Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:35 PM
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 Westboro Baptists ‘booking flights’ for Johannesburg to protest Mandela’s funeral (Original post) |
hue | Dec 2013 | OP |
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:36 PM
1. I think that they will find the experience most educational.
Response to Orrex (Reply #1)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:45 PM
5. Assuming they go at all, which they won't. (nt)
Response to Posteritatis (Reply #5)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:00 PM
17. They won't b/c they would have a hard time suing anyone who tried to prevent their protest and
Response to beac (Reply #17)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:09 PM
22. More likely they won't because SA won't give them permission to enter the country. (nt)
Response to Posteritatis (Reply #22)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:40 PM
LiberalFighter (47,774 posts)
109. Would love for SA to allow entry and then deport them to a neighboring country w/o passport.
Response to Posteritatis (Reply #5)
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 11:21 PM
123. It would be interesting if they did
Response to Orrex (Reply #1)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:47 PM
Cha (289,579 posts)
64. We can only hope they learn a
Response to Cha (Reply #64)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 11:41 PM
71. From what I've seen of this group
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learnin' of any sort is not one of their strong suits.
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Response to Plucketeer (Reply #71)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 11:50 PM
Cha (289,579 posts)
72. It would have to be
Response to 2banon (Reply #65)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:02 AM
75. NOPE, no they won't. They'd be taking a regular dirtnap. ZULUS are Warriors and if they go there
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:39 PM
murielm99 (30,253 posts)
2. Sometimes they just say this for publicity,
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:45 PM
6. I'll chip in for a few half way tickets
Response to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #6)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:29 PM
niyad (105,806 posts)
32. I will happily eat ramen for a week so I could toss a couple of dollars to the collection, if it
Response to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #6)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:02 PM
57. I couldn't do that to the people of South Africa
Response to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #58)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:10 PM
61. Okay, I would throw in a couple of bucks for that.
Response to IrishEyes (Reply #57)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:56 PM
hatrack (58,496 posts)
111. I was thinking Robben Island, but I think it's a museum now . . .
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:45 PM
7. We can only hope they actually go and they screw up there.
Response to hobbit709 (Reply #7)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:59 PM
Lithos (26,230 posts)
15. Without wishing for this
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:46 PM
9. Hummm... guess we don't have to worry about them anymore. These nuts are actually going to
Response to DRoseDARs (Reply #39)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 08:21 PM
44. DRoseDARs
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DRoseDARs
Wondrous élan. 
Paulie |
Response to Paulie (Reply #44)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 03:08 AM
92. Thank you. Unlike the other two, you didn't act like a dick.
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Response to DRoseDARs (Reply #39)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:40 PM
63. He's been around a long, long time on DU
Response to DRoseDARs (Reply #39)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:48 AM
kestrel91316 (51,666 posts)
82. Grow up and find something legitimate to bitch about.
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:47 PM
TNNurse (6,736 posts)
10. Let them waste their money
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:55 PM
12. They are attention seeking cowards. They won't fly to South Africa.
Response to Shrike47 (Reply #12)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:08 PM
Blue Owl (47,467 posts)
20. I bet less than 2% of them even have a passport, FFS
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Response to Blue Owl (Reply #20)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 08:32 PM
46. Why do they need to go overseas for....
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Haven't they got enough people to hate at home!
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 06:59 PM
Baitball Blogger (46,129 posts)
13. Huge mistake. HUGE.
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:06 PM
awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)
19. Part of me hopes...
Response to adavid (Reply #21)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:23 PM
calimary (78,125 posts)
29. Welcome to DU, adavid!
Response to calimary (Reply #29)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:32 PM
niyad (105,806 posts)
33. I keep wondering why a tornado has not taken them out while they are in their hate-mongering
Response to Diclotican (Reply #23)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:21 AM
78. Most of the Anglosphere has blocked them visiting...
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They planned to disrupt the funeral of a murdered man, but the government tried to keep them out, although some of them snuck in:
Church members enter Canada, aiming to picket bus victim's funeral "We're not going to allow these people to compound the tragedy of the McLean family loss, and Canadians simply won't tolerate these lunatics disrupting what should be a respectful service," he told CBC News on Friday. "Your freedom to swing your arm in the air ends when it touches the end of my nose," he added. "What these people were going to do was hurtful, harmful and disruptive to the peace, order and good government that we guarantee to our citizens, so they have no place in this country." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/church-members-enter-canada-aiming-to-picket-bus-victim-s-funeral-1.703285 UK bans UK anti-gay pastor Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3747823 AFAIK, here is part of their little hate group in a public park. I found it on the net, but didn't save the link: 
Yes, the First Amendment has been abused terribly. It may be due to the idea that we are supposed to be rebelling against everything, even what is good. There comes a point when one is rebellling against one's best interests. And no respect for anyone else, to cause enmity that doesn't work in the long run. The Westboro Baptist Church are lawyers, most of them, and have taken advantage of the First Amendment's shield on political and relgious rights. The 1stA no longer serving its purpose to inform people to make good choices in voting, interacting with others or making informed choices in other areas of life. It's more about propaganda or making money, as this group specializes in lawsuits. |
Response to freshwest (Reply #78)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:30 AM
2naSalit (79,254 posts)
80. !!!
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ANKLE BITERS?!
Wow. |
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #80)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 02:30 AM
87. I don't even know what that meant. Don't wanna know, either. Long list, huh?
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Response to freshwest (Reply #87)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:25 PM
2naSalit (79,254 posts)
108. No doubt about it
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on both counts!
