Well played, Brandon, MS. Well played, indeed.
Sounds to me that the WBC was not only reaping what it sowed,
it reaped it in the same manner. WBC stands on a reading of the law that maximizes their latitude and threatens legal action against any who might interfere, usually by pushing the law to the boundaries and taking advantage of any possible legal flexibility.
Well, it looks to me that Brandon, MS, carefully walked the legal line without crossing it and used the law to THEIR best advantage when dealing with the WBC. Brandon was able to trump & stymie WBC at their own game due to the participation and sympathy of the locals.
And, yes, it is horrible indeed that some miscreant roughed up some WBC member. I feel pained,
pained that the guilty party was unable to be identified and still walks among free men. I think I shall go to my private retreat to meditate on this issue and seek spiritual solace.
Or maybe not:
I've always been perplexed by people who seem to want to stretch the limits of civil society by using our freedoms to created a coarser society that values darkness over light. So, I say that those of us who value peace, freeom and harmony have the right to stretch those same limits in the opposite direction.
Folks like the WBC ought not be too surprised when the objects of their law-stretching decide to fight fire with fire.
So shoot them.
If their speech is sooooo horibble that they have abdicated their rights go whole hog. Otherwise STFU and wait for them to make a mistake then shut them down legally.
Hysteric much?
WBC acts in a coarse and unsympathetic manner. They've no moral basis to snivel when similar tactics are used against them.