Supreme Court vs Westboro Church Protests at 8pm C-span2

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sapphi_snake said:

Fayceless said:

I agree with the court's decision, and when the next Westboro fuckwad dies, I hope as many people as possible will exercise their First Amendment rights to turn the funeral into a total circus.

No.  We can't treat these people like that.  Even if they refuse to show others such curteousy, we should be respectful of them.  Fighting them with their own tactics will only make them dig in deeper.  Showing them kindness, no matter how undeserved, may make some of them start to rethink their stance.

The best thing we can do, for families of fallen soldiers, for the misguided people of the Westboro church, and for our own sanity, is to simply ignore these people.  They thrive on the attention, on the hatred.  It makes them feel powerful, righteous. Now that this matter is settled, let them do their thing.  If we stop making such a big deal of it, they'll fade away in time.

Bull. That only works in cutsy movies. Live and let die I say!!!

And ignoring them is pretty hard, especially when they choose to harass emotionally vulnerable people, who'll have a hard time ignoring the ignorant mob saying terrible things about their recently decesed loved one.

They are ignorant and stupid, yes, but so are we, for giving them a platform to preach their hate.  As long as people pay so much attention to what they do, they will continue to do it.  Giving them a spot on national news is exactly what they want.  The want the world to hate them, becaue they think they are above everyone else. I say pay them no mind.  They've chosen to be ignorant and hateful, and for that, they should be ingored.  They aren't going out killing people...if they start doing so they should of course be dealt with.  But as of now they only have words.  Words can be ignored. Our best defense against hate is tolerance.