Macho maidens
by digby
The boys at Powerline have always been very tough dudes who are nonetheless nearly paralyzed with fear of hippies. It's one of the more fascinating sideshows in the blogosphere. They rarely disappoint:
FASCIST OCCUPIERS TRY TO SHOUT DOWN GOVERNOR WALKER
The Occupiers’ outrages are piling up so rapidly it is hard to keep up with them. This one happened Thursday morning, but I first learned of it this afternoon via Ann Althouse. Governor Scott Walker spoke at a breakfast at the Union League Club in Chicago. The event was infiltrated by a group of around 50 Occupy Chicago protesters whom the Chicago Tribune describes as “union-backed.” Just after Governor Walker began speaking, the Occupiers stood up and started reading–screaming, actually–in unison from scripts they carried in their hands. The effect was truly creepy.
The sickos succeeded in delaying Governor Walker’s speech by around six minutes before they were escorted from the room. Althouse says:
The rudeness is sickening. I don’t understand how the protesters imagine that they will win support from anyone that way. … It only makes him look better.
That’s true, of course. The more people see of the Occupiers, the less they like them. This episode was interesting in that the Occupiers’ fascist tendencies were in sharp relief as they tried to bully the audience by yelling their script in unison. I can’t imagine that more than one percent of the population would want to be governed by such misfits.
Yes, that's just awful. I wonder if they were following these instructions?
– Artificially Inflate Your Numbers: “Spread out in the hall and try to be in the front half. The objective is to put the Rep on the defensive with your questions and follow-up. The Rep should be made to feel that a majority, and if not, a significant portion of at least the audience, opposes the socialist agenda of Washington.”
– Be Disruptive Early And Often: “You need to rock-the-boat early in the Rep’s presentation, Watch for an opportunity to yell out and challenge the Rep’s statements early.”
– Try To “Rattle Him,” Not Have An Intelligent Debate: “The goal is to rattle him, get him off his prepared script and agenda. If he says something outrageous,stand up and shout out and sit right back down. Look for these opportunities before he even takes questions.”
Oh wait. That was a Freedomworks instruction manual for the Health Care townhalls in 2009. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's not fascism either, it's democracy. But then some rightwingers have always confused the two.
But get ready for more of this. The shape shifting right can switch from swashbuckling macho superheroes to fainting Aunt Pittypats trembling in fear for their lives without even stopping to switch undies. It's their special gift.
h/t to @FrankLynchBkln