Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe is Organizing a Kazoo Party to Counter Westboro Baptist Church “God Hates F*gs” Protest
The Westboro Baptist Church — you know, those crazies who hold up the giant “God Hates Fags” signs — has been causing a bigotry-filled ruckus for years now, and that’s exactly what they plan to do when they descend on Richmond, VA this coming Monday, March 11th, to protest the election of Virginia House of Delegates member Danica Roem. Roem, who has received plenty of coverage in this space before, is a devoted metalhead and talented musician. She is also the first trans woman to be elected to a statewide office in the U.S. making for a double-whammy of traits the Westboro Baptist Church finds morally repulsive: a Satan-worshipper AND a transgender person all in one person, the horror!!
Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, a Richmond native who never hesitates to participate in protests (Standing Rock, for example) and stays quite involved with social issues, is organizing a counter-protest of sorts for Roem, who is also his friend… but don’t call it a counter-protest, call it a counter-PARTY! On his Instagram account this afternoon, Blythe encouraged “all freaks, weirdos, misfits and regular people of good conscious [sic]” to join him at 9am Monday morning at the Virginia state capitol. Instead of engaging with the protesters (a fruitless task), he’ll be bringing 100 plastic kazoos with him and distributing them to all who show up with the express goal of drowning out The Westboro Baptist Church! What fun!!
If you live in the Richmond area and don’t have to work Monday morning, please join Randy. We need you!
Here’s his post in full:
“ATTENTION! PEOPLE OF RICHMOND! CALLING ALL FREAKS, WEIRDOS, MISFITS, & REGULAR PEOPLE OF GOOD CONSCIOUS! This coming Monday, March 11, 2019, the buffoons of the #WESTBOROBAPTISTCHURCH (AKA the “God Hates Fags” losers) are coming to our fair city of Richmond, VA. They will be at our state Capitol at 9 am, then over by VCU at 9:45, spreading their bizarre brand of hate mongering.
“Why? They are protesting my friend, a fairly elected member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Danica Roem- Danica is an award-winning journalist, a heavy metal musician & all-around #RIPPER(who happens to be a trans-woman.) These “Christians” are always picketing military funerals, Kansas City Chiefs football games, the funerals of people killed by natural disasters– their insane activities are too many to list. They even picketed at the funerals of #FredRogers & tried to find the funereal of #LeonardNimoy (but they failed- ha!) – WHO PROTESTS THE FUNERALS OF THOSE TWO GREATEST OF AMERICAN MISTERS, MISTER ROGERS & MISTER SPOCK?!?!? THEY PICKETED DIO’S FUNEREAL- oh, HELL NO. And these people are coming to MY TOWN?!??
“They have left me no choice- in the name of all that is GOOD & JUST in this world, in the name of PUNK ROCK & HEAVY METAL, in the name of #MISTERROGERS & #MISTERSPOCK, IN THE NAME OF MY BELOVED FRIEND #DAVEBROCKIE (R.I.P.)… I COMMAND YOU TO JOIN ME FOR A COUNTER-PARTY!!! NOT a counter-PROTEST, because that would entail arguing with these idiots (which is USELESS), but a COUNTER-PARTY. I WILL BE BRINGING 100 KAZOOS- WE WILL HAVE A #KAZOO #CHAMPAGNEJAM. WE WILL PLAY THE “BENNY HILL” & “SANFORD & SONS” THEME SONGS. WE WILL DROWN THEM OUT WITH CHEAP BUZZING PLASTIC NOISE MAKERS.
“I will also be bringing a BRAND NEW 100 DOLLAR BILL as a CASH PRIZE for BEST COSTUME worn to the #COUNTERPARTY. A hundred kazoos AND a hundred dollar prize?!?? IT’S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
“So Monday, MARCH 11, 2019, 9 AM, VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL- PUT ON YOUR CORPSEPAINT, YOUR RAINBOW WIG, YOUR INFLATABLE SUMO WRESTLER COSTUME. FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG HIGH! LET’S PARTY!!!!!”
