Anonymous Deface Westboro Baptist Church Site Live On Air

Anonymous recently found themselves entangled with the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) after the homophobic religious zealots published a taunt where they dared the hacktivist group to ‘bring it’. Anonymous quickly announced that they had never threatened the church in any way. I’m inclined to believe them because, as lame and hateful the church and their members are, Anonymous are busier fighting for freedom in North Africa and the Middle East than they are exposing ridiculous religious groups in Kansas. Instead, another hacktivist known as th3j35t3r (@th3j34t3r) joined in the fight, bringing down five of WBC’s hate-spewing websites.

Not happy to leave the matter alone, or rather perfectly happy for some more media whoring, Westboro decided to go on air and pour some fuel on the fire. In the interview Shirley Phelps-Roper, a ridiculously immature and inarticulate representative of WBC, faced off against a comparatively calm and bemused representative of Anonymous. Anon reiterated that they did not initially threaten WBC, and during the interview proceeded to deface one of the church’s sites with a message from the group. Excerpt:

Your continued biting of the Anonymous hand… has earned you a swift and emotionless bitchslap, in the form of this very message. […] For this unremitting display of overzealousness, we award you no points. Take this defacement as a simple warning: go away. The world (including Anonymous) disagrees with your hateful messages, but you have the right to voice them. This does not mean you can jump onto Anonymous for attention.

These WBC idiots really make me rage, and they make honest Christians look bad. Anonymous, th3j35t3r, I tip my hat to you on this one. Check out the video of the interview below.