I would like to start out by saying that I am not wholly against culture jamming. Sometimes our society gets too caught up in the norm, the trends, the latest fabs and it needs to be knocked down a few pegs. A good prank is sometimes just the right remedy. However, just like most things that the American public is given any leniency with, can be taken too far. Westboro Baptist Church is a prime example of culture jamming gone too far.
For those of you who don’t know, Westboro is the borderline clinically insane group of religious wackos, most infamously known for picketing and prostesting at the funerals of homosexual military members.
Their latest “prank” was to picket Apple founder Steve Jobs’ funeral. Their beef with Jobs is a cluster of illogical ramblings that has something to do with the importance he placed on his Apple products- importance that, according to the Westboro Wackos, should be afforded to God only.
The most ironic part of this whole, ludacris plan was the way it was announced. “Westboro will picket his funeral. He had a huge platform; gave God no glory & taught sin,” member Margie Phelps tweeted…via her IPHONE. Cristine Harold undoubtly choked on her coffee after reading this. The whole point of culture jamming is the resist big business and here is one of the biggest groups of jammers, using the thing they’re picketing against to promote their picketing!
Phelps and her fellow crazies defended their actions by insisting that GOD created the iPhone so that their message could be spread. Still the hypocrisy is abundant and, in my opinion, repugnant.
There's a time and a place for everything. Shockingly enough, Westboro has missed its mark...again.
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