On: Anonymous has chosen a new target

[portman]

At funerals? Screaming at small children, six inches from their faces, that God killed their father on purpose?

[deno → portman]

> six inches from their faces

That's quite an exaggeration. They are standing far away from the ceremony.

EDIT: To clarify, I don't mean to defend them. I just think what they do is appalling enough on its own, without stretching the facts.

[portman → deno]

You're right that there is no need to exaggerate.

The raft of state legislation in 2007/2008 setting up perimeters (300 - 500 feet, depending on the state) was in direct response to the stepped-up funeral protests of 2006 which were in extremely close, personal proximity to the mourners.

Now, they are 300-500 feet away, but only due to specific state laws.

[rhizome → portman]

Sure, but in the vast majority of (if not all) events the Phelpers are kept far enough away that the people at the events don't even see them.