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:18 PM
niyad (105,806 posts)
26. have they actually attended any of the funerals they have threatened to in the last couple of years?
Response to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #31)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:05 AM
95. Interesting details from the link:
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:32 PM
Gothmog (136,390 posts)
34. After they arrive iN South Africa, put them on no fly list
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:32 PM
IllinoisBirdWatcher (2,315 posts)
35. I hear Robben Island has comfortable beds for them
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Response to Oakenshield (Reply #36)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 02:00 PM
hatrack (58,496 posts)
112. If they stick their necks out with their usual bullshit, they'll get necklaced
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:38 PM
Tikki (14,447 posts)
37. Wouldn't that money be better spent caring for the poor, elderly and ill in their community?
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 07:59 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (111,789 posts)
41. The cheapest round trip fare from Chicago to Johannesburg
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #41)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:06 PM
60. I'll bet they have the cash to send at least a few people, unfortunately.
Response to liberalmuse (Reply #43)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:48 AM
2naSalit (79,254 posts)
83. I just thought of a story/analogy when I saw
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your post.
I once lived in a rural place where there were lots of wild turkeys. Very early one morning I woke to a strange noise outside the house so I got up to see what it was... there were about 50 or 60 turkeys all circled around my vehicle in the driveway in a very tight group. On the outer edge of the group there were about seven or eight of them constantly announcing that something was going on and it was upsetting. Then I noticed the six Toms that roosted in my trees strutting around all puffed up outside the circle. They would come close to the group and one would set out his wings a bit and say "ooobalooobaloooble!" and the whole crowd would just go off like a screeching gossip competition on steroids as if they were all screaming "OMG!! Did you hear that!? OOOHHHH!" all at once. After a minute they would settle down as the Toms had singled out one of the crowd and herded them off a ways while the "callers" at the edge of the circle would keep announcing the event. And five minutes later the whole thing would start all over again. This went on for a couple hours. That's what the WBC and the public response to their threats to show up somewhere and protest reminds me of! |
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 08:24 PM
45. I don't think so.....
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Firstly they'll be asked why they are visiting South Africa and if they answer to picket Nelson Mandela's funeral then they won't get in......secondly they have enough hateful white bigots there already ...thirdly they're just plain scum...they are a waste of air
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 08:35 PM
ancianita (33,724 posts)
47. They won't get let out of Oliver Tambo Airport there. SA is NOT the USA. They don't put up with this
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bullshit.
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 08:56 PM
49. Why don't these knuckleheads to go North Korea?
Response to LiberalElite (Reply #49)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 12:51 AM
gordianot (15,171 posts)
74. Actually they might fit in with North Korea the most rigid authoritarian and quirky nation on Earth.
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 09:23 PM
MyNameGoesHere (7,638 posts)
53. You know the State Department could come out
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 09:39 PM
54. They better keep there heads down because South Africa ain't ...
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 09:49 PM
catbyte (33,130 posts)
56. Do they realize they will need passports? What a pathetic existence.
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:06 PM
BainsBane (52,854 posts)
59. Why aren't they on the terrorist watch list?
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 11:11 PM
68. Mandela was one of the greatest leaders in recent history
Response to hue (Original post)
Sat Dec 7, 2013, 11:38 PM
70. Yeah right. They said that about Hanneman's funeral
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:07 AM
76. This will be interesting to watch.
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I wonder if they have any of those necklaces left that they used to give away publicly. Maybe a donation could be made to Westboro.
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:07 AM
77. Kinda hard
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to protest with a burning tire around your neck though.
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:29 AM
79. Pleeeeease don't chicken out... Pleeeeease don't chicken out.
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:32 AM
uppityperson (115,583 posts)
81. yeah, yeah, yeah. Talk is cheap.
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 03:30 AM
93. Heh...if they actually go through with it
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:02 AM
94. If I don't get anything else for Christmas
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This year, I would be so pleased if they actually did go. I know they're usually all talk, but the child in me is going "Please! Please! Please!"*
*So long as they leave their kiddos here  don't want the young ones paying for the stupidity of their grandfather. |
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 08:14 AM
97. Who do you think.....
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...wants to get in an airplane with these assholes and have to fly over that much water?
 - Even atheists would be praying for god to smite that airplane.
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 10:29 AM
RKP5637 (66,537 posts)
102. The loons are flying south for the winter! n/t
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 12:10 PM
106. Do they know parts of Africa still have cannibals?
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Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:49 PM
George II (67,782 posts)
110. I hope they bought non-refundable tickets and are refused visas!
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 05:47 PM
DFW (52,334 posts)
114. Likely phone call transcript if they do go:
Response to hue (Original post)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 08:34 PM
dflprincess (27,768 posts)
115. I hope they spend a ton of money on tickets
Response to hue (Original post)
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 10:23 AM
118. Hmm. Hopefully the S. Africans will detain them at the airport and put them on the next flight
Response to FMalone (Reply #119)
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 11:50 AM
gopiscrap (23,322 posts)
124. Welcome to DU
Response to hue (Original post)
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 10:34 PM
122. For real?
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What do these people do other than stage protests at funerals? It seems to be their main reason for existing as a church.
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Response to hue (Original post)
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 11:37 AM
leftyladyfrommo (18,302 posts)
128. I hope they don't get killed.
Response to hue (Original post)
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 01:39 PM
129. Pictures of the receipts for non-refundable fees, or it didn't happen.
