I got no major opinion on the entire “Roger Ebert’s reaction to Jackass star Ryan Dunn’s death” thing – aside from noting that, whether it was insensitive or not to note at the time, drinking and driving is in fact a bad idea – but I hear that the lunatics at the Westboro Baptist Church are planning to show up at Dunn’s funeral.
:pause:
No, I can’t imagine how that could possibly end badly.
I forget where I saw the first link to this, but it would seem that the Phelps clan has finally gotten to a point where American society’s tolerance for their hate-mongering is beginning to run out. I know that everybody here is really upset that the bigots’ tires got slashed, but I worry that if the Phelps don’t reassess the status of their welcome on the public stage soon then somebody might just simply shoot one and take his chances with a jury.
I don’t want to have to watch somebody go to jail for shooting a Phelps. Call me a squish, or something.
Moe Lane
“…of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for the Dark Knight is by my side.”
I normally would at least wag a finger there – it’s not unreasonable to find that at least a little rude – but it was in response to the Fred Phelps freaks showing up at a comic book convention, which means that context is going to come into play here. Given that I’ve heard ordinary, decent Christians happily endorse the idea that a good curbstomping would be an excellent way to respond to the Phelps clan’s habit of protesting soldiers’ funerals, I think that we can forgive invoking the geek community’s invocation of Batman
Via AoSHQ Headlines.
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