Westboro Salafist Mosque

WI Fred Phelps for some reason converted to Islam when he was younger?

How would Americans react to the God Hates Fags campaign, funeral protests and all if they are being done by muslims?
 

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They would be disappeared.

In the United States, and much of the rest of the West since 9/11, Freedom of Speech applies much less to Muslims.
 
They would be disappeared.

In the United States, and much of the rest of the West since 9/11, Freedom of Speech applies much less to Muslims.

Actual incidents, please?

CAIR says dumb, obnoxious things and Ibrahim Hooper hasn't been disappeared.

That guy who said Christmas was evil has not been disappeared either.
 
They would be disappeared.

In the United States, and much of the rest of the West since 9/11, Freedom of Speech applies much less to Muslims.

wut

The First Amendment protects all speech, no matter how hated, no matter who said it.

Do you have any proof their speech is lessoned?
 
If they're just as active and horrendously offensive as OTLs WBC I imagine they could end up in getting subjected to mob justice; IIRC the WBC has had some close calls with angry mobs, and an Islamic WBC would likely be facing even more hatred.
 
If they're just as active and horrendously offensive as OTLs WBC I imagine they could end up in getting subjected to mob justice; IIRC the WBC has had some close calls with angry mobs, and an Islamic WBC would likely be facing even more hatred.

That's a lot more likely than Phelps being carried off to Gitmo in the middle of the night...
 
WI Fred Phelps for some reason converted to Islam when he was younger?

How would Americans react to the God Hates Fags campaign, funeral protests and all if they are being done by muslims?

Pre-9/11? I hate to say it, I really do, but no one is going to care, unless they pull off something that would force the Federal government to intervene (such as one of the Phelps family members defecting and telling police). Until then, they are just one nuisance among many.

Post-9/11? Then expect a LOT of retaliation coming up.
 
Pre-9/11? I hate to say it, I really do, but no one is going to care, unless they pull off something that would force the Federal government to intervene (such as one of the Phelps family members defecting and telling police). Until then, they are just one nuisance among many.

Post-9/11? Then expect a LOT of retaliation coming up.

There wasn't any riots or major violence in OTL so why would there be against the Westboro Mosque?
 
There wasn't any riots or major violence in OTL so why would there be against the Westboro Mosque?

If we are talking about post-9/11 (assuming it happens in TTL as well), that's simple: I don't know about your neck of the woods, but in mine there was some great paranoia going around, and as a result any property (such as businesses) operated by Arab-Americans (or anyone remotely looking "Muslim" - i.e. a Sikh guy arrested on an Amtrak train because he had a kirpan [ceremonial sword] on him) was destroyed. I don't see that it would be any different with the Phelps.
 
Fred Phelps in OTL did show up at the World Trade Center itself to protest the rescue efforts. That's far more offensive then picketing at funerals.

That's a lot more likely than Phelps being carried off to Gitmo in the middle of the night...

I can't see our government disappearing people. I can sure as hell seeing a Mosque getting turned into kindling though.

It is offensive to many Americans to see "God loves IEDs" "God hates the troops" signs, but if you replace God with Allah and I think we could definitely start seeing major hate crimes being performed by average Americans. especially post 9/11 (roughly 9/12/01-1/01/02)

Ugh, as much as I cannot stand the WBC; they have their rights. But I am glad that the government at least put up the distance rules for funerals. I mean come on, they're funerals man; don't use something like that to voice a political message.
 
Fred Phelps in OTL did show up at the World Trade Center itself to protest the rescue efforts. That's far more offensive then picketing at funerals.
If a Muslim WBC showed up at the World Trade Center in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and spread anything like their usual message I think it would almost be impossibly to stop them from being ripped apart by an angry mob. I'm kind of surprised nothing happened to them when they did that OTL.
 
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