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Posted: December 16, 2012
By Wolff Bachner
Commentary Updated | The hacking collective known as Anonymous renewed their war on the Westboro Baptist Church today. After the haters from the infamous church posted their intentions to picket the funerals of the twenty children killed in the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Anonymous responded by re-posting the personal and professional information for members of the church on the Internet. Now the general public can contact the church members directly and tell them what they think about people who would desecrate the funerals of murdered children.
Westboro Baptist Church has been irritating Americans for years with venom filled message about their demented version of God. According to the many closely related and intermarried members of the Phelps family who make up the majority of the congregation of the so-called church, God enjoys killing children and soldiers. They constantly proclaim God hates homosexuals and plans to destroy America for not following the Westboro Baptist Churchs twisted version of Christianity. The incredible obsession with homosexuality expressed by Fred and family seems to many as a sure fire case of thou dost protest too much.
Anonymous has been after the Westboro Baptist Church for several months now, hacking their websites repeatedly. Recently, they accused the church of creating a fake letter from the hacking group in order to trick other hackers into attacking the website. Anonymous warned their supporters the church planned to harvest internet addresses and sue people. Suing people is apparently the primary activity of the Westboro Baptist Church when they arent screaming hate at funerals.
Of course, Westboro denied the charges and taunted Anonymous as incompetent hackers. They claimed their website was protected by God. Big mistake. A few days later, while a Westboro spokeswoman was boasting about how the church foiled Anonymous on a radio talk show, an Anonymous spokesman called in and hacked the churchs website in real time on the air.
http://www.inquisitr.com/440545/anonymous-hacks-the-westboro-baptist-church-posts-all-their-personal-information/
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)a church, and they don't really believe what they say. They are a scam outfit. They do what they do to anger people, they choose mass shootings and soldiers funerals because they know it will anger people to the point of being beyond reason. They hope to get thrown out, assaulted, or have their rights violated in some way so they can sue for the money to do it all over again. They pay no taxes, they serve no purpose, they leech off of tragedy and the misery of others.
They are... War Profiteers.
AnnieBW
(10,429 posts)As a cybersecurity professional, people like Anonymous are the enemy. But, if they continue to fuck with WBC, I'm all for it.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Fucking ignore them...
brettdale
(12,382 posts)an old interview, did they do it again?
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Bravo Anonymous!
NNguyenMD
(1,259 posts)It must cost thousands of dollars for each one of these trips, and they do multiple trips a year. Is the Phelp's estate rich or something?
Jumping John
(930 posts)4 lawyers in the family.
WBC's travel expenses exceed $200,000 annually.[192] According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Westboro is funded entirely by its congregation and accepts no outside donations.[193] The church has received money from lawsuits and legal fees.[193][194] For example, they sued the city of Topeka several times in the 1990s.[193] WBC received $16,500, and is pursuing another $100,000, in legal fees for a case won in court.[194] The WBC is considered a nonprofit organization by the federal government, and is therefore exempt from paying taxes.[195]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church
NNguyenMD
(1,259 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Phelps is not an unusual name.
UndahCovah
(125 posts)These asshats turn up all over the country at frequent intervals. How the fuck do they pay for it? I doubt they work, because they wouldn't have time to be professional assholes.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)Thanks for posting!
K & R!