# Pitting Westboro Baptist (Probably for the 10th time here) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095 "2012-07-23T01:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/1 "2012-07-23T01:21:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Using the hashtag #ThankGodForTheShooter, [Examiner.com](http://Examiner.com) reports members tweeted out their plans to “super picket” the candle lit prayer service, saying “God is at work in Colorado.” > **[Westboro Baptist Church Threatens To 'Super Picket' Aurora Prayer Vigil](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/westboro-baptist-church-aurora-shooting-vigil_n_1693375)** > > Westboro Baptist Church Threatens To 'Super Picket' Aurora Prayer Vigil The pain these people cause is beyond measure. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/2 "2012-07-23T01:42:48Z")
DNFTT and they will go away. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/3 "2012-07-23T02:13:09Z")
But, like all their stupid announcements, it doesn’t really mean they intend to show up. They are just shit stirrers, straight up. Oh, and idiots! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/4 "2012-07-23T02:14:15Z")
It’s worth watching them on the off chance they finally step over the line and say or do something actionable. Beyond that: forget it, Jake, it’s Westboro. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/5 "2012-07-23T02:15:10Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > They are just shit stirrers, straight up. Oh, and idiots! And mentally ill, too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/6 "2012-07-23T02:40:01Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > DNFTT and they will go away. Unfortunately no, not always. Earlier they had said they were going to be at Sage Stallone’s funeral. Did they actually show up? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/7 "2012-07-23T02:51:34Z")
What’s wrong with you people? They are a religion and have a right to criticism-free free speech. NO one is allowed to criticize them or mock them or pit them. Do you guys hate the first amendment or something? They will probably sue you all for infringing on their rights like this. God hates fags! God hates fag enablers! …ok so who wants pancakes? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/8 "2012-07-23T11:41:55Z")
It’s about time that someone shot them up, and then we picket _their_ vigil or something stupid like that. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/9 "2012-07-23T12:10:03Z")
I have a new goal in life. I want to do something that will have these nutjobs picketing me. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/10 "2012-07-23T12:28:35Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I have a new goal in life. I want to do something that will have these nutjobs picketing me. I think “not being one of them” is the bar they set these days. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/11 "2012-07-23T13:25:41Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > It’s about time that someone shot them up, and then we picket _their_ vigil or something stupid like that. Shooting them would mean that they are considered to be significant. They are counting on somebody as stupid as you are to hit/harm/hurt/kill them in some way. Only if that is done can they or their survivors make some financial gain in lawsuits against you and the government for infringing on or not protecting their right to free speech. Congratulations on your wise ability to act just like they want you to act. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/12 "2012-07-23T13:50:16Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I have a new goal in life. I want to do something that will have these nutjobs picketing me. If they’re picketing you, you are either dead, or know someone who just died in a way that makes their funeral a high visibility event. That’s not a goal I aspire to. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/13 "2012-07-23T14:02:25Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > If they’re picketing you, you are either dead, (…) You say this like there’s an alternative to dying. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/14 "2012-07-23T14:03:29Z")
Let’s never forget that Shirley Phelps Roper’s oldest son is illegitimate. She is a fornicator doomed to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/15 "2012-07-23T14:10:30Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > You say this like there’s an alternative to dying. I ain’t dead yet. I prefer to keep it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/16 "2012-07-23T14:47:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Let’s never forget that Shirley Phelps Roper’s oldest son is illegitimate. She is a fornicator doomed to hell. God hates fitz. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/17 "2012-07-23T15:04:57Z")
Maybe they should have protested JoePa’s funeral.\* \*I just got the funniest feeling of _deja vu_ all over again. It is like someone upstream already typed what I was thinking. But I checked a couple of times, and could not find the post. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/18 "2012-07-23T15:15:12Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Congratulations on your wise ability to act just like they want you to act. I doubt that **Budget Player Cadet** was being serious. I have know about these dipshits for almost 30 years now. Back then most people didn’t know or care that some church group was picketing gay events or funerals of those who died of AIDS. More mainstream churches were still calling AIDS god’s wrath on the perverts. It wasn’t until they (WBC) started to show up at military funerals that the rest of the country became outrage. I have certainly felt a similar sentiment as **Budget Player Cadet**. I do not like thinking about hurting or killing **anyone** , but WBC is on my short list of people that I would be will to make an exception for. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/19 "2012-07-23T15:41:01Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I have a new goal in life. I want to do something that will have these nutjobs picketing me. Been there. Even tried arguing with them, before I realized how pointless that was. The best way to fight them is to ignore them. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095/20 "2012-07-23T15:43:17Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I doubt that **Budget Player Cadet** was being serious. > > I have know about these dipshits for almost 30 years now. Back then most people didn’t know or care that some church group was picketing gay events or funerals of those who died of AIDS. More mainstream churches were still calling AIDS god’s wrath on the perverts. It wasn’t until they (WBC) started to show up at military funerals that the rest of the country became outrage. I have certainly felt a similar sentiment as **Budget Player Cadet**. > > I do not like thinking about hurting or killing **anyone** , but WBC is on my short list of people that I would be will to make an exception for. On reread it may have been a sarcastic Whoosh on **BPC** ’s part. If so, my apologies on biting into it. WBC started in on military funerals for one reason only - money. Whether or not they actually believe their own crap is immaterial in their grand plan. They just want people to hate them and then they want to find a way to capitalize on the hate. They can’t make money if they are ridiculed. They can’t make money if they are ignored. They can only make money if you infringe on their rights. And so they dare you to do so. There is a reason that so many of them have law degrees. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-westboro-baptist-probably-for-the-10th-time-here/629095.md?page=2)