I was going through my home page on one those social websites and while I was scrolling I saw something that nearly caused my eyeballs to drop out of my sockets. It was entitled 'The Klux Klan Protests Westboro Baptist Church And Their Hateful Anti-American Tactics'. I myself am not an American by birth, but this headline captured my interest regardless. Why may you ask? Two extremely right-winged (with emphasis on extremist) groups were publicly bashing each other and I would have thought they would have supported each other in rallying against the LGBTQ Community given their backward thinking. I immediately read the article and watched a supporting video link. I found the matter to be quite hilarious and contradictory. I have posted the links below to both the article and the video. The Westboro Baptist Church was protesting the entitlement of marriage rights (especially for military personnel) of the LGBTQ Community. The article also mentioned the involvement and hacking of the Westboro Baptist Church's twitter account by human rights 'hactivist' Anonymous. I am a strong believer of equality on the basis of religious beliefs (as long as they don't interfere with affairs of the state - they should be seperate), race, sexual orientation/identity and gender. So I don't extend my support to these groups. While both groups are deemed to be unethical, they have the right to express their beliefs in a non-violent manner. Members and supporters of these groups have been found to organise and carry out aggressive acts towards minorities so shouldn't they both be outlawed? Or is it not considered an unethical issue or practice? The claimed 'grand wizard' Dennis LaBonte of the Klu Klux Klan spoke out against the religious extremist group. It somewhat reminded me of when the religious extremists/ 'The Church' condemned individuals of witchcraft. This time it seems the other way around. Ethics and U.S. History would be areas of Knowledge used in examining this occurrence.
http://samuel-warde.com/2012/12/kkk-protests-westboro-church/
http://samuel-warde.com/2012/12/kkk-protests-westboro-church/
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