A more recent, however small, example were the countless Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) counter-protests. For the uninitiated, the WBC was a notoriously anti-LGBT hate group that staged many protests at funerals and other events. Once the internet caught wind of this, people began to counter-protest in greater numbers, leading to more and more public shaming of their hateful message.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#Counter-protests

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hell, even biker gangs got in on this and would show up at veteran's funerals to shield them from the WBC.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Right! There was a point in the middle of it where if you squinted your eyes and turned your head a little, you could almost believe that the WBC was trying to push people into organizing like this. Their whole thing was so over-the-top, it beggared belief sometimes.