I'm just trying to explain a point of politics here. The Press will not show the lone crazed anti attacking a line. The Cops will do nothing against that either. However, an incident that results in an assault upon a pro. Good Videotape or pictures of the incident, preferably with the cops standing by and doing nothing, can result in a major SLAPP suit. Against:
The Anti- protest organizers. (MMM, HCI)
The Assaultor
The Police Dept
The Police officers.
The City/County that the incident happened in.
Now in part two is the spin,
First thing that happens is the phase one press release:
Demonstrators beaten, hospitalized in Gun March.
In the City of Mummertown today, protestors today assaulted Demonstrators at a Gun rally. The incident was captured on film and tape. In the film, police are seen to stand by and observe as the demonstration line, that was engaged in singing spirituals and holding place cards that read "No more Lubys and "For the Children", was attacked by a rock throwing mob. Several people were taken to a local hospital. Racal and Hate speech was used, as the mob attacked the line, remecent of something out of the '60's. A local leader of the Demonstration was quoted as saying. "They might attack us, they can beat us, but we will get our message of truth out."
Note that we are not mentioning sides here, but when this hits the wires it WILL draw attention. News organizations have gotten lazy and with a little bit of background filler they will go to press with what they got. Especially if it's close to Five.
Phase two press releases start when the Press starts their "Investigation". Information should slowly get out that it was ANTI's attacking PRO's. Quotes from the injured that read like "I was afraid for my life" and "They were animals" should be used. Just about this time the press should be catching on but it's too late. The herd of Sheeple is moving and once the herd starts moving it's hard to get them to stop. By now the Video should have been played on every television. Remember Rodney King?
Phase three is the killing blow. A full bore press conference explaining the incident. The injured should be brought on stage and allowed to answer questions. The Suit should be announced and any News organization that reported unfairly (i.e. actually SAID that Pro's attacked ANTI's) should be mentioned and pilloried. The end result should be in turning this from a Gun issue to a Civil Rights issue. (Which it is anyway but I don't think the sheeple could handle that). So we start with the simple. "They, won't let us speak", and people will want to hear what we have to say.
Creating an incident like this is a classic way to get public opinion on your side. Remember Rosa Parks? Staged. The time, person, bus was all staged for that moment. The Sit in at the Lunchcounter? The same. Most of the great moments in Civil Right history were set up to the right time and place.
Anyway this is how it's done. You can find stuff like this on the net. Mostly on Lefty sights like PETA or Green Peace. It works, It works well, and we've been getting our ass kicked by it for the last 40 years.
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[This message has been edited by Meiji_man (edited August 30, 2000).]