I participated in a human wall of humanity today, most all
with American flags, to honor a local soldier killed in Afghanistan.
It was anticipated Westboro Baptist Church would be there
with their bullshit rhetoric about how he deserved to die. I understand from
some folks they did in fact show up. That is not why I went. I went because it
was an opportunity to show the family the community support for their loved one
and the ultimate sacrifice he made.
The Westboro Baptist Church folks didn’t concern me in the
least because of the numbers of people there, the Patriot Guards who I was
standing beside and our Wilmington Police Department who were amazing.
The people who I think were worse than the WBC people were
our own residents who were allowed to drive on Market Street by the National
Cemetery before it was closed to traffic. One jerk in his black Escalade had
his window down and his very loud, booming music disturbing the peacefulness
and reverence we were all experiencing. Bagpipes were playing in the distance
at the cemetery and this asshole shows that kind of disrespect. He wasn’t the
only one. Three young women come by with windows down, music playing, smiling
and doing a fake beauty queen wave to all of us standing silent with flags.
Those four people showed so much more disrespect than WBC.
It was an honor to be standing there today and I am very
sorry for those four. They will never be able to experience anything like I did today
because of their stupidity. How sad. I
suppose our soldiers even have to die for the idiots in our midst.
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