“FINGERBANGING”
For all of you who don't know about The Westboro Baptist
Church (WBC) it is a small virulently homophobic, anti-Semitic hate group that
regularly stages protests around the country. They are more famously known for
protesting the funerals of soldiers killed in action, terrorist victims or
other noteworthy people to say that those deaths are God’s penance for rampant
homosexuality. The members of punk band called Get Shot! decided to protest the
ultra-conservative Westboro Baptist Church by filming a porn of their bass
player (Laura Lush) masturbating naked on the organization's front lawn to
protest their hatred and unhealthy attitudes towards sex. Laura
said, "The Phelps family and Westboro Baptist Church are ridiculous and
do nothing except spread hate and cause controversy…As a bisexual woman and the
bass player of a ridiculous punk band, I wanted to spread my legs and cause
controversy." I personally think it’s a creative, if totally twisted, way
to spark controversy with WBC for their hate speech tactics. This is
something that really pushes the limits, causes controversy and makes a
statement…and isn’t that what art is all about? A statement? A cause? Art makes
people look a little closer. To look closer at the social issues, at other
people and their emotions, and the environment that surrounds them. Art causes
people to re-examine their thinking.
Link
to The Westboro Baptist Church is literally: God Hates Fags.com
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