Palin Time Again. And Again.
Shout out to Mrs. Palin, who tweeted so crazy weirdly after the decision in the Westboro Church case, that someone managed to convince her to issue a correction. At first her tweet seemed to miss the forest for the forest, as she whined about how people can't talk about God in public, but those wackos were able to protest as much as they like with out being shut down or even sued for damages (ironically for waving signs saying God Hates . . . . (fill in the blank.)
Her correction, explanation is that . . . er well. I'll post what she said as a quote, then comment:
"Obviously my comment meant that when we're told we can't say 'God bless you' in graduation speeches or pray before a local football game but these wackos can invoke God's name in their hate speech while picketing our military funerals, it shows ridiculous inconsistency."
A few points here. Firstly . . . obviously? Obviously that you said something stupid the first time and want a do over? Obviously? Really? Obviously? Is there anything obvious here, it is that yes, she does do the tweets herself, and drunk posts, with out being drunk, first. I could work that line a bit more, but I am boring of it already.
Here is the main point, though. Mrs. Palin. It is not inconsistent for the courts to say to private people who are not at all government agents, yes you can wave your "God Hates . . . fill in the blank," signs, but also say that at government sponsored events, you can't worship your favorite flavor of deity, or any deity at all. That's perfectly consistent with the spirit and the letter of the law as found in the First Amendment of the US Const.
Twit.
Her correction, explanation is that . . . er well. I'll post what she said as a quote, then comment:
"Obviously my comment meant that when we're told we can't say 'God bless you' in graduation speeches or pray before a local football game but these wackos can invoke God's name in their hate speech while picketing our military funerals, it shows ridiculous inconsistency."
A few points here. Firstly . . . obviously? Obviously that you said something stupid the first time and want a do over? Obviously? Really? Obviously? Is there anything obvious here, it is that yes, she does do the tweets herself, and drunk posts, with out being drunk, first. I could work that line a bit more, but I am boring of it already.
Here is the main point, though. Mrs. Palin. It is not inconsistent for the courts to say to private people who are not at all government agents, yes you can wave your "God Hates . . . fill in the blank," signs, but also say that at government sponsored events, you can't worship your favorite flavor of deity, or any deity at all. That's perfectly consistent with the spirit and the letter of the law as found in the First Amendment of the US Const.
Twit.
posted by Abstentus at 1:42 PM
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How dare those legal and social commentators, who never miss an opportunity to praise the Jehovah's Witnesses for stretching the boundaries of the First Amendment, now condemn the Westboro Baptists, whose actions in our time are no more outrageous than were the actions of the Jehovah's Witnesses during World War 2.
During WW2, Jehovah's Witnesses specifically targeted the homes of parents and spouses of wounded and killed soldiers -- knocked on those doors -- and told wives, mothers, and fathers that their husbands and sons had died not only needlessly and pointlessly, but in support of a government which GOD considered His enemy and would soon destroy.
During WW2, Jehovah's Witnesses would show up at War Bond Rallies and spew the same garbage.
1940s Jehovah's Witnesses would park sound trucks across the street from public schools and during recess and blast the school campus with pre-recorded sermons decrying the Pledge of Allegiance. There were also instances of JWs going inside school buildings and passing out anti-Pledge literature to children in the hallways.
JWs also parked sound trucks outside of churches during ongoing services and blasted churches with pre-recorded sermons decrying church teachings.
JWs carried phonographs with pre-recorded sermons door-to-door decrying patriotism, Christianity, etc. During WW2, a WW1 veteran and then Deputy Sheriff ran two JWs out of his gasoline station after they started playing such a recording. One of the JW "pioneers" pulled a pistol and murdered the Deputy.
Post WW2, the WatchTower Society made a point of renting for conventions those facilities which had been named or renamed in honor of the WW2 veterans (Memorial Coliseum, Veterans Stadium, etc. etc.) so as to poke their fingers in the eyes of returning veterans and the cause for which they had fought, been wounded, or died.
1940s Jehovah's Witnesses would specifically target urban Catholic neighborhoods with door-to-door sermons and literature which defamed the Pope and other Catholic hierarchy, Catholic theology, etc.
The JWs of WW2 were the Westboro Baptists of today.
Make up your minds, commentators.
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