Westboro Baptist Church Will Picket Robin Williams’ Funeral

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The Huffington Post has confirmed that the Westboro Baptist Church will picket Robin Williams’ funeral later this week.

While others worldwide gather to pay their respect to Williams, the WBC has labelled Williams a “f*g pimp” for his roles as a gay club owner in The Birdcage and for his cross-dressing role in Mrs. Doubtfire. What adds fuel to the fire is that the WBC has already tried to disrupt vigils for Williams in San Francisco.

Williams died Monday of asphyxiation at the age of 63. He leaves behind a wife, Susan Schneider, and three children, Cody, 22, Zelda, 25, and Zach, 31. He also leaves behind millions of adoring, yet confused fans.

Shortly after his death, his wife did disclose that he was in the beginning stages of Parkinsons’ disease.

The WBC has gone to its Twitter page to gather support for this cause, as well as its continued “God Hates The Media” campaign. One tweet announces they will “preach in lawful proximity to Robin Williams’ funeral — to warn the living: repent or likewise perish!!” Another posted @Robinwilliams decided to use his considerable talent to push filthy life styles, flagrant debauchery, and hedonism! He knew the toll!” Another church tweet announced “Since his early days in San Francisco @Robinwilliams mocked God, every semblance of righteousness encouraged proud Sinners died unrepentant.”

The Westboro Baptist Church is using Twitter and Reddit against Facebook, Apple, and Google.

The group announced it was picketing the headquarters of social media sites Pinterest, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram as part of the campaign. The WBC has accused Instagram of having a history of removing pictures and even accounts when they contain too many “Bible words,” and claimed Facebook “utilizes every opportunity to aggressively publish and promote f*g propaganda.”

“Westboro Baptist Church will use the Reddit platform, which is usually filled with vanity, science falsely so-called, and other sundry lies; to instead preach righteousness & spread the gospel,” the group said in a news release.

The WBC has picketed soldiers’ funerals, and pushed their anti-gay agenda for many years now. This would be one of the first times the WBC will try to make its presence known at a funeral for a person of this magnitude.

The WBC will have two opportunities to picket. There will be a small, intimate funeral for family and friends, time and place have not been announced. The second will be a public memorial, which is still in the planning stages.

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[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

I'm always impressed when someone takes a stand against Westboro Baptist. It's so brave and heroic, akin to a firefighter rushing into a burning home and saving a little child.

I'm always impressed when someone thinks hate is a way to get closer to God and a meaningful "afterlife."

[Bwana]

Damn, will someone just do a drive by already? What a useless bunch of slap dicks.

[KcMizzou]

Prison Bitch is just a ****ing troll. A troll playing the long game, but a troll none the less.

[Jerm]

These are the people the police should be blasting....

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Payless, Mother****er



Quite honestly, I can't believe it hasn't happened yet.

They protested at Emporia when I was there (for some damn reason, I don't remember. It was a stretch at best) and my buddy went right through the thick of them. He said they beat on his windows and shit. He had JUST bought that car like 3 days earlier. It'd have been tough for me to not slip on my shitkicking boots if I'd been with him. Much less if I were at a funeral.

It's really hard for me to believe there has been NO violence. But I know it'd be reported all over the news if it had.

Things like that are huge blobs of drama and stress. Quite some time ago I was in a location where a protest was going on. Not a WBC protest, it was a place of business and there was a group of people with signs lining the walkway. One of them wandered into the walkway and got in my face, started loudly yammering his bullshit at me. I must admit that for a split second I lost it and went after him. Luckily he scooted very quickly backwards, and the person I was with just barely managed to grab my wrist, so dragging her sideways slowed me down. I ended up face to face with the guy just a few feet from a cop when I snapped out of it. The cop didn't even move, actually looked the other way. And I'm the kind of guy that really just doesn't get into fights.

[RNR]

Originally Posted by Cochise

I know that there has been at least one reformed former associate of WBC poster here, but PB doesn't strike me as the type. When have you ever seen them mince words or tiptoe around what they think, or spend any time worrying what others think of their views? If he were a WBCer he would be coming straight ahead with all the rhetoric and the pseudo-religion that is supposedly behind it. Have you guys ever talked to one of them? He's not anything like them.

keep defending your buddy~