Anonymous Takes On The Westboro Baptist Church

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I have to say that I stand with the WBC's right of free speech. Anonymous are a bunch of little fascists by trying to trample the rights of others for a cause they deem worthy.In a free society you can counter protest but you don't threaten someone else's civil liberties no matter how much you disagree with them.

True, but there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with directly challenging there seriously screwed up theology, especially from a biblical view, which I think Anonymous just directly did. WBC should be "muzzled", in some fashion before someone thinks WBC's ideologies are anything to do with mainline Christianity. And if that ridicule of WBC is done publicly and hit's mainline TV, then all the better. If's Anonymous wants to express there option in a non-violent way, hey man, all the power to them. As a Christian I want to vomit when I hear any of the crap coming out of WBC, so... hats off to Anonymous, and if that balances any of WBC in the public eye... that is a good thing.

Anonymous messed up here in Vancouver, Canada with the whole Amanda Todd, Bullying-Suicide case, but... they did bring public attention to a real creep who was being charged on unrelated sexual assault of a minor, sucks that they didn't get the right person. Interesting that Anonymous actually makes it's way to the daily news on the TV! So,... I guess they have at least some kind of pull in the public option world.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...10/15/bc-amanda-todd-tormentor-anonymous.html
 

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No anonymous is a ideal not a group of people. Most of them do it to feel self justified and for attention. If I don't like some thing suddenly if I put on a guy Fawkes mask im anonymous? Oh no they are going to have strict gun laws better put on my mask and pretend im actually doing something about it which will never change the out come. You have to do something not stand outside and protest with a damn mask on. Wearing the mask makes these people think they are someone else or they belong to something that doesn't exist.

Holy fuck. Are you just clueless, or do you enjoy spewing bullshit. Just because Anonymous is an ideal doesn't mean it has no application to the real world. Guy Fawkes is a symbol of Anonymous, so it make sense to use his visage to announce intent. If I put on a mask and hide my identity to speak my mind against something, I'm now part of Anonymous. My words don't represent the entire collective but at the same time I represent the collective. If putting on a mask to make a statement galvanizes others, then I am doing something. The idea of anonymous is that one person is not enough. That it takes a collective of like minded people to get something done. When a bunch of people become a single symbol, then it makes it that easier to take action.

So yeah, Anonymous is a idea, a symbol. Be that as it may, it is one with a very real application to real life. One that is prevalent and easy to see.
 

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I'm going to say this once.

Rein in the personal insults.
If you can't disagree without name-calling, then you need to calm down.
It's a legitimate question. As someone who sees ideas all around the world come to life in every day land, I have to wonder if he's just fooling himself or just trying to fool others. "Clueless" if you will. I'm calm, as calm as I always am when I reply to nonsense. It doesn't help that he continues to defend his stance that you need to have a face to get something done. In a world where you're one bullet away from being murdered, being faceless is most the preferable option. You can't get anything done when you're dead unless you're a martyr like MLK, or Gandhi. I can't help but think those two could have gotten so much more done in life if they weren't ended by human "justice".
 

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That church causes way too many problems...
While I consider thing type of thinking right in a way, I have to say that it's also the opposite. Some people find the reason to live via religion. Regardless of the religion (Christian (Protestant, Catholic. Orthodox, etc), Muslim (Sunni muslim, Shia muslim, etc), Hindu, Buddhism, etc. etc). This is something everyone can say yes to (regardless of religion (If someone is an atheist, the answer is no to religion, but yes to living. If someone doesn't like the idea, it doesn't change facts. Belief =/ science.

Just as a note before people start bashing me as an atheist or pro religion:
I think people should live in peace with one another. Religion, race, skin color, language, etc shouldn't determine what you will become in the future.

I don't know how the different churches help each other around the world (programs change a lot between churches!), but over here the general idea is to really help each other or at least help the less fortunate (ie. some people & families may not have enough money for all presents you will receive).

If nothing else, do something in terms of gaming.

EDIT: TL;DR. Don't condemn someone if that is the reason why he or she wants to live

EDIT2: The news itself is just.. Wrong. I support free speech, but sometimes it goes above it.
 

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There are no words to describe just how sick and horrible WBC is. :angry:
You literally stole the words out of my mouth.

But then, the WPC can't keep their nose out of anything. And they picket at everything. Following their logic, apparently shooting up first-grader kids is a good thing. Yea-no.
 
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While I consider thing type of thinking right in a way, I have to say that it's also the opposite. Some people find the reason to live via religion. Regardless of the religion (Christian (Protestant, Catholic. Orthodox, etc), Muslim (Sunni muslim, Shia muslim, etc), Hindu, Buddhism, etc. etc). This is something everyone can say yes to (regardless of religion (If someone is an atheist, the answer is no to religion, but yes to living. If someone doesn't like the idea, it doesn't change facts. Belief =/ science.

Just as a note before people start bashing me as an atheist or pro religion:
I think people should live in peace with one another. Religion, race, skin color, language, etc shouldn't determine what you will become in the future.

I don't know how the different churches help each other around the world (programs change a lot between churches!), but over here the general idea is to really help each other or at least help the less fortunate (ie. some people & families may not have enough money for all presents you will receive).

If nothing else, do something in terms of gaming.

EDIT: TL;DR. Don't condemn someone if that is the reason why he or she wants to live

EDIT2: The news itself is just.. Wrong. I support free speech, but sometimes it goes above it.

Free speech != hate speech. The WBC thinks they're using free speech, but there's a difference in being a proponent of free speech and being a dickweed.
 
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EDIT: TL;DR. Don't condemn someone if that is the reason why he or she wants to live

EDIT2: The news itself is just.. Wrong. I support free speech, but sometimes it goes above it.

I am fine regardless of religion, I am just saying I myself don't support making the loss of children any harder on the parents because they have to see these church goers holding picket signs saying inappropriate stuff about the childrens/teachers deaths.
 
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That's pretty funny...I can only imagine her hate filled expression.
Attack update: Anonymous filed a death certificate for WBC leader Shirley Phelps-Roper.
They have also hacked Shirley's computer and changed her desktop wallpaper to gay porn
http://www.queerty.com/anonymous-fi...tist-leader-files-death-certificate-20121222/
*sigh*
I guess Anonymous showed them. I suppose WBC will have no choice but to cease their actions now
 

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People can do whatever the hell they want, it's a "free" country, but there are limits and people must realize that. It's one thing to have religious tolerance, it's quite another to go out of your way to hate others just because they claim that God told them to. It's asinine, it's abhorrent, and frankly, I hope they get their comeuppance. "But they're using their right to free speech, blah-blah!" News flash, free speech =/= hate speech.
 

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After putting into danger lives of that fake church members AND probably their less if not at all involved families giving out adresses and stuff, they filled a... death certificate!?

That's plain terrorism going on here.. yet the most of you applaud in content claiming it's "justice"? Yeah, well, NO!
 

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