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Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

The Westboro Rapists have decided to have a go at Anonymous. This should be fun.

Quote:

Open Letter to Westboro Baptist Church
AN OPEN LETTER FROM ANONYMOUS

February 16, 2011

TO THE CONGREGANTS OF WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH:

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. We have always regarded you and your ilk as an assembly of graceless sociopaths and maniacal chauvinists & religious zealots, however benign, who act out for the sake of attention & in the name of religion.

Being such aggressive proponents for the Freedom of Speech & Freedom of Information as we are, we have hitherto allowed you to continue preaching your benighted gospel of hatred and your theatrical exhibitions of, not only your fascist views, but your utter lack of Christ-like attributes. You have condemned the men and women who serve, fight, and perish in the armed forces of your nation; you have prayed for and celebrated the deaths of young children, who are without fault; you have stood outside the United States National Holocaust Museum, condemning the men, women, and children who, despite their innocence, were annihilated by a tyrannical embodiment of fascism and unsubstantiated repugnance. Rather than allowing the deceased some degree of peace and respect, you instead choose to torment, harass, and assault those who grieve.

Your demonstrations and your unrelenting cascade of disparaging slurs, unfounded judgments, and prejudicial innuendos, which apparently apply to every individual numbered amongst the race of Man – except for yourselves – has frequently crossed the line which separates Freedom of Speech from deliberately utilizing the same tactics and methods of intimidation and mental & emotional abuse that have been previously exploited and employed by tyrants and dictators, fascists and terrorist organizations throughout history.

ANONYMOUS cannot abide this behavior any longer. The time for us to be idle spectators in your inhumane treatment of fellow Man has reached its apex, and we shall now be moved to action. Thus, we give you a warning: Cease & desist your protest campaign in the year 2011, return to your homes in Kansas, & close your public Web sites.

Should you ignore this warning, you will meet with the vicious retaliatory arm of ANONYMOUS: We will target your public Websites, and the propaganda & detestable doctrine that you promote will be eradicated; the damage incurred will be irreversible, and neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover. It is in your best interest to comply now, while the option to do so is still being offered, because we will not relent until you cease the conduction & promotion of all your bigoted operations & doctrines.

The warning has been given. What happens from here shall be determined by you.

WE ARE ANONYMOUS.
WE ARE LEGION.
WE DO NOT FORGIVE.
WE DO NOT FORGET.
EXPECT US.

Jon.J · **Joined:** 23rd Apr, 2009 **Posts:** 146

:getspopcorn:

This looks good!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38587

Awesomeness.

Whoever wrote that response should win an award

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12326

I wonder if the original is fake to get Anonymous to get rid of the Westboro baptists.

I hope it works.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8653

Er, the dates imply that Anonymous wrote their bit first.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12326

Joans wrote:

Er, the dates imply that Anonymous wrote their bit first.

Oh, so nothing's tipped Anonymous over the edge then. They're just picking them as a target.

I hope it works.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Anonymous are pretty brilliant aren't they.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

For the first time, I am considering donating my bandwidth to their Low Orbit what sit Cannon.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11858

Anonymous sound like a right bunch of pretentious twats.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 22:08

Bobbyaro wrote:

Anonymous sound like a right bunch of pretentious twats.

Thank fuck I wasn't the only one thinking that.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11858

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying the Westboro Rapists are anything other than scum; but that letter is just pathetic self justification and an attempt to obtain limelight by proxy despite the "anonymous" attribute they portray.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I think their petulance is endearing.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Grim... wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Anonymous sound like a right bunch of pretentious twats.

Thank fuck I wasn't the only one thinking that.

Yeah, it's a properly overblown, self-important mess of a letter.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

Is "preachments" really a word?

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

This is how Anon works, see? One challenges, many rally, lulz occur. Or, one challenges, many can't be bothered.

