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People Online Are Cracking Up At How Foo Fighters Trolled Westboro Baptist Church Protesters With Disco Music
Picketing is a pretty common activity that people use to draw attention to some major and crucial issues. But is that the only reason why people go to protests? Usually, pickets are driven by anger with the current situation and desire to change it. It unites people who have the same views and express similar emotions towards the issue. Sometimes protests are necessary to finally acknowledge a certain problem, but sometimes these are simply used to confront people and to spread hatred.
Recently Twitter user @Talkie86 shared a video where members of Westboro Baptist Church were picketing right before the concert of the rock band Foo Fighters.
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The American rock band Foo Fighters were met by Westboro Baptist Church members, who are known for their extreme views
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The band’s performance was scheduled for Thursday, August 5th, in Kansas.
The video shows protesters were already ready and standing with signs stating “God hates your idols,” “God hates pride,” “Free will is a satanic lie,” etc. when Foo Fighters arrived in a flatbed truck, playing disco. Dressed up as Dee Gees, inspired by the band Bee Gees, the band was ready to talk to the protesters.
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Foo Fighters member Dave Grohl addressed people by stating: “This is not what you’re supposed to do. Can’t you just love everybody?” As he got everybody’s attention, he continued, “You shouldn’t be hating. You know what y’all should be doing? You should be dancing!”
It seems that no matter how into protesting a person is, it is hard to resist a good beat. As the band played “You Should Be Dancing,” one of the protesters, a woman in a red shirt, was “caught” actually dancing to the song.
The band was prepared to meet the protesters with a speech and a song: “You shouldn’t be hating. You should be dancing!”
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This isn’t the first time the band has had to repel Westboro Baptist Church protesters in a funny manner. In 2011, after Foo Fighters released a song called “Keep It Clean (Hot Buns),” they became a picketing target of Westboro Baptists. According to them, the band promoted anti-Christian values and the LGBTQ lifestyle. Foo Fighters responded to this by playing the song in front of their church.
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Westboro Baptist Church is known for its pickets against gay people, anti-Americans, and people of various religions. This active hate group has held protests at military funerals as well as celebrity funerals and public events.
What do you think about this situation? Leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
A Twitter user shared a video showing the encounter between protesters and the band
People online also shared their thoughts on the situation
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KT 4 years ago
lol church, they are a cult and are truly insane. They are really just a hate group, very anti-christian and anti-american as well.
Katchen 4 years ago
Aren’t they also just a single family? Like, isn’t every member of the “church” related to each other by blood or marriage?
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Pat Bond 4 years ago
Louis Theroux did two great documentaries on these misfits: The most hated family in America and the follow up around 12 years later - Surviving America's most hated family. Fascinating watch.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Simply put: That's what you get when your family relations are so obscured that you don't even know if you should call your sister mother, wife, cousin , auntie or all of them.
John C 4 years ago
I remember being totally confused as a kid being brought up in a christian church. If I'm to trust that he's supposed to look out for me and have my best interest at heart, why am I supposed to FEAR god?
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
That's why I didn't understand that sign saying "God is your enemy". That's really not helping your message.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
They came to our college to protest LGBTQ week. They had a permit to protest for 30 minutes on the corner of the college campus. We held anti-protest rallies holding our own signs of love and peace. When they left, we scrubbed down the spot they were standing on with soap and water. We sang songs by Elton John and Queen...rounding it out with a rousing rendition of YMCA.
InfectedVoice 4 years ago
They were going to picket the funeral of Jeff Hanneman, legendary Slayer guitarist, but never showed up, I read that they were warned the Slayer fans would not be having it and there would be lots of them, and they never showed, as a lifelong Slayer fan I was glad but a little bit sad that they didn't get f****d up, those Mexican L.A Slayer kids would've killed them.
InfectedVoice 4 years ago
Same, me and my friend had a beer with him a few years ago at Download, he was the nicest guy ever, such a gentlemen and a credit to himself.
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Dodo 4 years ago
"Free will is a Satanic lie"? But... what do they think they're doing when they decide to picket events? Do they seriously believe God is telling them to do it every time, or are they assuming it's what God wants them to do?
memyselfandI 4 years ago
Apparently they think that everything they ever do is because God told them to? In which case I don’t know what messages they’re getting, but it’s not from God.
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Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
Didn't Kim Petras troll Westboro by turning up outside their church or having a massive billboard planted there with her ass out?
KT 4 years ago
lol church, they are a cult and are truly insane. They are really just a hate group, very anti-christian and anti-american as well.
Katchen 4 years ago
Aren’t they also just a single family? Like, isn’t every member of the “church” related to each other by blood or marriage?
Load More Replies... Pat Bond 4 years ago
Louis Theroux did two great documentaries on these misfits: The most hated family in America and the follow up around 12 years later - Surviving America's most hated family. Fascinating watch.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Simply put: That's what you get when your family relations are so obscured that you don't even know if you should call your sister mother, wife, cousin , auntie or all of them.
John C 4 years ago
I remember being totally confused as a kid being brought up in a christian church. If I'm to trust that he's supposed to look out for me and have my best interest at heart, why am I supposed to FEAR god?
Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
That's why I didn't understand that sign saying "God is your enemy". That's really not helping your message.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 4 years ago
They came to our college to protest LGBTQ week. They had a permit to protest for 30 minutes on the corner of the college campus. We held anti-protest rallies holding our own signs of love and peace. When they left, we scrubbed down the spot they were standing on with soap and water. We sang songs by Elton John and Queen...rounding it out with a rousing rendition of YMCA.
InfectedVoice 4 years ago
They were going to picket the funeral of Jeff Hanneman, legendary Slayer guitarist, but never showed up, I read that they were warned the Slayer fans would not be having it and there would be lots of them, and they never showed, as a lifelong Slayer fan I was glad but a little bit sad that they didn't get f****d up, those Mexican L.A Slayer kids would've killed them.
InfectedVoice 4 years ago
Same, me and my friend had a beer with him a few years ago at Download, he was the nicest guy ever, such a gentlemen and a credit to himself.
Load More Replies... Dodo 4 years ago
"Free will is a Satanic lie"? But... what do they think they're doing when they decide to picket events? Do they seriously believe God is telling them to do it every time, or are they assuming it's what God wants them to do?
memyselfandI 4 years ago
Apparently they think that everything they ever do is because God told them to? In which case I don’t know what messages they’re getting, but it’s not from God.
Load More Replies... Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
Didn't Kim Petras troll Westboro by turning up outside their church or having a massive billboard planted there with her ass out?
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