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What does it mean to picket a funeral? - Karter - 11-09-2012 07:23 PM
I have heard recently that Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket Steve Jobs' funeral but I don't know what that means and I was hoping that someone could tell me.
Thanks so much
- Elizard - 11-09-2012 07:32 PM
They like to protest at funerals, saying that for some batshit reason or another, god has stuck this person down in retribution. It's nuts. I don't know what they have against apple, and if I read their reasons I wouldn't understand anyway.
EDIT: I'm not even entirely sure it's not all some huge joke, or way to make money or something. They posted this news to twitter from a goddamned iphone
- kaliesq - 11-09-2012 07:32 PM
and to follow up ... it is a very tasteless and shameless thing to do
- Dude the Obscure - 11-09-2012 07:32 PM
"Picketing," in this context, means to carry and display signs with political messages on them. The signs are usually attached to a stick that you can carry in your hands; the original meaning of the word "picket" (related to the word "pike") was "a stick or pole."