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From my E-mail:
I can barely contain my anticipation... I'm on the riot team, and we've received a standby order for both the 27th and the 22nd (they're supposed to come both days).

There goes the neighbourhood...

I hope u get to beat them

May I suggest donning a cape and a mask?

North_Ranger said:

May I suggest donning a cape and a mask?

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May I suggest:

You need to go all Village People on them.

Is Charon gonna haveta choke a Baptist bitch?

They aren't Mormon.

Oh. Good.

LittleSin said:

They aren't Mormon.

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Pffft. I didn't say Mormon, did I? Did I say Mormon? I didn't say Mormon. I said Baptist. See my post up there? Baptist. Totally says 'Baptist'. Always said 'Baptist'.

Oh, so Mormons aren't good enough for O_C to choke, is that it?

I'd have to make a sign of my own, possibly with the Halforums durr face on it, and go try to blend in.

Wasabi Poptart said:

I'd have to make a sign of my own, possibly with the Halforums durr face on it, and go try to blend in.

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Not a bad idea, since I am 99.99% certain that there is going to be a counter-protest of some flavor.

Unless it's at Beach... in which case the crowd may simply commence to ass-whupping. Beach is in a rough part of town...

ThatNickGuy said:

Pffft. I didn't say Mormon, did I? Did I say Mormon? I didn't say Mormon. I said Baptist. See my post up there? Baptist. Totally says 'Baptist'. Always said 'Baptist'.

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You certainly did not! That would have ruined the alliteration you had going on.

What was I thinking? Silly Sin!

I'd like to thank this thread for directing me to this fine gem and some great memories;

They're such shiny happy people.

Shhh... y'all will wake Charlie.

Hope that conversion to whupping goes well and quickly! Will look forward to hearing that some of them got to make that face-to-face judgement meeting and lots more got blocked in by trucks that somehow miraculously appeared behind their vehicles prior to the protest.

Here's some advice: do your job, ignore them, life will go on.

The Lovely Boehner said:

Here's some advice: do your job, ignore them, life will go on.

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Here's some advice: Don't tell someone in a line of work that you have no idea what it's like, what to do, life will go on.

He has a point, actually. Counter-protests are fun and everything, but they don't change anything with the WBC. Nothing changes them, because they're convinced we're all evil. I'm sure O_C will handle it fine, but I understand why TLB said that. I was involved in a counter-protest against them and know just how useless they are. Well.. not completely useless. The Gay-Straight Alliance club that we were supporting appreciated the gesture, at least. So there was that.

The Lovely Boehner said:

Here's some advice: do your job, ignore them, life will go on.

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Yeah, O_C, how dare you complain about anything unpleasant.

Ah, the eternal dilemma when it comes to tolerance and democracy... what happens when you extend democracy to people who want to pull democracy down, or tolerance to people who want to spread their intolerance.
May I also suggest handing out "I'm with stupid ->" signs and placing the counter-protest next to the WBC line?

DarkAudit said:

Shhh... y'all will wake Charlie.

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At least you didn't say his name 3 times.

Wasabi Poptart said:

At least you didn't say his name 3 times.

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Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.

Oh you did it now! And if I had any photoshop skills at all I'd paste his avatar's head on Beetlejuice's body. lol

Or Hastur's, maybe?

stienman said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)

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I was going to mention Bloody Mary, too!

Great minds think alike!
Idiots seldom differ...

Funny thing about my job: I do it professionally at all times, without a single complaint, write-up, or review board. I come here to vent about it, to talk about stuff that I might not ordinarily voice because someone would take it the wrong way and assume that because I wear a badge, I must be some kind of robot without an opinion of my own.

Yes, I despise the Westboro Baptist Church, and I would not feel the least bit sorry if all of them were to fall dead this second. I might even do a little dance.

But I also respect and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, to include that little amendment tossed in, almost as an afterthought, that guarantees a citizen's right to assembly and free speech.

I'm probably going to have to step in and PROTECT these scumbags from angry crowds. Ask me how I feel about that.

I'm glad to hear that! I wish all your fellow officers felt the same way.

edit: not the "dancing when someone dies" part, the other part

Hope it's not too trying a day for you, Charon. I admire your attitude and your dedication to doing your job the right way. I don't think I'd have it in me to protect people like that... Except maybe their poor kids. They have to see and hear so many awful things. It's not right.

Officer_Charon said:

I'm probably going to have to step in and PROTECT these scumbags from angry crowds. Ask me how I feel about that.

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But you'll do it nonetheless. You've taken the oath, and by what I've read from your posts, you believe in those things you have sworn to uphold.

For that...

/salute

Sigh, not a huge fan of them trying to disrupt schools. That isn't cool. Hopefully, their designated areas where they can legally protest is far enough away from them.

In doing my homework, they're also going to be protesting 5 churches and 3 synagogues. They'll be coming on the 22nd for the churches, then coming back on the 27th for the schools and synagogues.

Honestly, the more I look into this, the more work is being done behind the scenes... this has the potential to blow up nastily, depending on which groups counter-protest, and the manner in which they do it. Little birdie said that the Patriot Guard Riders are waiting for a call, which will be a relief, because they have a great deal of common sense when it comes to these yahoos.

So what exactly do you have to do in order to be cited for attempting to incite a riot?

I ask because that email is awfully vitriolic and protesting at schools just seems like a ploy to get people riled up into taking action against them.

These guys are one of the few groups I think should be outright silenced.

The more lunacy I see from them the more I firmly believe whoever is handing the actual protestors their orders may very well be trying to get them hurt or killed to create a martyr. A martyr is the -last- thing that group of hatemongers need.

In the end I just try to remember my mantra on freedom of speech.

"Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence."

FnordBear said:

These guys are one of the few groups I think should be outright silenced.

The more lunacy I see from them the more I firmly believe whoever is handing the actual protestors their orders may very well be trying to get them hurt or killed to create a martyr. A martyr is the -last- thing that group of hatemongers need.

In the end I just try to remember my mantra on freedom of speech.

"Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence."

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while I agree and totally despise (if that is harsh enough word) WBC, they do push the constitution to the limit. We do have similar rights, but we aren't being an ass about it (at least this forum), to silence them would silence everything else we have rights on.

Of course I hope the day that one of the member on WBC decides to smack someone with their signs, wouldn't that inciting a riot? or starting a fight?