Because of their close proximity to Oklahoma, we get our fair share of Westboro Baptist Church "protests" here in the Sooner state. Since about 2009, our general policy at TLO has been to ignore the hate group. They do what they do for publicity and to create controversy, and by giving them the attention they crave and letting their actions upset you, you're basically falling into their trap and letting them win. As Dave Morris' hot wife would say, they're a more hateful, sick and religious version of us.
Anyway, consider this post a one-time exception to our policy. Earlier this week, Westboro's Twitter account was hijacked by the hacker group Anonymous. The hacktivists did things like post the personal information of Westboro members and link to a petition to have the church named a hate group. This heroic act by Anonymous alerted us to a couple of strange facts.