Westboro Baptist Church, Wikileaks Troll Steve Jobs' Death

[Viral_Lola]

WBC doesn't surprise me anymore. They are and have always been trolls. Ignore them and go on with life.

 

[0p3rati0n]

*Looks at loaded AK hanging on wall*

No???? not yet?????? not yet????

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

After several people pointed out the irony of using the product created by the same man she was damning, Phelps responded, "Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell. God created iPhone for that purpose! "

God created the iPhone. The iPhone was created by Apple. Thus, we can assume that according to the WBC, Apple is God. Now, Steve Jobs was the creator of Apple. Thus, if Apple is God, then Steve Jobs created God, thus making him a step higher than God. WBC is protesting against Steve Jobs. meaning that WBC is protesting against the man who created God. Logic. It just... it doesn't work with WBC. It can't.

Well played, my friend, well played.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I wouldn't worry about it since the sheer numbers of the Apple fans will outnumber them 10 to 1. Man that is so idiotic and hypocrite to troll him while using his product to do so.

 

[rayen020]

I interpret Phelps' smiley-face there as a clear sign of insanity

I interpret her membership in the westboro baptist church as a clear sign of insanity.

Also, Seriously? What kind of crack are you smoking? I seen more coherent arguments from paranoid schizophrenics. He spread godlessness? gave god no glory and taught sin? Okay i'm no expert on Steve Jobs but i'm pretty sure he didn't do that, I dunno even how he would do that? Also from your iPhone? REALLY? in fact...
God created the iPhone? you just basically said Steve Jobs is God... To quote someone you can relate to.

You know what? next time you have thought? ...Let it go.

I... i just... WHAT DOES PICKETTING THE FUNERAL OF A DEAD GUY ACCOMLISH OTHER THAN MAKING YOU LOOK LIKE AN ASSHOLES?

IT JUST... GAHHH! I HAVE RAGE! >=O

 

[Undeadpool]

Aww! But Assange is a rebel standing up to the MAN and keeping our rights safe! Right? RIGHT?

 

[Hungry Donner]

The one with Assange doesn't really seem like his style.

I have to agree with this as well. I have little respect for Assange but this seems out of character. Has he responded to this since? If it was him I bet even the OpenLeaks people are surprised he'd stoop so low.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

I expect this from WBBC, Julian Assange however just lost any shrivel of respect I had for him.

Also if I was the WBBC, I wouldn't want to be pissing off Apple's Lawyers.

 

[Delicious Soy]

I like how the condemnation of westboro is universal but still plenty of out being given to Assange. Casual biases much?

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I was going to say "I hope the irony isn't lost on her" but apparently it is. Also she's apparently a few cards short of a full deck.

 

[Tharwen]

WBC is living proof that genuine doublethink is possible.

 

[aprildog18]

Annoying asshats. Why have there been assassination attempts against Presidents and other leaders when these people are still around.

Well I don't really want them dead; torturing them daily will be good enough for me.

 

[Buizel91]

After several people pointed out the irony of using the product created by the same man she was damning, Phelps responded, "Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell. God created iPhone for that purpose! "

God created the iPhone. The iPhone was created by Apple. Thus, we can assume that according to the WBC, Apple is God. Now, Steve Jobs was the creator of Apple. Thus, if Apple is God, then Steve Jobs created God, thus making him a step higher than God. WBC is protesting against Steve Jobs. meaning that WBC is protesting against the man who created God. Logic. It just... it doesn't work with WBC. It can't.

Tweet that to her...please for the love of apple (god) do it!

OT: Yeh, i hate them, and i try to ignore them...

 

[K_Dub]

I am just confused and pissed off about this whole thing. Just a bunch of assholes man...

 

[MB202]

...I want to punch someone. >:|

Also, this was posted on MovieBob's blog, and I thought it was worth re-posting here.

I was never a regular consumer of Steve Jobs' or Apple's products. I have some, but I'm a longstanding PC user and was never down with the iEverything lifestyle. Not my thing. And I was also never part of the Jobs-As-Techno-Prophet hagiography.

That being said, two things simply cannot be denied in the wake of his passing:


1. Jobs, along with the other ground-zero innovators of the home-computing movement, are responsible for creating the world we are in today. Whatever else he may have been, Steve Jobs was one of those rare individuals whose vision and drive to realize it dragged the rest of humanity's sorry ass across the yardlines of cultural evolution. Those who read/watch my stuff know that I am unabashedly glad to live in The Age of The Nerd, where each day makes the intelligent, the creative and tech saavy more and more vital to the world as the brutish and the pre-mechanization "strong" more and more obsolete; and I know that I owe a great deal of the thanks for this Age to Jobs. His name, unquestionably, belongs next to Edison, Ford and the other Titans who built the modern world.

2. Anyone dying in their mid-50s sucks, but a great thinker and creator dying so soon is a fucking tragedy. I know that, for a lot of people, there's something poignant or even "just" about the idea that cancer especially and death/disease in general "not caring" how important the afflicted is - "we're all equal in God's eyes" and all that. Honestly, I've never found that sentiment particularly comforting and certainly can't see what's "just" about it. Someone like Steve Jobs changed the entire world multiple times in just a few decades, how much further would we have moved ahead if he'd had a few more? There's no "balance" in that... no "great mystery." The whims of fate, destiny, whatever aren't things we should happily going along with - we should treat them like obstacles to be overcome. To me, that's what makes sense.