God bless scooter trash
I came across this article, and I thought I'd share it with you.
There's a gang of bikers, claiming to be over 5,000 in numbers, called the Patriot Guard Riders. They ride along with military funeral processions to shield the greiving familes from protests....Protests from members of the Westboro Baptist Church.
Wait, it gets better.
Why are the members of this church protesting military funerals? Because they believe that American soldiers deserve to die because they are fighting to protect a country that embraces homosexuality. They also believe that improvised explosive devices used in roadside bombs are a gift from the Almighty.
This is not the first time this church has been in the news like this. Apparently, they are also known to protest at AIDS funerals! You know, just like Christ used to do!
Okay, last time I checked, our country is (pardon the pun) pretty fucking far from even tolerating homosexuality, much less EMBRACING it. And these people protest at the funerals of fallen soldiers, who are members of an organization well-known for their don't-ask-don't-tell policy, and immediate discharge if one of their soldiers outs him/herself in any way. Explain to me how the gays are responsible again?
Kinda makes me wonder what kind of cable package these churchgoers got that would make them think our society is embracing homosexuals. I think they got only four channels in their basic package: Bravo, Logo, HGTV, and maybe Lifetime (and all they do is fixate on the slogan "Television for Women" before turning off the TV in a fit of rage).
To qoute Frankie, "Relax!"
But for me, the icing on the cake has to be the bikers. You'd think the only thing more disruptive at your child's funeral than a so-called man of God telling you your son/daughter deserved to die in this war because Will & Grace is now on five times a week, would be the sound of dozens of noisy Harleys forming a barricade around the hearse.
You know, as much as I value free speech and oppose censorship, shouldn't there be a permit process in place for speaking out in public? You wanna protest against a government policy that is keeping millions below the poverty line? Sure, here's your permit. Against the war? Approved, stamped, NEXT! Against those who are against the war, and you have a valid point that doesn't sound like a bunch of bumper sticker slogans strung together? Okay, approved, NEXT! Blaming people you don't want to understand or accept in your lives for problems they had nothing to do with simply because you misinterpreted passages from a book written centuries ago? Denied, NEXT! I said denied....Sir, don't make me call in the bikers.
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Personally, I am a big fan of the nutty stuff bikers do to make the world a better place.
I volunteer at a sexual assault / rape crisis center - and they asked me to work a booth at some fundraiser that another organization here in St. Louis was having. The place I volunteer was unsure of who these people were, but only knew they were somehow involved with preventing child abuse.
So, I show up on the day of the big event, and I am the only person there not dressed in leather vests and chaps, straddling a Harley. I had no idea this was a biker organization. Turns out it was a group of bikers who support victims of child abuse by doing things like going to the home of a child who was abused, giving them a vest with the gang's patches and telling them that they have the support of a whole gang of people and they need not be scared of their abuser. They also go, as a gang, and sit in the court room while the child testifies against their abuser, so that the child doesn't have to worry about feeling intimdated by their abuser thereby being afraid to tell their story. One child they helped was sexually abused by a neighbor, and was afraid to go to sleep because he thought the neighbor would come in the house and get him, so the bikers came in groups of 5, in shifts, and sat in his driveway, 24 hours a day, for two weeks, until the neighbor went to jail, so that the child felt safe in his own home.
The point of this VERY long comment (sorry) is that bikers rock my socks off. I wouldn't get on the back of their bike... but I like some of the awesome things they do!
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