I took some time to look at godhatesfags.com, the Westboro Baptist Church, and I found a bunch of links on their website such as "God Hates Joan Rivers" "God Hates the Media" etc.. I think they are using their freedom of speech to the extreme being that they probably understand that their language is really offensive, and they seem to go out of their way to make it offensive just to provoke people. Of course I don't know what's really going through their heads but it seems like they know what theyre doing and they are being so provocative on purpose.
I also took a closer look at the hate group map and it turns out there's actually 5 different hate groups in the bay area that meet at 8 different locations. Most of them are north bay or east bay so they're not too close to home but that was still surprising that they are in the bay area. The 5 are Islam Threat which is an anti-Muslim group, Counter Currents Publishing, a white nationalist group, Golden Gate Solidarity, a racist skinhead group, Black Riders Liberation Party, a black separationist group, and As-Sabiqun, a "general hate" group.
I agree with this post because they do have a freedom of speech and can say and do what they want as long as its not provoking violence. I also agree with the fact that the people that owned the website of godhatesfags.com they know how many people they are upsetting and know what they are starting.
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