Free speech is a helluva thing…
Much like Oregon, Hawaii attracts a lot of
people running from their problems. Never mind the fact that
their underlying struggles are typically self inflicted and will
follow them to the ends of the Earth, this little far flung
archipelago presents a tempting fantasy of warm tropical days
unburdened by past or proclivity. Reality is, of course, different,
but that’s a fact that’s hard to appreciate until you’re staring
down the barrel of our insane cost of living, lack of affordable
housing, and laughably low wages.
And so a steady stream of mainland origin flights spew forth
their daily assault of stinking filthy, dirty, hippy fools, nothing
to lose junkie scumbags, gutter punk status dropouts, kid diddler
ex-cons, and wild-eyed Jesus freaks.
Most will try and fail, others will end up dead by overdose or
misadventure, but the very worst will find a toe hold and set roots
like a pestilent haole weed.
For the last five years Lincoln Park, in Hilo, has been forced
to deal with a nightmare transplant of the delusionally hateful
god-shouter set.
James Borden, a 64-year-old Massachusetts native, has taken it
upon himself to follow in the footsteps of his haole forerunners
and use the location as a sounding board for his unique brand of
hateful nonsensicality.
His church, the Yaweh Lincoln Park Ministry, which consists of a
pickup truck with large signs affixed to the tailgate, has
enlightened the local community with many bits of his home brewed
wisdom over the last few years, such as “Homos using children to
promote queer lifestyle” and “Muslim Obama’s Islam go back to
Saudi Arabiai [sic].”
Borden has been largely tolerated or ignored by the local
community, wisely so, as it’s important to let the dumbest shout
their stupid opinions so you can properly vet your own, lest you
find yourself in agreement.
“You know, I always thought Borden was a moron, but his recent
message about the president being a secret lizard sodomite from
Kenya who smokes cigarettes and is in league with the Jew cabal
living at the center of the Earth really struck a chord with
me…” Oops, time to reevaluate some stuff.
However, his latest sign has struck a nerve, featuring large
depiction of what is purportedly an aborted fetus. It’s gross,
everyone is really bummed out, and they’ve decided enough is
enough.
Armed with signs bearing positive messages like “Live Aloha,
“Honk if you love Obama,” and “A’ole racism” they’ve begun a
counter protest hoping to… well, I don’t know what they really hope
to accomplish.
Beyond the indisputable legality of his actions Borden actually
has supporters, like mental giant, George Krail (click here):
“My wife was here earlier, and her and I were healed of the
two abortions we had,” Krail said. “We were for abortion, we came
to Christ, and somebody like Jim (Borden), showing us the picture
of the baby, we were like my gosh, that’s what we did. That’s the
reality of what we did, and that’s what turned us
around.”
And so continues another example of America’s proud tradition of
religious zealots using notions of liberty in their quest to deny
rights to other people who aren’t hurting anyone.
Fortunately for us, the zeitgeist is currently skewing
agnostic.
Finally, Big Island is a crazy place with its own notions of
frontier justice.
I will not be surprised if Borden’s corpse finds itself stuffed
into a lava tube on undeveloped land in the very near future.
