"The most hated family in America" is an investigative look at the isolated cult that Fred Phelps has begun. Mostly composed of family members, Fred Phelps is the patriarch and leading influential figure of the Westboro Baptist Church.
Watching this documentary, I couldn't help but notice the brainwashing techniques the adults had on the kids. Making a 7 year old kid hold up a sign that reads "God hates fags" is probably the worst crime these people are doing.
Don't get me wrong, I'm the first to defend our right of freedom of speech; but when do we, as a society, as civilized people, do we step in and defend these kids free-thought process?
How far can the right of free speech go, if all you do is protest someone else's freedom of choice? Should we limit freedom of speech? I think in cases like this, we should.
Then again, who's to decide what gets limited and what does not?
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