Is Westboro Baptist Church a hate group?

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

For me, when Pat Robertson makes some hateful remark, and it gets picked up by the news cycle, it's not in the same league as when the WBC makes an disruptive, innappropriate appearance in force at a funeral.

I always try to separate uneducated ignorance from intentional malice. They're both bad, but one can be excused, the other can't be. One can also be corrected if people are willing to listen. I don't see much hope for the other.