After seeing
this documentary, I’ve decided to look them up on google to see if there is
anything new on them. To no one’s surprise
I happen on an article on how they were going to stage a picket at the
University of Missouri to protest the presence football
player who recently came out as gay. This led to the student body of
the school to come together and stage a counter protest. It’s just good to see that people are willing
to come together to help battle some of the negativity in today’s society.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
SUMBLOG 3
The
documentary that we watch in class about the Westboro Baptist Church was a good
example using religion to discriminate against other’s values and beliefs. According to the members of the church, God
have already passed its judgment and everyone living in the United States (except
for the members of the church) is going to hell. This is apparently because the United States
is a nation full of “faq” supporter, sinners, and among other things. I don’t really have a problem with this
because I believe that everyone is entitle to their opinion, but what I have a
problem is how they carry out this message.
Staging roadside “pickets” at dead soldier funerals and other religious
events is not the best way to get a message across. This is disrespectful toward the family of
the decease their family and other religion.
This tactic only makes them look bad, and only generates more hate
toward the group. There are much better
ways to go about this and they seem to have chosen the most extreme one. The sad thing about all this is that they are
teaching their children the same values and beliefs. The one thing that stuck out to me was when
the interviewer questioned the 4 years old girl about the meaning of word on
the sign she was carrying and she replied that she didn’t know what it means. This just means that the cycle would just
continue on and on.
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I agree with you completely. If they chose to have their own religion, no matter how hateful it is, it is embedded in our society's freedoms. However, they should not actively condemn people for their lifestyles and as you mentioned, it is disrespectful. I tried putting myself in a position as someone who lost a family member while a group like this protests his/her funeral. I would be so angry for their insensitivity. Your article was very good in describing how society repeals some radical ideologies and unifies certain groups based on a common identity/membership (in this case Mizzou students). Great job!
ReplyDeleteyou have a realistic view of this group that i believe most people would share. the hardest part of trying to maintain an open-minded view is being able to accept people with extreme views and hateful views. when you hate someone for being hateful you are only doing what you rudimentally see to be wrong with this rival group.staging a protest against a group because they protested against you is only reinforcing their hatred and lets them know that their hate successfully contaminated you. This fact is very difficult to face but is a major step in ones freedom from hatred. your source was very good in identifying a recent incident with this group and I blieves it really adds to what we learned in class. overall you did a good job of identifying important aspects of the class and of the film
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your thoughts. Disrespectful is an understatement. You can have your opinion but to portray them the way that they do is disgusting. It is hard to be level headed while dealing with people like this because it just seems so wrong. I will never understand people like this or where they come from. Just why..
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