In this case, the one has issued the challenge, with the target being Westboro. Unlike the Scilons or HBGary, the target is the sort to respond in kind. They want and need any attention they can get. There may or may not be a ddos, but even if there is it doesn't matter. People only visit that website for a laugh. And they aren't a big enough target for the moral inertia that carries an Anon campaign to really kick in anyway - all they do is spout offensive bullshit. Show me a similar organisation that doesn't. These people are parodies of themselves, it'd be like slapping a man for punching himself in the face.

There's big, wrong, harmful stuff in the world that Anon goes after and, to whatever extent, gets. Methods and degrees of success are arguable, but they drive the debate and get bad things into the news that otherwise wouldn't be. And it's quite often funnier than Brice Everiss or whatever other mind-boggling cuntery the internet can spew up.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/36 ... urity-firm

Pretentious twats? Have you been on /b/? That such places are ever capable of creating anything of value is frankly astonishing. It's postmodernism and net culture distilled down to a leery, peurile, filthy smirk of self loathing and sociopathic glee. Or Linetrap.

Fundamentally I don't think any mover or shaker amongst anonymous would do any thing they didn't think was rather funny.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Grim... wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Anonymous sound like a right bunch of pretentious twats.

Thank fuck I wasn't the only one thinking that.

They are, but I'm coming to think that they're also capable of excellent things. They're a strange, interesting group.

The formatting of the response is amazingly terrible. I can't even bring myself to read it.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1954

I'm a bit confused here. Anonymous can tackle WBC's website but I doubt that's a very big part of their operation anyway.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4743

Craster wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Anonymous sound like a right bunch of pretentious twats.

Thank fuck I wasn't the only one thinking that.

Yeah, it's a properly overblown, self-important mess of a letter.

I thought it was quite good until 'Should you ignore this warning....', and then it seemed to become a little pompous.

Still, I hope Anonymous fuck some shit up (particularly a horrid group like the Westboro Rapists) and we get lulz :metul:

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:51

mm, i didn't understand the screaming of that wbc thing, and i don't thing the wbc will understand the reply and will just be comfirmed it what they think anyway... so it seems a bit futile..

and you're commenting on it like a sports match..weird

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Heh,

Quote:

Dear Phred Phelps and WBC Phriends,
So we've been hearing a lot about some letter that we supposedly sent you this morning. Problem is,
we're a bit groggy and don't remember sending it. Our best guess is that you heard about us on that
newfangled TV of yours and thought we might be some good money for your little church.
You thought you could play with Anonymous. You observed our rising notoriety and thought you
would exploit our paradigm for your own gain. And then, you thought you could lure some idiots into a
honeypot for more IPs to sue.
This is not so foreign to us; as you may have heard, we trade in Lulz. You just do not have enough to
offer right now.
While Anonymous thanks you for your interest, and would certainly like to take a break and have some
fun with you guys, we have more pressing matters to deal with at the moment.
But, we will keep this application on file, and will certainly contact you if any openings become
available in future.
Next time, don't call us. We'll call you.
Additionally, as your "Press Release" failed to understand: When Anonymous says we support free
speech, we mean it. We count Beatrice Hall among our Anonymous forebears: "I disapprove of what
you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Do some among our number hate you and your cynical exploitation of your human rights for monetary
gain? Of course. But the MoralFags are also the first to admit that they are, in fact, your rights to
exploit.
In closing, let us assure you: We are not BAWWWING sissies, nor are we afraid of your false god;
we're just really busy. Stay tuned, and we'll come back to play another day.
We promise.
To the Media: Just because it was posted on AnonNews doesn't mean every single Anon is in
agreement, in fact in this case it doesn't even mean a single Anon is in agreement. Next time, if you
could give us a few minutes to put all our paperwork in order, we'll be sure to let you know what we're
up to. (LOL)
To Anonymous: It's a trap. They've got their ports wide open to harvest IPs to sue. Don't DDoS, and
boycott Operation Westboro. If you really want to continue messing with them, just send them a few
male prostitutes and faxes of goatse. Nothing more.
(Note: This letter was written by more than 20 Anons, at the same time, and none of them were inbred
family members. Unlike that other, shitty "Press Release".)
We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:52

That's better.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 13:22

I do applaud Westboro's use of the word 'foppish' though. That's an awesome word that ought to be used more, for now I imagine Annonymous to be a gaggle of foppish disaffected French nobles in pompadour wigs and white powder, a jumble of syphillis spots real and fake and the exclamation of "LA!" at the end of every second sentence.

