Pam knows from North Carolina:
Three crosses were burned last night in my progressive hometown, one only a couple of miles away from our house, near a middle-class, suburban subdivision. Some are tying it to the visit of members of the Rotting Cryptkeeper’s church visit to our city to protest the Laramie Project play held at the Durham School of the Arts. The pathetic Phelps family picketed and were overwhelmingly outnumbered by supporters of the play and its performers.
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It’s hard to understand what kind of cretins think that they are going to find support for this rat-bastard, cowardly deed — hey you f*ckers, show your faces — but they won’t find it in Durham. (Durham Herald-Sun)…
It’s been a long time since I linked to one of Pam’s rants. It feels good, despite the circumstances.
What makes me sad is that the climate of our country is one in which this event will spark less outrage than it deserves. This type of act should be condemned from all points of the political spectrum; but the Bushites have spent so much energy pandering to the Radical Religious Right that these burning crosses are a manifestation of their divisive hatred and fear they used to advance their agenda and win the election (and when I say win, I mean manipulate).
pastordan, this slimy illegitimate excuse for a human being is something I have to see every weekday, as I have to drive past his inflammatory hell hole he calls a church to get to work. This thing that might have some vestige of humanity within it somewhere has infected not only the members of his family, he has a cult following in the city of Topeka. Though I find his message appalling, ludicrious, lacking any human compassion or Christ centered love, I will never countenance anyone taking his right to spew forth his hatefilled bile in any form. I will fight to my death to prevent his putrid hate from infecting any others, by showing compassion and love, where he shows contempt and hatred. I personally find this man, if that is indeed what he is, I think he is a spawn of satan, at the very least, reprehensible, vile and so disgustingly perverse that even writing about him, makes me want to shower or at least wash my hands. I am glad that there were so many folks out to overcome this madman’s hate filled message.
Rotting Cryptkeeper’s. I like that, can I use it, I think I might find some locals in Topeka that can put a more permanent appearance of this label around his satanic worship center.