I wish people would just ignore the WBC. It looks really ridiculous when you have several dozen people "counterprotesting" what amounts to be the real world equivalent of obvious internet trolls.
I would agree with you......except they harass & torment mourners at funerals! If they were just on a random street corner being goofy, yes, I'd say "ignore them". However, they mentally torture folks who are mourning in a funeral. Funerals should be a peaceful time of remembrance, reflection & tribute....not the mental equivalent of Guantanamo incarceration.
This is why people blab about these turkeys & their inbred family hate-cult of doom.
"The Westboro Baptist Church is said by some to be Hyper-Calvinist (certainly they endorse all the beliefs of Hyper-Calvinism). Others object that this as unfair to Hyper-Calvinists—Westboro Baptist Church's beliefs are far more extreme than that of historic Hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinist denominations have historically tended to be withdrawn and inward-looking, and by contrast Westboro Baptist Church is very publicity-seeking—although most denominations seek publicity to bring souls to Christ, Westboro Baptist sees its role as bringing people knowledge of their damnation. In contrast, while many Hyper-Calvinist churches would see the vast majority of humanity as reprobate, they do not see it as being their job to bring that fact to public attention."
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hyper-Calvinism
...unless they're Vincent Cheung. But I agree the Phelps Hate Cult of Doom takes Hyper-Calvinism & turns it into
OMG-I'M-HOOKED-ON-METH-AND-SPEED-AND-DRANK-TWELVE-GALLONS-OF-'JOLT'-AND-TWEAKIN'-BIG-TIME-*WWAAARRGH*-Calvinism.