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Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by thwest »

wyclif wrote: post #7
hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

"Hate group under the guise of religion." Fixed that for you. Sorry, but I've got no patience for religion-bashing on HN.

Agreed, because religion, like technology, is a pure force for good that could not possibly be exploited for nefarious purposes. I bet if you asked a WBC member they would actually be uncertain and confused about their faith! It's not like the organization actually mirrors the power structure of pastor explaining a holy text to his flock.

(Sarcasm aside, its totally possible for a word like "religion" to contain contradictions and you aren't adding anything to the debate with a claim about who is "actually religious" and who is "guised as religious". If they claim it it's theirs.)

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by aaronblohowiak »

wyclif wrote: post #7
hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

"Hate group under the guise of religion." Fixed that for you. Sorry, but I've got no patience for religion-bashing on HN.

I think "religious fanatic" is not bashing non-fanatic religious followers, as fanatic necessarily indicates an excess of "single-minded zeal".

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by thoughtcriminal »

hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

The only power the WBC ever have is the power you give them. Stop making them an issue and they will stop being an issue.

It's rediculous how a little group can garner so much attention. You give it to them.

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by dmm »

wyclif wrote: post #7
hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

"Hate group under the guise of religion." Fixed that for you. Sorry, but I've got no patience for religion-bashing on HN.

They may be a hate group but they are definitely religious.

Check out the IAmA of a former member:

""" Very little I miss. It was so destructive and took years to undue. I have talked about the sense of security and belonging I can recall feeling from time to time when we were having church services on Sunday evenings. Something about being tucked in that building that's half buried and feeling like we're the only one's that god loves...it's hard to articulate. """

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/v99eg/iaman_exmember_o...

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by patmcguire »

hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

I always thought of them more as attention whores than a real hate group.

Why do they only show up whenever there's already massive media attention? Sure, they hate gays, but what does that have to do with any of their protests? Either they keep happening to genuinely believe that the latest tragedy is what's most offensive to God or they just love being in the spotlight and poking people in the eye and use religion as a pretext.

It'd be better if instead of vilifying and hacking them, once again giving them play in the media, everyone would just ignore them.

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by duaneb »

patmcguire wrote: post #15
hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

I always thought of them more as attention whores than a real hate group. Why do they only show up whenever there's already massive media attention? Sure, they hate gays, but what does that have to do with any of their protests? Either they keep happening to genuinely believe that the latest tragedy is what's most offensive to God or they just love being in the spotlight and poking people in the eye and use religion…

> It'd be better if instead of vilifying and hacking them, once again giving them play in the media, everyone would just ignore them.

I think the people at the funerals would disagree. This is far too personal for them to be considered media whores.

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by ryguytilidie »

wyclif wrote: post #7
hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

"Hate group under the guise of religion." Fixed that for you. Sorry, but I've got no patience for religion-bashing on HN.

You made a typo when you meant to type "I've got no patience for people rightfully insulting a group of people spreading hate" and seemed to have typed some nonsense instead.

Re: Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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Post by ryguytilidie »

thoughtcriminal wrote: post #13
hnriot wrote: post #5

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

The only power the WBC ever have is the power you give them. Stop making them an issue and they will stop being an issue. It's rediculous how a little group can garner so much attention. You give it to them.

Seems like a pretty simplistic way to think about it. Before the cameras were there I assume they were still picketing funerals right?
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