"We'll run you out of town" is a line used a lot in a lot of films that are shown on American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies.
But I can't recall any time when that threat was followed up on in any of those movies.
Well, yesterday, in real life, Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist "Church" was run out of Smyrna, TN.
Meanwhile, Ashland City TN was equally non-hospitable to Phelps and his loons.
From AP:
So many counterdemonstrators were gathered in Ashland City that police, sheriff's deputies and state troopers were brought in to control traffic and protect the protesters.
More from the same article:
Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq.
The church members were met with scorn from local residents. They chased the church members cars down a highway, waving flags and screaming "God bless America."
"My husband is over there, so I'm here to show my support," 41-year-old Connie Ditmore said as she waved and American flag and as tears came to her eyes. "To do this at a funeral is disrespectful of a family, no matter what your beliefs are."
And here is something on that Phelps' "church:"
The church, which is not affiliated with a larger denomination, is made up mostly of Phelps' children, grandchildren and in-laws.
The cult is probably in Indiana now, getting ready for their next bizarre protest. Well that is unless they've wised up and headed west on I-70 to their home base in Topeka, KS.
UPDATE 10:15 AM CDT: The Tennessean weighs in here with this article, Hundreds come to honor soldiers, drown out protesters.
UPDATE: 8:00 PM CDT: One more good Westboro article from a Volunteer State paper, the Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro.
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