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Undo revision 1010391 by Brenden (talk) Both ungrammatical and inaccurate, I'm afraid. Nothing done by WBC or Anon violated 1st Amendment rights
== Westboro Baptist Church ==
== Westboro Baptist Church ==
On February 16, 2011, the Westboro Baptist Church issued a declaration of war against the group Anonymous. WBC claimed that Anonymous had threatened to start a war with their website and church. This caused much disquiet by antagonizing the trolls, and the violation of Freedom of Speech, a member of Anonymous called Topiary agreed to speak on the David Pakman Show on February 24<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJwSjor4hM]</ref>.
On February 16, 2011, the Westboro Baptist Church issued a declaration of war against the group Anonymous. WBC claimed that Anonymous had threatened to start a war with their website and church. Despite this going against both Rule 14 of the Internet (Do not feed the trolls) and the principle belief of Freedom of Speech, a member of Anonymous called Topiary agreed to speak on the David Pakman Show on February 24[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJwSjor4hM].
On the show Anonymous explained that it initially had no interest in WBC because it considered them unimportant and trolls but after being harassed on the show the group replaced their sites with a message explaining their lack of interest.
On the show Anonymous explained that it initially had no interest in WBC because it considered them unimportant and trolls but after being harassed on the show the group replaced their sites with a message explaining their lack of interest.