Trolling the Westboro Baptist Church

[ironbite]

Best way to troll the WBC?

Legally declare them unconstitutional and ban them from picketing.

Or mockery. Mockery works.

Mockery just makes them scream louder. Keeping them from harassing people is so much better.

My dad has a conspiracy theory that the Westboro Baptist Church are actually deep cover CIA agents that are trying to agitate people into getting rid of the First Amendment.

Your dad also listens to Ron Paul seriously

Ironbite-what I'm saying is...your dad is an idiot.

[Witchyjoshy]

Best way to troll the WBC?

Legally declare them unconstitutional and ban them from picketing.

Or mockery. Mockery works.

Mockery just makes them scream louder. Keeping them from harassing people is so much better.

My dad has a conspiracy theory that the Westboro Baptist Church are actually deep cover CIA agents that are trying to agitate people into getting rid of the First Amendment.

Your dad also listens to Ron Paul seriously

Ironbite-what I'm saying is...your dad is an idiot.

I think we knew this already.

[chitoryu12]

Best way to troll the WBC?

Legally declare them unconstitutional and ban them from picketing.

Or mockery. Mockery works.

Mockery just makes them scream louder. Keeping them from harassing people is so much better.

Yes, I can see how eviscerating the First Amendment in the name of a small group of loons would be worth it.

They're a hate group engaging in harassment of minorities and others. They're not in a legally nice position.

[R. U. Sirius]

Best way to troll the WBC?

Legally declare them unconstitutional and ban them from picketing.

Or mockery. Mockery works.

Mockery just makes them scream louder. Keeping them from harassing people is so much better.

Yes, I can see how eviscerating the First Amendment in the name of a small group of loons would be worth it.

Unfortunately, there are large numbers of people on both sides of the political spectrum who could say what you just did with complete seriousness.

Not saying I BELIEVE the CIA-agent theory, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it turned out to be true.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Best way to troll the WBC?

Legally declare them unconstitutional and ban them from picketing.

Or mockery. Mockery works.

Mockery just makes them scream louder. Keeping them from harassing people is so much better.

Yes, I can see how eviscerating the First Amendment in the name of a small group of loons would be worth it.

They're a hate group engaging in harassment of minorities and others. They're not in a legally nice position.

It doesn't matter if they're a hate group and other people get offended by what they say--hate speech is protected speech.

[DiscoBerry]

The Chaser people are PRO real life trolls.

I love those guys too, this is my fav <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig</a> 3200 in the making

[Askold]

It doesn't matter if they're a hate group and other people get offended by what they say--hate speech is protected speech.

Depends on the country. For example: Canada.

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/index.php/2013/03/06/playing-with-free-speech/

The cartoonist makes a nice comparison between the free speech laws in USA and Canada, that Canadian version specifically states that the civil rights are subject to “reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”

Or like their supreme court said:
“Truthful statements can be presented in a manner that would meet the definition of hate speech, and not all truthful statements must be free from restriction...”

So not only can your "free speech" be limited if it offends someone, you can be forbidden from saying certain things that are "considered offensive" even if what you said is based on facts.

The examples used in the article actually are WBC and a similar attempt in Canada that got stopped pretty quickly.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

I don't want to derail this with pony, but askold mentioned Canadian censorship.

http://thedeathsock.deviantart.com/journal/Rant-My-Little-Pony-on-Treehouse-TV-269751752

Haha.  They censor "loser" in Canada.  Hahahaha.  Ahahahaha.  Oh you silly Canadian bastards.  Anyway, carry on.

[dpareja]

I don't want to derail this with pony, but askold mentioned Canadian censorship.

http://thedeathsock.deviantart.com/journal/Rant-My-Little-Pony-on-Treehouse-TV-269751752

Haha.  They censor "loser" in Canada.  Hahahaha.  Ahahahaha.  Oh you silly Canadian bastards.  Anyway, carry on.

I think that has more to do with the target audience of the channel on which it's airing than anything else. If it were being aired on a channel pitched toward the initially intended audience of the show, I do not think that sort of censorship would be taking place.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

I don't want to derail this with pony, but askold mentioned Canadian censorship.

http://thedeathsock.deviantart.com/journal/Rant-My-Little-Pony-on-Treehouse-TV-269751752

Haha.  They censor "loser" in Canada.  Hahahaha.  Ahahahaha.  Oh you silly Canadian bastards.  Anyway, carry on.

I think that has more to do with the target audience of the channel on which it's airing than anything else. If it were being aired on a channel pitched toward the initially intended audience of the show, I do not think that sort of censorship would be taking place.

You may be right.  It's still hilarious.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

It doesn't matter if they're a hate group and other people get offended by what they say--hate speech is protected speech.

Depends on the country. For example: Canada.

I was, indeed, referring to the U.S. when I said that

[Askold]

It doesn't matter if they're a hate group and other people get offended by what they say--hate speech is protected speech.

Depends on the country. For example: Canada.

I was, indeed, referring to the U.S. when I said that

I know, other countries don't really matter unless the WBC decide to branch out. I just wanted to point out how differently countries deal with freedom of speech. Even a democratic and free country like Canada (the better north american country) limits the freedom of speech for what they see as good justifications... in this case for the sake of being nice.

[Captain Jack Harkness]

It doesn't matter if they're a hate group and other people get offended by what they say--hate speech is protected speech.

Depends on the country. For example: Canada.

I was, indeed, referring to the U.S. when I said that

I know, other countries don't really matter unless the WBC decide to branch out. I just wanted to point out how differently countries deal with freedom of speech. Even a democratic and free country like Canada (the better north american country) limits the freedom of speech for what they see as good justifications... in this case for the sake of being nice.

"Better?"  Boy, you sure have a high opinion of them, don't ya.  They're just so much better than us lowly yanks, let me tell ya.

[chitoryu12]

“Truthful statements can be presented in a manner that would meet the definition of hate speech, and not all truthful statements must be free from restriction...”

Wouldn't that only apply to the WBC if God really did hate fags?

[Askold]

“Truthful statements can be presented in a manner that would meet the definition of hate speech, and not all truthful statements must be free from restriction...”

Wouldn't that only apply to the WBC if God really did hate fags?

More like, if they bring out stuff like that homosexuals are more likely to commit suicide and claim that this is proof that God hates fags or something.

I guess, technically simply shouting at a gay person and calling him a fag would be:
a) factually true
b) hate speech if it is meant to be a hateful slur.