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If Westboro Baptist Church were to picket Joan Rivers' funeral

lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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.....with the usual kind of faux animosity - "God Hates Jews" placards and the ilk - do you think Rivers herself would have minded?
She fought hard through her comedy for the right to be as offensive as possible about other celebs, so should it be expected in return?

ps. I'm not saying that this *is* going to happen or should happen; it's purely hypothetical.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,274
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    They always threaten. That's how they get attention.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,916
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    I heard she wasn't having a funeral and is donating her body to Madame Tussauds.
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    idlewildeidlewilde Posts: 8,698
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    Random, albeit interesting premise. I shall think on it a while, then return.
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    Frankie_LittleFrankie_Little Posts: 9,271
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    It ain't gonna happen, she's already buried.
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    lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    dee123 wrote: »
    They always threaten. That's how they get attention.

    Wasn't there once a British zleb who died and they were threatening to come over for their funeral until the Government banned them?

    Can't remember who it was now. Either Stephen Gately or the Queen Mum, maybe.
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    TerraCanisTerraCanis Posts: 14,099
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    I heard she wasn't having a funeral and is donating her body to Madame Tussauds.

    Joan Rivers herself claimed that the beneficiary would be Tupperware.
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    D_Mcd4D_Mcd4 Posts: 10,438
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    There is a lot of hatred and crowing about her death as "karma" because she said the wrong thing about Palestine. If bad Karma is living life to the full, enjoying a glamorous wealthy lifestyle and then dying peacefully at an old age, I want some.
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    TheSilentFezTheSilentFez Posts: 11,103
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    The Westboro Baptist Church's MO is to bait people into lawsuits. If people stopped taking them seriously and instead treated them like the laughing stock they are then perhaps they'd go away.

    That said, I do appreciate the difficulty in laughing at someone who is purposely being obnoxious at the funeral of a loved one.
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    AcerBenAcerBen Posts: 21,329
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    I can't believe you're trying to compare Joan Rivers to them. They are pure evil.
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    TheSilentFezTheSilentFez Posts: 11,103
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    AcerBen wrote: »
    I can't believe you're trying to compare Joan Rivers to them. They are pure evil.

    No they're not. They're a bunch of hilarious imbeciles.
    The problem is that people take them seriously and thus generate publicity for them.
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    contrariancontrarian Posts: 1,475
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    dee123 wrote: »
    They always threaten. That's how they get attention.

    and another thread is made with the usual rantings
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    exlordlucanexlordlucan Posts: 35,375
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    I think she'd love it, anything for a laugh.
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    bollywoodbollywood Posts: 67,769
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    I think she'd love it, anything for a laugh.

    I agree.

    Too bad she couldn't be there to make fun of how they dress. That is probably terrible and frumpy.
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    intoxicationintoxication Posts: 7,059
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    No they're not. They're a bunch of hilarious imbeciles.
    The problem is that people take them seriously and thus generate publicity for them.

    I don't think there's anything hilarious about them at all, I think the other posters "pure evil" comment is closer to describing them than "hilarious imbeciles".
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    DaisyBillDaisyBill Posts: 4,339
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    I don't think there's anything hilarious about them at all, I think the other posters "pure evil" comment is closer to describing them than "hilarious imbeciles".

    There's a bit of both, I suppose. They're scammers who don't care about hurting others.
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    ian_charlesian_charles Posts: 578
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    Send them out to deal with ISIS......their god will protect them....
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    WutheringWuthering Posts: 1,071
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    No they're not. They're a bunch of hilarious imbeciles.
    The problem is that people take them seriously and thus generate publicity for them.

    This.

    Anyway, they never have actually carried out their "threat" when they talk about picketing celebrity funerals have they?
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    ian_charlesian_charles Posts: 578
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,848
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    WBC wanted to go Mandela but were banned, unfortunately as we would have seen the end of them otherwise.
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,925
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    Someone would channel her voice from the other side, and she'd be vocally criticizing the fashion atrocities committed by that bunch of inbred Baptists.
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    WhedoniteWhedonite Posts: 29,245
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    I think she would laugh at them. I certainly do. I'm still trying to work out why newborn babies go to Hell when they die.

    I would love to know their opinion on the mentally unwell. They claim that if you're not a member of their church, you will burn in Hell. What about those who are physically and mentally incapable of making that choice? I'm just curious :blush:
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    UKMikeyUKMikey Posts: 28,728
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    I'm not sure but I think this is their Instagram account:

    http://instagram.com/p/siSKayhDnL/
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    WhedoniteWhedonite Posts: 29,245
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    UKMikey wrote: »
    I'm not sure but I think this is their Instagram account:

    http://instagram.com/p/siSKayhDnL/

    Just checked out their page. Apparently "God hates sluts". I'm screwed.
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    Flat MattFlat Matt Posts: 7,023
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    vinba wrote: »
    She will be remembered though for the things she said about the people of Gaza just before she died though.

    No, she won't.

    She'll be remembered as one of the best and most enduring comedians in history.

    The Gaza comments have barely led to a raised eyebrow amongst most people. It's only the usual terminally offended forum whiners that that are making anything of it.
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    Keyser_Soze1Keyser_Soze1 Posts: 25,182
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    Whedonite wrote: »
    Just checked out their page. Apparently "God hates sluts". I'm screwed.

    Well if the offer is there...

    ;-) :D
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