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I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.
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'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.
I worry about anonymous just because it seems like a growing trend to try and squash dissenting opinion using "digital force". Part of me inside says this is just the target getting what's coming to it. Sweet revenge. But part of me says this is not how we should voice our dissent.
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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?
Snark aside, maybe they were doing such things prior to all the attention they got -- but I bet they're doing it more now, and maybe getting donations from other like-minded nutters. When you get down to it, they're trolls -- and the media is breaking rule # 1 of dealing with trolls: don't feed them!
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"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".
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…
The usual: money. They make $$$$ from suing people who illegally block their protests. They probably don't hate gays at all. More likely it's a family business.
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I always thought of them more as attention whores than a real hate group. Why do they only show up whenever there's already massive media attention? Sure, they hate gays, but what does that have to do with any of their protests? Either they keep happening to genuinely believe that the latest tragedy is what's most offensive to God or they just love being in the spotlight and poking people in the eye and use religion…
> Why do they only show up whenever there's already massive media attention? Sure, they hate gays, but what does that have to do with any of their protests? The usual: money. They make $$$$ from suing people who illegally block their protests. They probably don't hate gays at all. More likely it's a family business.
I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.
I worry about anonymous just because it seems like a growing trend to try and squash dissenting opinion using "digital force". Part of me inside says this is just the target getting what's coming to it. Sweet revenge. But part of me says this is not how we should voice our dissent.
I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.
It's what they want. I'm glad that we all think they're despicable but I'm kind of tired of the circle jerk of people thinking they're actors of social change by laughing at their online presence being hacked.
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.