How can someone hate so much and call herself a Christian? I don't get it. But it's clear the group thrives on publicity. Let's not do them that favor, although they are very hard to ignore.

Anonymous, no strangers to the art of the troll, largely ignored the bait. In a letter posted to AnonNews on the same day, 20 Anons took jabs at the media for writing up the story based on that initial Anonymous statement. "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," they said.

As for Westboro, the letter calls the church's troll a "honeypot" designed to harvest the IP addresses of those tempted to attack the church's websites, presumably with the goal of then suing them in order to drum up even more publicity. The church should be ignored.

Still, Anonymous couldn't let the insults pass entirely without answer. "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."


But when no one's in control, such pronouncements only matter insofar as they convince others in the group. Indeed, on February 20, some Anon posted the names, phone numbers, and addresses of the entire Phelps clan under the title "West Derpish Derp Church." People were asked to "stop wasting time DDoSing these faggots. They're trolling us, so troll them back."

I thought the Baptist are good people. I was wrong.

Westboro is "Baptist" in name only. It has no denominational connections.

Louis Theroux's follow up BBC documentary was broadcast a few days ago:

America's Most Hated Family IN CRISIS

4: In part 4 at 2m30s there's some stange folks in guy fawkes masks. .