Again, it did not say it was threatening, only that she found it threatening. "Found" in this context is subjective. Someone else could just as easily have read the exact same flier and "found" it to be juvenile and amusing.
I still think it was a stupid thing to do, but we are quickly losing the meaning of our language. Today it's threatening: tomorrow an act of terrorism?!?
The flyer was probably not a direct threat, and this woman is probably over-reacting. I've been trying to find a copy of the flyer on the net, but haven't succeeded. I did see the cover of it.
By publicizing this, though, she has done a good deed for everyone. It's about time these anti-everything creeps get a little public notice.
I mean, I can tell them how disgusted I am at their silliness, but there's nothing like a little publicity to shine a light on their nonsense.
There are ways to attract people to your church that actually work. A nice young couple stopped by my wife and my house shortly after we moved into it. They were from the neighborhood Lutheran church. They came to the door with a freshly-baked coffee cake, welcomed us to the neighborhood, and gave us some literature about the church they attend. Even though we do not attend church, we thanked them very graciously, said we'd enjoy the coffee cake and would read their literature. We did read it. It seems like a very nice church, full of very nice people.
The anti-halloween flyer guy wouldn't have gotten the same response, I bet. Angry people don't generally gain followers, except for other angry people. There's danger in that.
So, the publicity about these creeps is a good thing.