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Anonymous Goes After GodHatesFags.com

An anonymous reader writes "Anonymous is now recognised as a serious force to be taken seriously, but its activities aren't confined to mass global protests, as the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, is discovering, according to p2pnet. Says the Examiner, 'Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for their "Love Crusades," obnoxious displays of insensitivity and homophobia at the funerals of fallen American soldiers. The controversial if monotone message of the "Love Crusade" seems to be to blame everything that is wrong in the world on homosexuality. The crusades are part of a hate-based mission started in Kansas by the WBC and Fred Phelps.' In an open letter on AnonNews, 'We, the collective super-consciousness known as ANONYMOUS – the Voice of Free Speech & the Advocate of the People – have long heard you issue your venomous statements of hatred, and we have witnessed your flagrant and absurd displays of inimitable bigotry and intolerant fanaticism,' says Anonymous, stating 'Should you ignore this warning, you will meet with the vicious retaliatory arm of ANONYMOUS.'"

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  1. Correction by HomelessInLaJolla · · Score: 0, Troll

    God does not hate. Every day that a homosexual wakes up they have been forgiven.

    If, however, they choose to cling to their homosexuality--which always has a basis in doing what they want to do to get something--then they remain in sin and are subject to the whims of the devil. Over time the homosexual is no different than women. At first they enjoy sex, then they learn that they are able to use sex to get what they want, then they find that they get stuck in situations where they no longer wish to have sex with someone (or feel obligated to be directed to have sex with someone else), but they need to continue to do it because their director/partner has significant control over their social and financial lives. Homosexuals are no different. At some point in their homosexuality they discover that they do not really want to do this anymore but to refuse would create enormous social and financial problems, as well as having the gossip of "used to be" follow them.

    The only solution is truly the path of God.

    Why do bad things happen to good people? For the same reason why bad things happen to bad people. Because they insist on sinning and, once in sin, the devil enjoys doing it to you. Not that the path of God will keep you from all of the irritations and problems which are naturally part of this world--but the path of God is the only way to ensure that you will survive it.

    God does not hate but, if you wish to actually live without sin and observe the path of God, then observe that God created them male and female.

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  2. The key phrase by jmorris42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    > ...we have hitherto allowed you to continue preaching...

    And with those words we have the rest of the story. They claim the authority to "allow" others to speak. In other words they are our master and will decide who is allowed to speak and are willing to use force to enforce their edicts. Scratch a progressive, find a fascist. Every. Time.

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  3. Re:Ohhh the irony... by FourthAge · · Score: 1, Troll

    Anonymous are worse than the WBC.

    On the one hand we have this fairly hateful little cult that goes around upsetting people, apparently for religious reasons. On the other hand, we have another hateful little cult which also goes around upsetting people, apparently for fun. Sorry, "lulz".

    The difference? We know who WBC are. We know where they are and who their leader is. This makes them better than Anonymous, because they operate in the open. If the WBC commits a crime, then they can (and will) be arrested. And if you have a reason to sue the WBC, then you can.

    Hell, even the Church of Scientology is better than Anonymous. Same reasons. CoS may be a creepy cult, but again, it's all out in the open. The key thing is that CoS and WBC can be forced to take responsibility for bad things they might do. It is the same for all normal, civilised people.

    With Anonymous, there's nothing to applaud. They are not activists or protesters, any more than the KKK were. They are bullies, operating under the cover of anonymity which frees them from responsibility for their actions. They are an exclusively destructive force: there is no positive achievement of Anonymous.

    Anyone siding with them here should carefully consider their position. Association with Anonymous, even defending them here, will turn out to be to their disadvantage in the future. The organisation will not only be thoroughly discredited, but also shown to be thoroughly evil in nature: capable only of destruction. The mass media will not need to invent anything to do this, just as it was not necessary to invent anything about Nazism to discredit the Nazis. Pure presentation of the facts will be enough. Everyone would be well advised to have nothing whatsoever to do with Anonymous, because such involvement will certainly be regretted in the future.

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