearJew
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....GTFO.
Jul 23 2012 11:27AM
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beezey
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This all just makes me feel so wrong I honestly haven't even been able to follow the shooting because it makes my heart so heavy. All those poor families and that shooter's life has prob been so horrible that this is how he seeked attention (no excuse for killin people).... I just feel sorry for everyone
Jul 23 2012 12:49PM
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Bill.Nye
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There's no evidence to suggest that as of right now, and what we do know actually suggests he had a pretty good life.
Jul 23 2012 1:20PM
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beezey
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Living with his mind must be horrible. I've been watching a bunch of serial killer documentaries because of the user meghan. got me hooked but its just such an unpredictable thing to do...... I'm not going to follow this story because it just makes me feel so so so horrible and now that the westboro baptist church is involved it just makes me sick...


Karma and good vibes to all the families that lost their loved ones to an unpreddictable unprevoked satanistic man who doesn't value the human life. If there is a heaven, if there is a place after this life I hope they are all up there having a good time.
Jul 23 2012 1:27PM
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shredsox
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Every Westboro protester should be forced to look at photos of the victims and the crime scene. If they can see that horror, and still want to exploit it for their own bullshit gains than so be it.

I wish people would just look at them like the absolute scum that they are. They need to be ignored. They are simply seeking attention and controversy and people play right into that.
Jul 23 2012 10:30PM
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Laurent.
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Considering what they have done in the past I'm guessing they are pretty insensitive to that.



As for an example I'm studying medicine and believe me the gruesome pictures in my textbook and the things I've seen in real life go beyond what TheYNC and Rotten have to offer and now I'm just unfazed by gore.


But for a lot of people, If a loved one who just passed away in an horrific and gruesome way is then being taunted by them most people snap really quickly. Their emotions are already running very high, reasoning isn't the first thing on your mind then.
Jul 24 2012 6:22AM
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cubber
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Did anything happen when wbc came to town, then? Haven't heard any results but i'd like to take care of them stifmeister style at the end of American Reunion, if they truly are there to sue for cash
Jul 24 2012 8:48AM
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flux-capacitor
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Jul 24 2012 9:25AM
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flux-capacitor
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http://documentaryheaven.com/america’s-most-hated-family-in-crisis/ from the looks of it, the leader of the cult/religion has had some kind of child hood trauma towards homosexuality, the chances are he him self is gay and has counteracted this with extremist views and thoughts. They need to back off but they wont as the media loves it and just gives them the publicity they desire.
Jul 24 2012 9:37AM
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HARVERSACE
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i am in the same boat as you man. the way that they think is just so messed up.
Jul 24 2012 10:55AM
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Huck_Norris
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Lawrence just did a pretty good breakdown on page 2, and it's pretty sick.  They literally just do the worst things they can think of in an atttempt to get someone to do something they can sue for.  Anything.  One misstep by the police or city and they'll sue.  One loogey froma spectator and they're suing.  It's pretty well known that they're all fakes, and completely evil top to bottom since their evil mask is just a coverup for their possibly-even-more-evil true motive. 

I still want to waterboard them all with hot deep fryer grease and then send them through a wood chipper though.  That much we can be sure of.   

Jul 24 2012 11:23AM
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beezey
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They need to be locked up and foreced to watch all the pain they have put families through and how much pain they went through before death
Jul 24 2012 11:35AM
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Huck_Norris
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Or how about the hate that they fill their kids' hearts with?  They may be trolling but this is all these kids know.  Hate, hate, hate.  How sick is that?  The whole situation is just horrible through and through. 
Jul 24 2012 11:38AM
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bdarb207
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Eventually someone is going to snap on those people and they will be an American hero. This Colorado thing could very well be that event too. People are in no mood for this shit.
Jul 24 2012 11:38AM
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beezey
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poor children
Jul 24 2012 11:39AM
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shredsox
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Complete opposite of American Hero.

Even hateful speech is protected by the first amendment. No matter how tasteless, and cowardly their message it must be protected by the first amendment.

I think it could be argued in this case though that their presence would be equal to inciting a riot. Kind of like shouting "fire" in a crowded place, which can be prosecuted. I think the police may be able to remove them for this reason?

Killing someone for their views and opinions is absolutely wrong. Period. If they act with violence or infringe upon your rights then it's a different story. But a protest should always be protected speech, no matter how reprehensible.
Jul 24 2012 4:35PM
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