Media Matters has a disturbing article up about dangerous anti-gay wingnuts from Kansas. Apparently, these gay bashers like to disrupt the funerals of service people that died in Iraq. And, apparently, Sean Hannity wants his listeners to think these homophobes are anti-war leftists:

In fact, as The Indianapolis Star reported, the protesters were not anti-war liberals but, rather, members of Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) in Topeka, Kansas, who claim that the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq are inflicted by God to punish the United States for its acceptance of gays and lesbians.

One of the church’s websites claims that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the space shuttle Columbia disaster, and the improvised explosive device (IED) attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq are examples of divine retribution visited upon the United States, allegedly as a punishment for the “sin” of homosexuality. A statement on the website reads: “Thank God for IEDs killing American soldiers in strange lands every day. WBC rejoices every time the Lord God in His vengeance kills or maims an American soldier with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).”

See? Wingnuts. Not left-wing in the slightest. Left-wing loonies blame BUSH for the Columbia disaster. Right-wing loonies blame gays. Really right-loonies thank God for killing and maiming our soldiers. But Hannity pretends not to know the difference:

Hannity: Now, who’s Jeremy Doyle? Well, he died along with three other soldiers on August the 18th, when their Humvee hit a landmine on an Iraqi highway. This guy died for all of us. His final journey was a procession down Main Street, past the courthouse square. “‘If I had to lose a son, if I had to lose one, I’d — I’d rather it be serving our country,’ his father explained. The protesters were headquartered in Kansas. They traveled across the country to demonstrate against a soldier.” And you know something? I guess this is just another example of how the anti-war left supports our brave troops. ‘Cause isn’t that what they always say? They’re disrupting the funeral, tormenting a grieving family. Can you believe I even have to bring this story to the airwaves?

No, I can’t believe you have to lie and distort the truth for 3-4 hours a day on television and radio and that you actually get rich doing it. If FOX or you radio syndicate had any integrity they would fire you for making flatly misleading distortions like this.

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