« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps  (Read 1898 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Ptarmigan

  • Bunny Slayer
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24144
  • Reputation: +1022/-226
  • God Hates Bunnies
First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« on: November 15, 2010, 08:53:26 PM »
First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
By JACKIE WALLENTIN
Published: November 14, 2010 Last Modified: November 14, 2010 7:59 PM

“God hates fags.”

“You’re going to hell.”

Fred Phelps and six fellow protestors make such claims as Matthew Snyder’s body is lowered to the ground. Snyder’s loved ones stand silently, grieving over their loss. The protestors continue.

First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps

=================================================================

Is this what passes as journalism?????????? The First Amendment is not absolute. It does not mean you can trample on one's freedom. Hey moron, you should take civics courses.
Logged
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

Allow enemies their space to hate; they will destroy themselves in the process.
-Lisa Du

Offline Boudicca

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5162
  • Reputation: +413/-61
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2010, 10:59:29 PM »
Ever heard of the Second Amendment? :whistling:

Damn I hate Phelps and his despicable band of family followers.
He's the crazy white guy equivalent of that idiotic Lisa Marie Bowen from Kansas City and her 40-page rant.  Maybe we could sequester the two most insane people in America in Thunderdome; two go in, one comes out.  Mel Gibson and Jimmy Carter-two of the most relieved people in America tonight.  Mel's been topped in the crazy department and we all know who beats Jimmy hands down as the worst President ever.
Logged
Sneaking into a country doesn't make you an immigrant any
more than breaking into someone's house makes you part of the family.
(Poster bolky from thehill.com blog discussion)

Offline Ptarmigan

  • Bunny Slayer
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24144
  • Reputation: +1022/-226
  • God Hates Bunnies
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2010, 11:22:59 PM »
Quote from: Boudicca on November 15, 2010, 10:59:29 PM
Ever heard of the Second Amendment? :whistling:

Damn I hate Phelps and his despicable band of family followers.
He's the crazy white guy equivalent of that idiotic Lisa Marie Bowen from Kansas City and her 40-page rant.  Maybe we could sequester the two most insane people in America in Thunderdome; two go in, one comes out.  Mel Gibson and Jimmy Carter-two of the most relieved people in America tonight.  Mel's been topped in the crazy department and we all know who beats Jimmy hands down as the worst President ever.

The world is full crazies.  :mental: Fred Phelps, Michael Crook, Lisa Marie Bowen, etc.
Logged
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

Allow enemies their space to hate; they will destroy themselves in the process.
-Lisa Du

Offline Martina

  • Probationary (Probie)
  • Posts: 11
  • Reputation: +1/-0
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 04:07:46 AM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on November 15, 2010, 08:53:26 PM
First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
By JACKIE WALLENTIN
Published: November 14, 2010 Last Modified: November 14, 2010 7:59 PM

“God hates fags.”

“You’re going to hell.”

Fred Phelps and six fellow protestors make such claims as Matthew Snyder’s body is lowered to the ground. Snyder’s loved ones stand silently, grieving over their loss.


If such people are not free to speak up and let us know how they really think it will be very hard to identify them until they gun someone down. Phelps appears to be one of those people who project their hate onto God, assuming that if he hates someone so must God. Such people just don't get that God has an infinitely broader mind than they do, and is motivated by love and mercy, whereas these people are motivated by hate and ignorance.
Logged
In my dreams I can see a world without hate, war, prejudice, greed, or fear...and I can see us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

Offline MrsSmith

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5977
  • Reputation: +466/-54
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2010, 04:50:50 AM »
No where in the constitution is the guarantee that we won't be offended by someone else's speech.  We all know that.  And that applies to the Phelps clan just as much as it applies to our speech.  Are they wrong?  Definitely.  Do they have the right to be loud, obnoxious, and wrong?  Definitely.  That said, in most places, there are now thousands of counter-protesters to block them from the grieving families, which is also the right of the people. 

If we don't tolerate their speech, what will be the next level of speech we won't tolerate?
Logged
.
.

Antifa - the only fascists in America today.

Offline rich_t

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7942
  • Reputation: +386/-429
  • TANSTAAFL
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2010, 05:46:30 AM »
Yup...  Phelps and his ilk have the right to free speech.

But I look forward to the day when some grieving family member stomps him into the ground.

It might well be worth the assualt charge.

Temporary insanity would be the appropriate defense. 
Logged
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." --Norman Thomas, 1944

Offline mamacags

  • Smells like teen spirit
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4281
  • Reputation: +444/-113
  • Little Miss Cranky Pants
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2010, 06:13:39 AM »
Quote from: rich_t on November 16, 2010, 05:46:30 AM
Yup...  Phelps and his ilk have the right to free speech.

But I look forward to the day when some grieving family member stomps him into the ground.

It might well be worth the assualt charge.

Temporary insanity would be the appropriate defense. 
+1
Logged
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill

Offline Airwolf

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12177
  • Reputation: +915/-163
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2010, 11:57:09 AM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on November 16, 2010, 04:50:50 AM
No where in the constitution is the guarantee that we won't be offended by someone else's speech.  We all know that.  And that applies to the Phelps clan just as much as it applies to our speech.  Are they wrong?  Definitely.  Do they have the right to be loud, obnoxious, and wrong?  Definitely.  That said, in most places, there are now thousands of counter-protesters to block them from the grieving families, which is also the right of the people. 

If we don't tolerate their speech, what will be the next level of speech we won't tolerate?

Fred Phelps has all the rights and previliges due to any American. He how ever doesn't have the right to expect to not suffer the consequences from his actions. If anyone were to go up to a black man and yell the N word to him, he or she has no expectations that they will not get stomped into the next week. I hate everything Phelps has done. His group even came here to protest four dead people killed when they were run down by a drunk driver that had a BAC 4 times the legal limit. How hatefull do you have to be to protest a funeral for the victims of that. 
Logged
MOLON LABE

"Someday, when all your civilization and science are likewise swept away, your kind will pray for a man with a sword."-- Conan the Barbarian

Clint Eastwood - Because God wanted Chuck Norris to have nightmares.

"I am not a Number,I am a free man"

"He's my hero, you don't put away your heros, you honor them!"

Offline true_blood

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6221
  • Reputation: +652/-817
Re: First ammendment applies to all, even Phelps
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2010, 12:20:00 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on November 16, 2010, 05:46:30 AM
Yup...  Phelps and his ilk have the right to free speech. But I look forward to the day when some grieving family member stomps him into the ground. It might well be worth the assualt charge. Temporary insanity would be the appropriate defense. 
That, my friend will be AWESOME! :cheersmate:
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »