Metal fans 1, Westboro Baptist Church 0

When Lamb of God heard that the hateful loonies from the Westboro Baptist Church were preparing to protest outside the Capitol building in Richmond, Virginia, they knew that they had to fight back in a meaningful yet non-violent way.

The WBC was there to drop hate bombs on a Danica Roem, the state’s first and so far only transgender lawmaker. Roem is also a very, very big fan of metal–she’s sings in a band, too–so Lamb of God wasn’t going to stand by for this.

The call went out to fans to assemble in crazy costumes and kazoos in order to drown out the WBC freaks.

Six members of the church showed up. Several hundred Lamb of God fans were waiting for them. As this video shows, it was mission accomplished.

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THIS is how you deal with clowns like the #westborobaptistchurch. They want hate. They want anger. They want screaming arguments. Most importantly, they want lawsuits- many of their members are attorneys just waiting for someone to punch them so they can sue the pants off them. What did RVA give them today? Outrageously costumed freaks. Dancing. Head banging. Drumming. Vuvuzelas. Oh yeah– and kazoos. LOTS of kazoos. The noise was INCREDIBLE– no one could hear a single word they said. They have the right to say those ignorant things- but you have the right to throw a party so loud they leave early, looking totally defeated. And that’s EXACTLY what happened today- we had a blast, & they burned through some of their bank account getting to our town. TOTAL VICTORY, so BEAT IT, KOOKS. I didn’t take a single photo today- too busy partying in the streets, MY STREETS. Everyone but the #westborobaptistchurch had a good time today- smiles all around, just the way I like it. Now I can get some rest & go back to my normal craziness. Thanks for showing up so early, RVA- y’all went HARD today. 🔥🔥🔥 #kazoo #counterparty #champagnejam #beatitkooks

A post shared by D. Randall Blythe (@drandallblythe) on Mar 11, 2019 at 1:00pm PDT

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