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MagickMuffin

(15,893 posts)
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 01:16 AM Oct 2019

Angry high school students chase off members of the Westboro Baptist Church

When members of the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at a high school campus in Kansas City, MO, to protest the recent election of a trans girl as homecoming queen, a group of high school students were not pleased.

As members of the hate group congregated outside Oak Park High School, waving their usual “God Hates Fags” signs, they quickly faced a group of counter-protesters, carrying signs that read “Westboro Baptist Church need Jesus” and chanting “Long live the queen!”

When the hate group saw the mob of students heading their way, they realized they outnumbered and immediately ran to the safety of their minivan. As they skidded away hastily, students cheered.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/10/angry-high-school-students-chase-off-members-of-the-westboro-baptist-church/?fbclid=IwAR3pp26xTnifjDo53VtuNF_sS9Dew1R6xWtrfiMAaWzku1Z52VQqopfjlTA



This is amazing video at link



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Angry high school students chase off members of the Westboro Baptist Church (Original Post) MagickMuffin Oct 2019 OP
Those asshole are still around? ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #1
Outstanding! Takket Oct 2019 #2
... trusty elf Oct 2019 #3
Proud of them for standing up to these bigots Bongo Prophet Oct 2019 #4
Who supports these racists? RainCaster Oct 2019 #5
They live on lawsuit proceeds jmowreader Oct 2019 #8
Those HS kids sure figured out how to make them go away RainCaster Oct 2019 #16
very weird group stopdiggin Oct 2019 #6
It's the family business, and all they know how to do. TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #7
They're known as the Most Hated Family in America Grokenstein Oct 2019 #10
These kids give me hope for the future! smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #9
Love is the answer. Midnight Writer Oct 2019 #11
The current youth realize these haters need to go...I love that the high school kids and community Pachamama Oct 2019 #12
"Long Live the Queen" MagickMuffin Oct 2019 #13
Restoring faith in humanity LittleGirl Oct 2019 #14
That is right up by me. I never heard a word about it. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2019 #15
This is from 4 years ago... druidity33 Oct 2019 #17

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
8. They live on lawsuit proceeds
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 03:05 AM
Oct 2019

WBC knows exactly how far they can go with their outrageousness, and do so. When someone attacks them for being outrageous, they retaliate by suing the shit out of the attacker.

stopdiggin

(11,095 posts)
6. very weird group
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 02:37 AM
Oct 2019

They seemingly feed off of outrage and hate (their own, and that which they deliberately provoke in others). The original founder of Westboro was excommunicated from his own church .. that consisted largely of his own family members. Fred Phelps died, no longer a member of the church, in 2014 and the church has seen a steady depletion in numbers in intervening years. Numbers now estimated at 30-35, still largely from one family. And still (apparently) the same hateful bigots that Fred taught them to be.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. These kids give me hope for the future!
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 03:19 AM
Oct 2019

It's nice to see this. Especially in a place like Kansas City, MO.

Pachamama

(16,875 posts)
12. The current youth realize these haters need to go...I love that the high school kids and community
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 03:50 AM
Oct 2019

...chased those haters away and support Landon Patterson...who is a beautiful Homecoming Queen...

"Long Live the Queen"

leftyladyfrommo

(18,816 posts)
15. That is right up by me. I never heard a word about it.
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 09:11 AM
Oct 2019

They showed up st St. Patrick's Catholic church one day. Their signs are disgusting but they were quiet. There were more police there than protesters.

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