Westboro put on notice...

[TFOGGER]

I don't necessarily agree with their approach, but I'm glad someone is standing up to these bigotted asshats...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...42-501465.html

[jdscott82]

I don't necessarily agree with their approach, but I'm glad someone is standing up to these bigotted asshats...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...42-501465.html

+1

[enthusiast]

I would gladly help them.

[StagLefty]

They offend me as a Christian man who can't abide with any of their actions.

[ghettodub]

It looks like their site is still down after apparently being hit this morning...

[Zundfolge]

I don't like this tactic any more than I like the Westboro kooks actions.

Forcibly imposing your views on someone (or shutting someone else down) is always wrong in a free society.

When assessing a political tactic you have to take an honest look at it and ask yourself if your opponents were to use the same tactic, would you consider it "crossing the line" or "unfair".

If some anti gun organization were to use hackers to take down the NRA, GOA and various gun forum sites we'd all be screaming foul.


That said if these people showed up at the funeral of one of my loved ones I'd be going to jail (and I'd deserve it but if we're going to be a nation of laws and not a nation of men we just have to allow for the existence of these jackwagons).

[CrufflerSteve]

I think Matt Taibbi summed up my feelings about them.
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Matt,
Could you please explain to me the point of the Westboro Baptist Church? I know that they hate fags, the military, America, and essentially anything interesting, but could you give me some idea of what exactly it is that they do like and/or stand for?
Brad Copeland

Brad,
I think they like press attention.
The Westboro Baptist Church is like the dictionary definition of low-hanging punditry fruit. It's one sociopathic cult leader running naked through, and occasionally squatting to defecate in, the gray areas around the First Amendment. It's gross, but I don't think it's terribly newsworthy. Obviously you can't just ignore them if they're at your brother's funeral or something, but I think we can safely ignore them at all other times.
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Ignore the loathsome tards. They are addicted to attention.

Steve

[oinco]

I see more parallels with the Westboro plague and Muslim extremists than with any whisper of Christianity.
It would seem that those responsible for "giving them voice" (ahem, media)- would like to see freedom of speech modified to their agenda, and using a group as toxic as this is a viable and powerful card to play.

[Colorado Luckydog]

I have to say, that was a well written letter. It won't stop the morons it was written to. They believe they are acting in "The Will Of God". Hard to believe that anyone could do the things they do in the name of God. I too, would be abliged to help and or join Anonymous if I believed they were a real organization and not just a bunch of well intended, well talented and very articulate hackers.

[Irving]

It's fake. Anonymous already released a statement saying that they never sent Westboro anything, and that Westboro just accused Anonymous to bring attention to themselves.