{"id":86133,"date":"2023-09-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86133"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:46:27","slug":"fringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86133","title":{"rendered":"Fringe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SCENE:  A coffee shop in Roseville, MInnesota.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?page_id=39902\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"39902\">Avery LIBRELLE, Cat SCAT and Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK <\/a>are drinking kombucha and checking their phones.   Mitch BERG walks in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCAT:  Merg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG (not happy to run into the three of them) Oh, hey&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK:  Shut up.   There&#8217;s an anti-semitic Nazi running for school board in Roseville!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG: Huh.  Do tell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  Look here ZOMG!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG: Did you actually just say &#8220;Zee Oh Em Gee?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK:  Shut up. Read this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mrotzie\/status\/1706427221638877466\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK:  We need to <em>spread the word<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCAT:  We need to <em>light up social media and GET THE WORD OUT!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Uh&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THERE&#8221;S AN ANTI-SEMITE RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Look, I may be more nauseated by this guy than any of you, but let&#8217;s be honest &#8211; the guy was going to get five votes in the election.  He was the farthest fringe of the fringe of the fringe.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  I&#8217;m going to talk about him on my cable access show?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK: :Your what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCAT:  Definitely going on. my podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK: I&#8217;m putting him on blast on instagram and TikTok<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Right.  So, I&#8217;m just wondering if this blitz of revulsion will give him order of magnitude more public profile than he&#8217;d have had as a fringe nutcase?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCAT:  We&#8217;re being <em>mansplained<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Yeah, that&#8217;s it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK:  You must be a sympathizer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Er, my grandparents generation spent the best years of their lives killing people like him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK:  When?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG: Er&#8230;during World War 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIRKENSTOCK:  During what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Exactly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  We <strong>have to get the word out!  Now!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Yeah.  That&#8217;s a great idea.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>BERG Slowly backs out of the shop. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And SCENE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCENE: A coffee shop in Roseville, MInnesota. Avery LIBRELLE, Cat SCAT and Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK are drinking kombucha and checking their phones. Mitch BERG walks in. SCAT: Merg! BERG (not happy to run into the three of them) Oh, hey&#8230; BIRKENSTOCK: Shut up. There&#8217;s an anti-semitic Nazi running for school board in Roseville! BERG: Huh. 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