Bear or Bust · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 17:07

That reminds me, Anonymous have a faction dedicated to hassling Scientologists. Fred Westboro's Rapist Church could be targeted in the same manner. All in all if /b/ get their act together it looks like fun.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

I think the Scilons are a target because they do thing less in the open, and they seem to kill people as well.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 20:32

I've given a scintilla of thought about this sort of thing today and come to the conclusion that I'd much rather live in a society that allows people can say things that others disagree with without the fear that they will attacked from saying such things.

The alternative does not appeal to me at all.

The best way to deal with any form of bigotry is to involve them in public debate. Any attempts at silencing them won't work, at all.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Quite. The Rapists may be hateful bigots, but they are at least honest in their moronic small-mindedness.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

True enough. When they say they're too busy, I'm actually inclined to believe so, too. I'm pretty sure many of them are far more interested in what's going on in the Middle East and Africa right now than they are in some homo-repressed idiots looking for attention. I mean, there's far more challenge in getting involved in bona fide revolutionary movements against the will of a dictator than there is in DDOS-ing a site that I doubt anyone actually reads anyway.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Bear or Bust · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 16:29

Seeing as Fredwestboro is down at the moment, you can read Anonymous's message here.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 23:48

These horrible filth have got a new friend. http://twitpic.com/84wufx . Look at his hateful filth spew.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

How astonishingly unpleasant.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 0:00

Indeed. Looks like he'll fit right in.

This thread's got a suspiciously high read-to-post ratio.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:57

Dimrill wrote:

This thread's got a suspiciously high read-to-post ratio.

I never noticed that...

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:04

I don't think it's anything to worry about. The thread has been around for a year after all, and I can see other (innocuous) threads on the front page with higher ratios - like "Pictures which other people took" for example.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:12

kalmar wrote:

I don't think it's anything to worry about. The thread has been around for a year after all, and I can see other (innocuous) threads on the front page with higher ratios - like "Pictures which other people took" for example.

Way to go for breaking the atmosphere!! :roll:

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25844

Dimrill wrote:

This thread's got a suspiciously high read-to-post ratio.

Maybe it's people doing what I do. Click the thread, read the latest posts and then find that their mind is too boggled by the sheer craziness of these people to even start to formulate a response.

It's just... How do you even begin to talk about these people? There are no words.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 13:08

Mimi wrote:

It's just... How do you even begin to talk about these people? There are no words.

If you ignore them long enough, they'll quietly pack up and head off to a ranch somewhere in Texas and stock up with arms and ammunition before we see a news report of a building on fire, and tanks rolling in and we'll think "Oh, them" and then feel pleased we spent the intervening period doing awesome rather than fuelling the publicity machine of zealots.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

MaliA wrote:

If you ignore them long enough, they'll quietly pack up and head off to a ranch somewhere in Texas and stock up with arms and ammunition before we see a news report of a building on fire, and tanks rolling in and we'll think "Oh, them" and then feel pleased we spent the intervening period doing awesome rather than fuelling the publicity machine of zealots.

Unfortunately not in this case, I fear. These people aren't nutters, they're just deeply unpleasant and hold abhorrent views. Their battleground is the media, which means they aren't going quiet any time soon.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 14:32

Louis Theroux on Twitter (@louistheroux , surprisingly) does a good job on keeping you updated on people he's done documentaries on.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22362

Mimi wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

This thread's got a suspiciously high read-to-post ratio.

Maybe it's people doing what I do. Click the thread, read the latest posts and then find that their mind is too boggled by the sheer craziness of these people to even start to formulate a response.

It's just... How do you even begin to talk about these people? There are no words.

Yeah, I feel the same way about bits & bobs.

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