For those who don’t know (ah, the bliss of ignorance), the Westboro Baptist Church is a group of people whose primary motivation is an irrational hatred/fear of homosexuals.  They demonstrate this pretty clearly by showing up at events unrelated to homosexuality (specifically, the funerals of fallen American soldiers) and screaming unpleasant things to unsuspecting passers-by.

The other player in the current drama is Anonymous – a loosely-affiliated group of hacker activists known for their G8 protests and a string of Denial of Service attacks on those who they feel are perpetrating wrongs on the world as a whole.

Now that we’re up to speed on the players, here’s the current story (in a nutshell): a couple of days ago, WBC representatives started to make a lot of noise about a supposed “threat” leveled against them by Anonymous.  For their part, representatives of Anonymous denied that any recognized member of their group had claimed responsibility for the “threat” and that they had better things to do than go to war with obvious publicity whores.

Read the latest developments after the jump…

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