Reply #126: Seems to me you're all reacting to corporate news monopoly "divide and conquer." [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

There will always be hecklers (except at Bush, Cheney and McBush, i.e., fascist, events). But the corporate news monopolies are very selective in their "news" coverage of these and all other events, with their own goals in mind--profit, and manipulation of our political perceptions to the ends of big profits for the few. So we should be very wary about what they focus on, and how they frame things, especially with regard to our campaigns and candidates. For all we know, this guy was a Bushite plant. We really don't know. The "news" is extremely manipulated, and riddled with psyops, disinformation, invented information, black holes where information should be, and carefully crafted images and illusions.

To get into a spat about this heckler is ridiculous. It is also exceedingly irrelevant and distracting. I'm for knockdown dragout political debate, and passionate disagreement, if the issues are important. I'd love to see it. One of my problems with Clinton and Obama is they seem to be nearly identical on the issues, and neither is a strong advocate for accountable, constitutional government, transparent vote counting in the public venue and not with 'trade secret' code owned and controlled by rightwing corporations (a big issue with me), and strong reform aimed at evicting war profiteers and global corporate predators from Washington DC. But IF somebody were talking about what really needs to be done--in my estimation--I wouldn't mind the strongest kind of debate and advocacy, and hecklers are simply inevitable when you engage in strong debate, and will occur even without it, if you are not "vetting" crowds and excluding people. You just have to deal with it. It has NOTHING to do with Obama or with his other supporters, in this case. We have no idea who the guy is. IF it came out that the Obama campaign was planting hecklers, that would be another matter. But even then, the smart thing to do--and what good debaters do--is use them to advantage. And minor campaign officials' actions are not necessarily reflective of a candidate or a campaign.

By jumping to bitter conclusions--that this guy was speaking for Obama, or Obama supporters--you are just playing into the war profiteering corporate news monopolies' power over you and over political debate. It is a MINOR thing. It happens all the time in open politics (not closed events like the Republicans hold). It could almost be seen as a good sign. It means the crowd is not over-vetted. And maybe this guy--if he was sincere--felt that his issue was that important. He had to shout it out. So use that energy in some way. Make a joke. Answer him. Out-debate him. Or just thank him for being so passionate. Acknowledge dissent. Welcome dissent. Consider dissent. Learn from dissent. Teach your audience by means of dissent. Honor the long tradition of dissent in this country. You know. What's the big deal? Only MSNBC thinks it's a big deal--and when did they become pro-democracy? The fuckers are corporate liars and shills. DON'T. LET. THEM. DICTATE. WHAT'S. IMPORTANT.