...I don't even.

[whitereflection]

Recently, a local high school teacher here was killed when hit by a car. A sad thing, a tragic accident, but...

Westboro Baptist Church is going to be picketing the funeral Friday. (http://www.ketv.com/news/25753392/detail.html, http://www.ketv.com/news/25766842/detail.html)

What.

The.

Hell.

In.

Fuck.

This isn't some major political figure, this isn't some person who lived in the public spotlight. This was just a person like you or me, who lived a decent, normal life and who had that ended tragically early.

And Westboro Fucking Baptist Church is fucking protesting at her funeral.

I just can't imagine what this must be like for her family, friends (she was an friend of my stepmother's), colleagues, and students. I have no words. But I have so very much anger. These twisted, sick fucks have evil in their hearts.

Comments

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

See icon.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Indeed. :/ Though this group, it just goes beyond crazy. Crazy is too kind of an adjective for them.

[annella.livejournal.com]

WHAT? but but.... but WHY???? that is just sick and evil. D:

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Why, god, no one really *knows*. And that's the worst part. She was maybe the sort with liberal views, but she wasn't a major political figure, wasn't publicly known as any major activist. She was just a teacher. Westboro, though, likes to try and make examples out of tragedies, though, in some sort of claim that whatever happened is God's punishment for society's sins. So basically, the why is they're a bunch of sick, cruel, horrible excuses for humanity. They seriously make me feel violence and rage, *so much* rage.

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

That's gross. If I was a member of her family and those sickos showed up, I would beat them to death with their own protest signs and I would smile all the way to prison.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

God, you and me both. I feel such *anger* at these people, I want to scream at them and do violent things to them, and just...RRGH. The groups in the city that are organizing for counter protests are better people than I am--they're going to be silent, and just acting to be a shield between the protesters and those attending the service and accompanying the procession. I'd find it so hard to have such restraint if I were around these assholes. I wish the whole Westboro congregation would just be disbanded or something. That's not a church--it's a hate group.

[cacklesthewitch.livejournal.com]

Ugh, those people are disgusting. They are truly evil. The poor family.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

I know. :( I really, really wish the whole Westboro congregation would just go away already. They're not a church, they're a hate group, and all they do is act cruel and like bullies to those who are mourning.

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

what the everloving fuck

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

I know, right. No one even knows *why*, other than well maybe the teacher had been liberal or progressive in her beliefs. But not like a public figure or social activist or anything. It's just this group of assholes who claim to be a church but act like a hate group, who try to say that tragedies are somehow God punishing society for sins. It's fucking insane, and I wish they could be made to *stop* this sort of bullshit.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_amalthea/]

Um... WHAT? JUST WTF? I don't get this. Ok, I might be slightly stupid here but I don't even know what this weirdass church is protesting in the first place? Her funeral? What is there to protest about when someone is tragically killed and the family wants to pay their last respects? I... IDEK.. just what?!!

I don't want to sound biased or anything, but since I've lived there myself and consider myself little bit of American in heart, I feel I have the right to say "only in America people can come up with something this crazy".. :D

Also, Icon says it all
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[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Yeah, your icon is the pure truth. :/

This church is a bunch of insane wackos lead by an even more insane wackos. I guess their thing is they do these protests to try and claim some tragedy is God punishing society for our sins. It's so fucking *sick*, cruel, twisted...they're just horrible people. To me, they're just a hate group and a bunch of bullies, who are taking advantage and making a spectacle out of others' grief.

It's just extra horrible, because no one really knows why they're doing this. It's like they picked it at random, like they had nothing better to protest right now than to just be cruel to people suffering a loss.

[gallo-de-pelea.livejournal.com]

I will wear bright red and dance a jig when that venom-blooded fucker finally kicks the bucket.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

I'll be right there with you, in a heartbeat.

[ladyrhyanne.livejournal.com]

People as a whole annoy the shit out of me and this would be one of the reasons why. The sad thing is, even if someone asked them how they would feel if people picketed the funeral of one of their loved ones, they would be too self righteous to even consider it.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel the exact same way. It really makes me want to avoid everyone because people like that are out there. And it's the truth, what you say--but not only that, people like them are bullies. And I don't think they'd consider anyone doing the same to them or their families, because they've got some sick, twisted idea that what they're doing is *right*. It just makes me so angry I just about feel ill with it. I so hope for a day where that church doesn't exist anymore.