I think this icon is appropriate :)

[mickeym]

It's nice to see karma come around to bite someone on their ass. (Totally gakked from raynedanser!)

Westboro protesters face jeers and slashed tires

Shortly after finishing their protest at the funeral of Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey of McAlester, a half-dozen protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., headed to their minivan, only to discover that its front and rear passenger-side tires had been slashed.

To make matters worse, as their minivan slowly hobbled away on two flat tires, with a McAlester police car following behind, the protesters were unable to find anyone in town who would repair their vehicle, according to police.

The minivan finally pulled over several blocks away in a shopping center parking lot, where AAA was called. A flatbed service truck arrived and loaded up the minivan. Assistant Police Chief Darrell Miller said the minivan was taken to Walmart for repairs.

Even before the protesters discovered their damaged tires, they faced off with a massive crowd of jeering and taunting counterprotesters at Third Street and Washington Avenue, two blocks from the First Baptist Church, where the soldier's funeral was held.

Miller estimated that crowd to number nearly 1,000 people, and they not only drowned out the
Westboro protesters with jeers, but with raucous chants of "USA, USA."

A few motorcyclists interspersed among the crowd also revved up their engines to muffle the protests.

More than two dozen law-enforcement officers - state troopers, sheriff's deputies and city police - formed a security cordon around the Westboro protesters.

"We're here to protect everyone," Miller said.

Westboro members picket military funerals across the country, spreading their message that "God hates America" because it tolerates homosexuality.

Comments

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

WBC seriously makes my brain hurt. :/

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

I read the article to Matthew, and he did \o/ with me :) It's too bad they found a Walmart with a service center. Too bad they weren't inconvenienced more than they were.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I think Lee was about to pee himself laughing (when I told him no one in town would help them)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Sadly, probably the only reason Walmart did is because they're a big, godless corporation who has to provide service if it's a paying customer. Grr.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Hence why I call them Evil Box Store and go there as absolutely little as possible.

[azephirin.livejournal.com]

I'm just imagining all the service stations being like, "Sorry, too busy"...and then going for a cigarette break. :)

[brighton-girl.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm so proud of those people for showing up and making it impossible for people to hear their hate.

It breaks my heart for the families of those who lose a loved one that they have to put up with it. But I truly feel sorry for these cops that have to protect them because it's their job, when I'm quite certain they think they are dirtbags too.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

I am native to rural America, and if they tried this in my town, someone would've shot their windows out to boot.

God bless America, despite these terrifying Idiots.

I sang America the Beautiful at my local Veteran's Memorial last week (thanks, btw, for your beautiful statement of tribute):

America, America, God mend thine every flaw--
Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law.

And if law is hampered, yay we still have right thinking Hell's Angels. :)

[gweneiriol.livejournal.com]

That is SO AWESOME!!!

[quantum-speck.livejournal.com]

It's a drop in the bucket of what they deserve, but this nevertheless made my day. :)