{"id":73940,"date":"2020-04-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73940"},"modified":"2020-07-29T08:09:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:09:05","slug":"a-bit-of-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73940","title":{"rendered":"A Bit Of Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in 2010, when the Tea Party was at high tide, there was a wave of sightings of some disturbingly racist and violent signs at Tea Party rallies. These signs got all kinds of media attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thing is, when people were able to crowd-source the people carrying the signs, a huge portion of them turned out to be ringers – people from leftist groups who just happened <\/em>to wind up in front of the news media with their objectionable signs. Not just a few, eitheri – there was a very high correlation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, some of the less curious members of the media just ran with it – killing the Tea Party and other obstreporous bitter clinging deplorables was just fine by them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before I MCed the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party<\/a> rally, I made sure the organizers got the word out<\/a> as publicly as possible – anyone with an off-color sign would be photographed, and publicized, and “outed” either way – but especially if they were lefty ringers bent on slandering the Tea Party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds like certain conservative groups need to re-learn this lesson<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How likely is the woman’s sign a hoax?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there a number over 100%?<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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