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Posted by center rising in General Discussion
Wed Mar 02nd 2011, 10:21 PM
As far as I'm concerned, the Westboro Baptist Church are the ugliest bunch of bastards roaming the planet today. Nothing would make me happier than somehow taking these gutless, vile, disgusting pieces of trash away forever, but if this is going to be the country that takes its first amendment rights seriously, then the Supreme Court made the right decision today regarding this case. I don't like it, but it was the right decision.

We live in a country that is a free and open society, and many different views are spoken and that's how it should be. If dissent were to be shut down, then we would be no better off than North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, or any other country that squashes opposing points of view.

I have no love for Fred Phelps, or his goon squad, and I hope that every time they appear at a funeral for one of our brave servicemen or women, they get back a 1000 fold on what they shout out, but the first amendment is very clear here. Even the vermin of society are protected, and hopefully it remains that way.
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