The Westboro nuts came and picketed our church one time on a Sunday morning with signs showing stick figures engaging in sodomy (they actually had the wrong church, but that is another story). Imagine our kids walking past these signs and the reactions of some of the parents. It came very close to violence. As it was, we could not control some of the parents who got in their face telling them to “go back to h*ll”.
Westboro is a family run cult largely employed as lawyers. If they can provoke a violent response, they can sue for “damages”.
Inciting people to violence is subjective..and you then fall into the trap of the Muslims who justify their actions because YOU incited them to violence. You did such and such so it is okay to be violent...
So it is okay to punch out Westboro because they have sodomy signs and those members had to be held back?????? But it is not okay to punch out Americans who hold signs that Muslims find offensive???
Slippery slope...